NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2009
Module:Minority_Ethnic_People
Variable:MIGWRK5

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?
It is good for Northern Ireland that migrant workers come to work as doctors and nurses when there is a shortage of medical staff.

	%
Strongly agree	28
Agree	54
Neither agree nor disagree	10
Disagree	6
Strongly disagree	1
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	31	26
Agree	50	57
Neither agree nor disagree	10	10
Disagree	6	6
Strongly disagree	2	1
Don't know	0	0

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Strongly agree	26	36	25	32	23	26
Agree	52	52	55	52	57	56
Neither agree nor disagree	15	8	11	6	10	12
Disagree	5	4	7	8	8	4
Strongly disagree	2	0	2	2	1	1
Don't know	0	0	0	0	1	1

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Strongly agree 35 20 31
Agree 52 58 52
Neither agree nor disagree 7 13 10
Disagree 5 8 4
Strongly disagree 1 1 3
Don't know 0 1 0

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