Year: 2001
Module:Political Attitudes
Variable:IDENT1
Some people say that whether they feel British or Irish is not as important as other things about them, other people say that their national identity is the key to who they are.
If you had to pick just one thing from this list to describe yourself - something that is very important to you when you think of yourself, what would it be?

 

%

Working class21
British5
Elderly3
A woman/a man19
Not religious2
Irish4
A wife / a husband10
A Catholic3
A country person2
A city person0
A Protestant3
A mother / a father18
Middle class1
Retired1
Religious1
An ulsterman / an ulsterwoman1
A working person2
Young3
White1
Northern Irish1
Asian0
Unemployed0
Other1
None of these1
Don't know0

 

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Results for men and women

 

%

 MaleFemale
Working class 27 17
British 8 4
Elderly 1 3
A woman/a man 15 22
Not religious 2 1
Irish 6 3
A wife / a husband 10 9
A Catholic 3 3
A country person 2 2
A city person 0 0
A Protestant 3 2
A mother / a father 10 24
Middle class 1 1
Retired 1 1
Religious 1 1
An ulsterman / an ulsterwoman 2 0
A working person 2 1
Young 2 3
White 1 1
Northern Irish 1 1
Asian 0 0
Unemployed 1 0
Other 1 1
None of these 0 1
Don't know 0 0

  

 

Results for people of different ages

 

%

 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Working class 14 23 22 22 27 16
British 6 2 3 7 5 10
Elderly 0 0 0 1 0 12
A woman/a man 21 23 15 20 19 19
Not religious 2 3 1 2 1 1
Irish 7 3 4 5 7 2
A wife / a husband 3 9 11 10 14 8
A Catholic 5 2 3 4 3 2
A country person 2 1 1 2 3 3
A city person 0 0 0 1 0 1
A Protestant 5 2 3 2 3 3
A mother / a father 9 23 27 19 13 12
Middle class 2 0 1 0 0 0
Retired 0 0 0 0 2 2
Religious 0 0 0 2 0 1
An ulsterman / an ulsterwoman 0 1 1 0 1 2
A working person 3 2 3 1 1 1
Young 21 3 0 0 0 0
White 1 2 0 1 0 0
Northern Irish 0 0 2 1 1 2
Asian 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unemployed 1 0 1 1 0 0
Other 0 0 1 1 1 1
None of these 0 0 0 0 0 1
Don't know 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

  

Results for people of different religions

 

%

 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Working class 23 19 23
British 1 10 2
Elderly 3 3 1
A woman/a man 17 20 26
Not religious 2 1 3
Irish 9 1 4
A wife / a husband 11 9 7
A Catholic 8 0 0
A country person 2 2 2
A city person 1 0 0
A Protestant 0 5 2
A mother / a father 17 19 17
Middle class 0 1 1
Retired 1 1 0
Religious 0 1 0
An ulsterman / an ulsterwoman 0 2 0
A working person 2 1 3
Young 2 3 3
White 1 1 2
Northern Irish 0 2 1
Asian 0 0 0
Unemployed 0 0 2
Other 0 1 1
None of these 0 1 1
Don't know 0 0 0

 

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