NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2008
Module:Attitudes_to_Minority_Ethnic_People
Variable:MIGWRK3

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 mostly take up jobs that Northern Ireland workers don’t want

	%
Strongly agree	18
Agree	60
Neither agree nor disagree	10
Disagree	9
Strongly disagree	2
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	19	18
Agree	56	63
Neither agree nor disagree	12	9
Disagree	11	8
Strongly disagree	2	2
Don't know	1	0

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Strongly agree	10	14	22	16	21	21
Agree	62	58	54	57	67	62
Neither agree nor disagree	12	12	11	12	7	9
Disagree	14	13	9	12	5	6
Strongly disagree	2	2	4	2	1	0
Don't know	0	1	0	1	0	2

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Strongly agree 17 19 21
Agree 58 60 61
Neither agree nor disagree 13 9 9
Disagree 9 11 8
Strongly disagree 3 1 1
Don't know 1 1 1

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