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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2006

Variable Details

Variablefutureni
LabelQ6.11 View on NI independance
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 Northern Ireland should become independent separate from the 23
2 Northern Ireland should become independent separate from the 48
3 Northern Ireland should remain part of the UK with its own e 521
4 Northern Ireland should remain part of the UK with its own e 200
5 Northern Ireland should remain part of the UK without an ele 63
6 Northern Ireland should unify with the Republic of Ireland 273
8 Don’t know 102
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2006
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD.
UniverseNorthern Irish adults;National;Adults aged 18 or over, living in private households in Northern Ireland during 2006.
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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