NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2009
Module:Minority_Ethnic_People
Variable:MIGWRK6

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 number of migrant workers moving into Northern Ireland means that there is a shortage of local housing.

	%
Strongly agree	6
Agree	34
Neither agree nor disagree	25
Disagree	28
Strongly disagree	4
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	7	6
Agree	34	34
Neither agree nor disagree	21	28
Disagree	30	27
Strongly disagree	5	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	6	7	7	8	4	6
Agree	26	37	33	31	38	36
Neither agree nor disagree	34	25	27	23	20	25
Disagree	26	25	29	30	31	28
Strongly disagree	9	5	2	5	3	2
Don't know	0	2	2	3	3	4

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Strongly agree 4 9 8
Agree 31 37 32
Neither agree nor disagree 23 27 26
Disagree 35 23 24
Strongly disagree 5 2 6
Don't know 2 3 4

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