Year: 2001
Module:Political Attitudes
Variable:IDENT3
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 third most important thing be?

 

%

Working class7
British5
Elderly1
A woman/a man11
Not religious3
Irish4
A wife / a husband9
A Catholic6
A country person4
A city person1
A Protestant5
A mother / a father13
Middle class2
Black0
Retired3
Religious2
An ulsterman / an ulsterwoman3
A working person6
Young3
White4
Northern Irish4
Asian0
Unemployed1
Other2
None of these3
Don't know0

 

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Results for men and women

 

%

 MaleFemale
Working class 9 6
British 5 4
Elderly 1 1
A woman/a man 9 12
Not religious 3 2
Irish 5 4
A wife / a husband 9 9
A Catholic 5 7
A country person 4 4
A city person 1 1
A Protestant 5 5
A mother / a father 13 14
Middle class 1 2
Black 0 0
Retired 4 3
Religious 1 2
An ulsterman / an ulsterwoman 4 3
A working person 5 6
Young 3 3
White 4 4
Northern Irish 5 3
Asian 0 0
Unemployed 1 1
Other 1 2
None of these 3 2
Don't know 0 0

  

 

Results for people of different ages

 

%

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

 

  

Results for people of different religions

 

%

 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Working class 7 7 7
British 1 8 3
Elderly 1 1 2
A woman/a man 11 11 10
Not religious 2 1 12
Irish 10 0 2
A wife / a husband 9 10 2
A Catholic 16 0 0
A country person 3 4 4
A city person 2 0 0
A Protestant 0 9 2
A mother / a father 13 13 17
Middle class 2 2 2
Black 0 0 1
Retired 3 4 0
Religious 2 3 0
An ulsterman / an ulsterwoman 0 6 2
A working person 6 5 10
Young 3 3 3
White 2 4 6
Northern Irish 3 4 6
Asian 0 0 0
Unemployed 1 1 2
Other 1 3 1
None of these 3 2 6
Don't know 0 0 0

 

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