Year: 2001
Module:Political Attitudes
Variable:IDENT2
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, what would the second most important thing be?

 

%

Working class6
British4
Elderly2
A woman/a man13
Not religious2
Irish4
A wife / a husband17
A Catholic6
A country person3
A city person1
A Protestant4
A mother / a father18
Middle class1
Retired2
Religious2
An ulsterman / an ulsterwoman3
A working person4
Young3
White2
Northern Irish2
Unemployed1
Other1
None of these1
Don't know0

 

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Results for men and women

 

%

 MaleFemale
Working class 9 5
British 4 4
Elderly 2 2
A woman/a man 10 15
Not religious 3 2
Irish 6 3
A wife / a husband 14 19
A Catholic 7 5
A country person 2 3
A city person 1 1
A Protestant 4 3
A mother / a father 16 19
Middle class 1 1
Retired 2 2
Religious 1 2
An ulsterman / an ulsterwoman 4 2
A working person 4 4
Young 2 4
White 2 1
Northern Irish 3 2
Unemployed 1 1
Other 2 1
None of these 1 0
Don't know 0 0

  

 

Results for people of different ages

 

%

 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Working class 4 6 8 7 4 7
British 3 4 4 4 4 5
Elderly 0 0 0 0 2 9
A woman/a man 14 14 12 11 11 18
Not religious 7 1 2 2 2 2
Irish 4 4 5 5 5 4
A wife / a husband 1 16 22 25 16 12
A Catholic 7 5 5 5 7 5
A country person 4 2 1 1 5 2
A city person 1 1 1 1 1 1
A Protestant 6 4 2 3 4 4
A mother / a father 3 17 24 24 18 15
Middle class 1 1 0 1 0 2
Retired 0 0 0 0 3 7
Religious 1 0 1 2 4 2
An ulsterman / an ulsterwoman 3 2 2 2 4 3
A working person 5 6 5 6 2 1
Young 19 7 1 0 0 0
White 7 1 1 1 1 0
Northern Irish 5 5 1 1 2 2
Unemployed 2 2 0 0 2 0
Other 1 2 1 1 1 2
None of these 1 1 0 1 1 0
Don't know 1 0 0 0 1 0

 

  

Results for people of different religions

 

%

 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Working class 6 6 6
British 1 7 4
Elderly 2 3 1
A woman/a man 13 14 13
Not religious 1 1 8
Irish 10 1 1
A wife / a husband 15 17 18
A Catholic 14 0 0
A country person 3 2 4
A city person 1 1 2
A Protestant 0 7 2
A mother / a father 18 18 17
Middle class 1 1 1
Retired 2 3 0
Religious 2 2 1
An ulsterman / an ulsterwoman 1 5 3
A working person 5 3 4
Young 4 2 6
White 1 2 1
Northern Irish 2 2 3
Unemployed 1 1 2
Other 0 2 3
None of these 1 0 1
Don't know 0 0 0

 

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