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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2003

Variable Details

VariableVIEWNI
LabelS4Q37 - Which statement is closest to your view?
Question text Which of these statements comes closest to your view? Northern Ireland should become independent: separate from the UK and the European Union separate from the UK but part of the European Union/Northern Ireland should remain part of the UK: with its own elected parliament which has law-making and taxation powers with its own elected assembly which has limited law-making powers only/Northern Ireland should remain part of the UK without an elected assembly/Northern Ireland should unify with the Republic of Ireland
Responses
1 NI should become independent,separate from UK & EU 30
2 NI should become independent,separate from UK but part of EU 121
3 NI should remain part of UK,with its own elected parliament 528
4 NI should remain part of UK,with its own elected assembly 401
5 NI should remain part of the UK without an elected assembly 224
6 NI should unify with the Republic of Ireland 295
8 (Don't know) 201
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2003
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD
UniverseNorthern Irish adults;National;Adults aged 18 and over in Northern Ireland during 2003
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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