How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement about asylum seekers in Northern Ireland?
An asylum seeker is someone seeking refugee status who has not yet received a decision from the Immigration Authorities on whether their application has been successful or not.
Asylum seekers should have the same access to employment as the rest of the Northern Ireland population.

	%
Strongly agree	21
Agree	36
Neither agree nor disagree	18
Disagree	14
Strongly disagree	7
I don't know	3

 

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Strongly agree	22	21
Agree	39	33
Neither agree nor disagree	16	20
Disagree	12	16
Strongly disagree	9	6
I don't know	2	4

 

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Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Strongly agree	31	22	20	24	20	16
Agree	20	38	32	33	41	46
Neither agree nor disagree	18	18	21	16	17	17
Disagree	23	13	15	12	11	14
Strongly disagree	3	5	10	12	8	4
I don't know	4	3	2	4	3	3

 

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Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Strongly agree	25	9	33
Agree	39	35	38
Neither agree nor disagree	17	22	14
Disagree	12	20	9
Strongly disagree	4	10	5
I don't know	3	4	1

 

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