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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2001

Variable Details

VariableIDENT1
LabelS3Q19 Which is most important thing to describe yourself
Question text Some people say that whether they feel British or Irish is not as important as other things about them, other people say that their national identity is the key to who they are. If you had to pick just one thing from this list to describe yourself - something that is very important to you when you think of yourself, what would it be?
Responses
1 Working class 382
2 British 97
3 Elderly 57
4 A woman/A man 356
5 Not religious 27
7 Irish 62
8 A wife / A husband 148
9 A Catholic 51
10 A country person 36
11 A city person 2
12 Chinese 0
13 A Protestant 52
14 A mother / A father 335
15 Middle class 12
16 Black 0
17 Retired 17
18 Religious 10
20 An Ulsterman / An Ulsterwoman 17
21 A working person 31
22 Young 35
23 White 11
25 Northern Irish 21
26 Asian 1
27 Unemployed 5
28 Other 17
29 NONE OF THESE 12
98 Don't know 6
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2001
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD
UniverseNorthern Irish adults;National;Adults aged 18 and over in Northern Ireland during 2001.
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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