NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2010
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	33
Neither agree nor disagree	24
Disagree	33
Strongly disagree	3
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	5	7
Agree	29	36
Neither agree nor disagree	23	25
Disagree	39	28
Strongly disagree	4	2
Don't know	1	2

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Strongly agree	7	7	5	5	7	5
Agree	33	27	29	33	33	42
Neither agree nor disagree	29	28	27	24	21	18
Disagree	27	34	34	34	34	33
Strongly disagree	3	3	3	2	4	2
Don't know	1	1	2	3	1	1

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Strongly agree 4 7 4
Agree 25 40 31
Neither agree nor disagree 24 24 25
Disagree 40 27 37
Strongly disagree 5 1 3
Don't know 3 1 1

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