NI Life and Times Survey - 2009: MIGWRK10

Year: 2009
Module:Minority_Ethnic_People
Variable:MIGWRK10

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 come to Northern Ireland just to get social security benefits.

	%
Strongly agree	8
Agree	24
Neither agree nor disagree	27
Disagree	34
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	9	7
Agree	25	23
Neither agree nor disagree	26	28
Disagree	33	35
Strongly disagree	6	6
Don't know	2	2

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Strongly agree	8	8	11	7	6	8
Agree	18	21	21	23	26	30
Neither agree nor disagree	34	30	30	20	27	25
Disagree	35	31	34	41	31	30
Strongly disagree	6	9	3	8	7	2
Don't know	0	1	2	2	2	4

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Strongly agree 4 11 10
Agree 18 31 17
Neither agree nor disagree 29 26 25
Disagree 39 27 37
Strongly disagree 8 3 8
Don't know 2 2 2

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