Year: 2002
Module:Community Relations
Variable:IMMECON

The next few questions are about immigrants, that is people who legitimately come from other countries to live and work permanently in Northern Ireland. There are different opinions about immigrants from other countries living in Northern Ireland. How much do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?

Immigrants are generally good for Northern Ireland's economy.

 

%
Strongly agree4
Agree29
Neither agree nor disagree22
Disagree27
Strongly disagree6
(Don't know)13

 

Go to results for men and women, people of different ages and people of different religions.
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Results for men and women

 

%
 MaleFemale
Strongly agree 5 4
Agree 33 26
Neither agree nor disagree 22 21
Disagree 26 27
Strongly disagree 5 6
(Don't know) 9 16

  

 

Results for people of different ages

 

%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 7 3 4 6 4 3
Agree 26 26 23 35 33 29
Neither agree nor disagree 23 27 24 18 21 19
Disagree 26 25 32 27 26 25
Strongly disagree 3 6 6 4 6 7
(Don't know) 15 13 11 10 10 17

 

  

Results for people of different religions

 

%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 6 2 10
Agree 35 23 39
Neither agree nor disagree 22 21 23
Disagree 22 33 18
Strongly disagree 4 8 1
(Don't know) 12 14 10

 

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