NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2010
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	11
Agree	39
Neither agree nor disagree	23
Disagree	21
Strongly disagree	4
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	9
Agree	41	37
Neither agree nor disagree	21	25
Disagree	20	21
Strongly disagree	3	5
Don't know	0	3

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Strongly agree	6	18	13	11	9	8
Agree	30	37	35	42	40	46
Neither agree nor disagree	33	22	27	19	21	22
Disagree	26	18	21	22	22	19
Strongly disagree	4	5	3	5	5	3
Don't know	1	1	1	2	2	2

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Strongly agree 15 6 17
Agree 43 38 33
Neither agree nor disagree 21 24 26
Disagree 16 25 18
Strongly disagree 3 5 5
Don't know 2 2 1

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