Listed below are the questions asked in the Attitudes to Minority Ethnic Groups module and the years in which they were asked. If you want to see how young people actually answered the questions in a particular year, you can click on the year beside every question.

• Ethnic Background and Interactions with Minority Ethnic Communities
• Attitudes to People from Minority Ethnic Background
  

Ethnic Background and Interactions with Minority Ethnic Communities

• ANYMEG: Do you belong to any of these minority ethnic groups? 2008
• CONMEG: Have you had contact with anyone from these groups? 2008 2011
• FRNMEG: Are any of your friends from these backgrounds? 2008 2011
• HOWMEG: How have you come in contact with people from other ethnic backgrounds? 2008
• FEELMEC: How favourable or unfavourable do you feel about people from minority ethnic communities? 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020_21 2022 2023 2024
• SHMINETH: Do you think leisure centres, parks, libraries and shops in this area are 'shared and open' to people from minority ethnic commnunities? 2023 2024
• UPREJMEG: Are you prejudiced against people of minority ethnic communities? 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020_21 2022 2023 2024
  
• SETHFRND: How many of your friends are the same ethnic origin as you? 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2014 2015
• OMARRCH: Would most people mind if a close relative were to marry a person from the Chinese community? 2003
• SMARRCH: Would you mind if a close relative were to marry a person from the Chinese community? 2003
• OMARRETH: Would most people mind if a close relative were to marry someone of a different race or ethnic origin? 2004 2005 2006 2008
• SMARRETH: Would you mind if a close relative were to marry someone of a different race or ethnic origin? 2004 2005 2006 2008
• WHYMIND: Why do you think some people would mind if one of their close relatives were to marry someone from a different ethnic background? 2008
• RACOWNKD: In relation to colour and ethnicity, do you prefer to stick to people of my own kind? 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012
• SOCMEG: How often do you socialise or play sport with people from a different ethnic background 2008 2009 2011 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020_21 2022 2023 2024
• FRNDNAME: Have any of your friends called someone names to their face because of their colour or ethnic origin? 2008 2011
  
• YOUNAME: Have you ever called someone names to their face because of their colour or ethnic origin? 2008 2011
  
• RACEBULL: Have you yourself ever witnessed any kind of racist bullying or harassment in your school? 2008 2011 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020_21 2022 2023 2024
  
• YOURABU1: Have you yourself ever been a victim of any kind of racist bullying or harassment in your school? 2008 2011
  
• KNOWRABU: Do you know anyone who has been the victim of racist harassment or assault outside of school? 2008 2011 2014 2015
• YOURABU2: Have you ever been a victim of any kind of racist harassment or assault outside of school? 2008 2011
• MEGSTAT5: Is there little chance of being able to become friends with people of different races and religions unless you attend the same school? 2008

Attitudes to People from Minority Ethnic Background

• PCENTMEC: What percentage of people living in Northern Ireland are from a minority ethnic community? 2004 2005 2008 2011
• SYRIANI: Should people from Syria be allowed to come to Northern Ireland? 2017 2018 2019
• REFWELC: Is Northern Ireland a society that welcomes refugees escaping persecution in their home country? 2017 2018 2019 2020_21 2022 2023 2024
• REFPROT: Is it is our duty to provide protection to refugees escaping persecution in their home country? 2017 2018 2019 2020_21 2022 2023 2024
• REFRESP: Refugees and asylum seekers are not respected in Northern Ireland? 2023
• REFMED: Are perceptions of refugees and asylum seekers negatively affected by the media? 2024
• REFOPP: I would like more opportunities to get to know asylum seekers and refugees? 2023 2024
• REFEMP: Asylum seekers should have the same access to employment as the rest ofthe Northern Ireland population? 2023 2024
• REFUKR: People fleeing the war in Ukraine should be allowed to come to Northern Ireland? 2023
• EMCRICH: Do the culture and traditions of different minority ethnic groups add to the richness and diversity of Northern Ireland society? 2017 2018 2019 2020_21 2022 2023 2024
• IMPACMEG: What has been the most important influence on your views on people from other ethnic groups? 2008 2009 2011
  
• CCSTATE3: Is sectarian hatred in N. Ireland now being directed towards minority ethnic communities? 2007 2008
  
• MEGSTAT2: Are a lot of local jobs being taken by other ethnic groups, which is unfair to locals? 2008
  
• MEGSTAT3: Is there a lot to be learned from other religions? Is this fascinating, not intimidating? 2008
  
• MEGSTAT4: Are people very wary of other races because of the terrorism in mainland UK? 2008
  
• MEGELSE: Comments about migrant workers and minority ethnic groups 2008
• SPBARMEG: Is sport good for breaking down ethnic barriers? 2014

In some years, some of these questions were also asked as part of Community Relations modules.

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