Year: 2007
Module:Attitudes_to_Minority_Ethnic_People
Variable:MIGWRK5

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?
It is good for Northern Ireland that migrant workers come to work as doctors and nurses when there is a shortage of medical staff.

 

%

Strongly agree22
Agree61
Neither agree nor disagree8
Disagree7
Strongly disagree1
Don't know0

 

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Results for men and women

%

 MaleFemale
Strongly agree 23 21
Agree 61 62
Neither agree nor disagree 8 8
Disagree 6 8
Strongly disagree 1 1
Don't know 0 1

  

 
Results for people of different ages

%

 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 30 22 21 21 23 20
Agree 56 62 60 64 61 62
Neither agree nor disagree 11 8 11 8 5 8
Disagree 3 6 8 6 10 7
Strongly disagree 1 2 1 1 0 2
Don't know 0 1 0 0 1 1

 

  

Results for people of different religions

%

 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 25 18 31
Agree 61 63 54
Neither agree nor disagree 8 9 6
Disagree 4 9 7
Strongly disagree 1 1 2
Don't know 1 0 0

 

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