NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2009
Module: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	56
Neither agree nor disagree	13
Disagree	10
Strongly disagree	2
Don't know	0

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	18	17
Agree	55	57
Neither agree nor disagree	12	14
Disagree	11	10
Strongly disagree	3	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	20	19	15	22	15	15
Agree	52	52	56	57	58	61
Neither agree nor disagree	17	12	13	11	14	12
Disagree	10	12	13	8	11	9
Strongly disagree	1	4	3	2	2	2
Don't know	0	0	0	1	0	1

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Strongly agree 19 15 18
Agree 55 57 60
Neither agree nor disagree 13 14 10
Disagree 10 11 8
Strongly disagree 3 2 4
Don't know 1 0 0

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