NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2010
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	23
Agree	56
Neither agree nor disagree	10
Disagree	9
Strongly disagree	2
Don't know	1

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	26	20
Agree	56	56
Neither agree nor disagree	9	11
Disagree	8	11
Strongly disagree	1	2
Don't know	0	1

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Strongly agree	19	34	26	19	15	21
Agree	54	52	51	60	58	59
Neither agree nor disagree	17	5	11	8	14	8
Disagree	8	8	9	10	11	9
Strongly disagree	1	1	2	1	1	3
Don't know	1	0	1	1	1	1

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Strongly agree 30 17 24
Agree 53 58 55
Neither agree nor disagree 7 12 10
Disagree 8 12 8
Strongly disagree 2 2 2
Don't know 1 0 1

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