NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2009
Module: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	13
Agree	38
Neither agree nor disagree	27
Disagree	16
Strongly disagree	6
Don't know	2

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	15	11
Agree	37	38
Neither agree nor disagree	23	30
Disagree	18	14
Strongly disagree	7	5
Don't know	1	2

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Strongly agree	8	15	10	18	12	12
Agree	37	33	40	37	39	40
Neither agree nor disagree	32	26	24	25	29	27
Disagree	17	22	15	14	14	12
Strongly disagree	5	5	10	5	5	5
Don't know	2	0	1	2	1	3

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Strongly agree 16 8 14
Agree 41 34 38
Neither agree nor disagree 23 30 28
Disagree 13 19 14
Strongly disagree 4 7 6
Don't know 2 2 0

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