Year: 2006
Module:Attitudes_to_Minority_Ethnic_People
Variable:MIGWRK2

The next few questions are about migrant workers, that is, people who come from other countries to work in Northern Ireland, and may or may not stay very long here. There are different opinions about migrant workers in Northern Ireland. How much do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?
Migrant workers take jobs away from people who were born in Northern Ireland .

 

%

Strongly agree14
Agree34
Neither agree or disagree11
Disagree33
Strongly disagree6
Don't know1

 

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Results for men and women

%

 MaleFemale
Strongly agree 15 14
Agree 34 34
Neither agree or disagree 10 13
Disagree 33 33
Strongly disagree 8 5
Don't know 1 1

  

 
Results for people of different ages

%

 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 14 10 17 13 14 16
Agree 49 32 29 26 37 37
Neither agree or disagree 12 11 12 12 13 10
Disagree 18 40 34 41 31 32
Strongly disagree 8 6 8 7 4 5
Don't know 0 1 0 1 1 2

 

  

Results for people of different religions

%

 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 10 19 11
Agree 35 36 27
Neither agree or disagree 9 13 13
Disagree 37 28 42
Strongly disagree 9 3 8
Don't know 1 1 0

 

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