NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2008
Module:Attitudes_to_Minority_Ethnic_People
Variable:MIGWRK9

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?
The needs of migrant workers’ children are putting a strain on schools.

	%
Strongly agree	11
Agree	39
Neither agree nor disagree	19
Disagree	25
Strongly disagree	3
Don't know	3

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	10	12
Agree	41	38
Neither agree nor disagree	19	19
Disagree	25	25
Strongly disagree	2	3
Don't know	2	3

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Strongly agree	14	9	11	11	11	13
Agree	38	34	41	40	41	41
Neither agree nor disagree	21	21	18	15	20	20
Disagree	20	30	26	29	24	20
Strongly disagree	4	4	3	3	1	2
Don't know	3	2	1	2	3	4

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Strongly agree 7 14 13
Agree 34 44 34
Neither agree nor disagree 18 20 18
Disagree 35 16 30
Strongly disagree 3 2 5
Don't know 3 3 1

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