Year: 2008
Module:Attitudes_to_Minority_Ethnic_People
Variable:MIGWRK11

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?
People’s perceptions of migrant workers are tainted by the media.

 

%

Strongly agree9
Agree49
Neither agree nor disagree22
Disagree18
Strongly disagree1
Don't know1

 

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 9 9
Agree 50 49
Neither agree nor disagree 20 23
Disagree 19 17
Strongly disagree 1 2
Don't know 1 1

  

 

Results for people of different ages

%

 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 16 11 13 9 7 3
Agree 45 48 45 53 57 45
Neither agree nor disagree 20 19 22 20 19 30
Disagree 17 21 18 16 14 20
Strongly disagree 0 1 2 2 2 1
Don't know 2 1 0 0 1 2

 

  

Results for people of different religions

%

 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 7 7 20
Agree 50 50 47
Neither agree nor disagree 25 21 17
Disagree 17 19 14
Strongly disagree 1 2 1
Don't know 2 1 1

 

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