NI Life and Times Survey - 2007: NIRELND2

Year: 2007
Module: Political Attitudes
Variable: NIRELND2

Do you think the long-term policy for Northern Ireland should be for it…

	%
to remain part of the United Kingdom with direct rule	11
to remain part of the United Kingdom with devolved government	55
or, to reunify with the rest of Ireland?	23
Independent state	5
Other answer	1
Don't know	5

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

Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
to remain part of the United Kingdom with direct rule	8	14
to remain part of the United Kingdom with devolved government	58	53
or, to reunify with the rest of Ireland?	24	21
Independent state	4	6
Other answer	1	1
Don't know	4	6

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
to remain part of the United Kingdomwith direct rule	13	11	10	9	8	15
to remain part of the United Kingdom with devolved government	46	56	49	59	64	56
or, to reunify with the rest of Ireland?	33	18	25	24	19	20
Independent state	6	7	9	5	2	2
Other answer	0	1	1	1	1	1
Don't know	3	7	5	3	6	5

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

to remain part of the United Kingdom with direct rule 4 17 10
to remain part of the United Kingdom with devolved governmentTo remain part of the united kingdom with devolved governmen 35 72 61
Or, to reunify with the rest of Ireland? 47 3 21
Independent state 6 4 3
Other answer 1 1 0
Don't know 7 3 5

| NILT Homepage | Module Listing | Variable Index |

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
to remain part of the United Kingdom with direct rule	4	17	10
to remain part of the United Kingdom with devolved governmentTo remain part of the united kingdom with devolved governmen	35	72	61
Or, to reunify with the rest of Ireland?	47	3	21
Independent state	6	4	3
Other answer	1	1	0
Don't know	7	3	5