Year: 2007
Module:Attitudes_to_Minority_Ethnic_People
Variable:MIGWRK10

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 come to Northern Ireland just to get social security benefits.

 

%

Strongly agree7
Agree21
Neither agree nor disagree24
Disagree40
Strongly disagree6
Don't know3

 

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 8 7
Agree 20 22
Neither agree nor disagree 25 23
Disagree 41 38
Strongly disagree 6 6
Don't know 2 4

  

 
Results for people of different ages

%

 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 4 7 6 7 9 8
Agree 13 20 17 22 23 26
Neither agree nor disagree 25 27 25 22 23 22
Disagree 46 36 46 41 36 33
Strongly disagree 11 7 5 7 6 4
Don't know 2 4 1 1 3 6

 

  

Results for people of different religions

%

 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 6 9 6
Agree 16 25 17
Neither agree nor disagree 23 25 21
Disagree 44 35 47
Strongly disagree 8 4 9
Don't know 4 3 1

 

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