NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2008
Module:Attitudes_to_Minority_Ethnic_People
Variable:MIGWRK1

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 are generally good for Northern Ireland’s economy

	%
Strongly agree	10
Agree	42
Neither agree nor disagree	22
Disagree	21
Strongly disagree	5
Don't know	1

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

	%
	Male	Female
Strongly agree	11	8
Agree	44	40
Neither agree nor disagree	17	27
Disagree	22	19
Strongly disagree	6	4
Don't know	1	2

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Strongly agree	5	13	11	10	11	5
Agree	41	38	36	45	45	47
Neither agree nor disagree	28	18	26	20	21	21
Disagree	20	25	23	17	18	21
Strongly disagree	2	4	5	6	4	5
Don't know	4	1	1	2	1	1

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Strongly agree 15 5 12
Agree 46 38 46
Neither agree nor disagree 18 26 20
Disagree 15 26 21
Strongly disagree 5 4 2
Don't know 1 2 0

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