Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2008

Variable Details

Variableraccomp
LabelPrefer company of same or different ethnic background to me
Question text And again in relation to colour and ethnicity, which of these statements BEST describes how you feel about mixing with people from a different background to your own? I prefer the company of people from the same ethnic background as the one that I was brought up in. I prefer the company of people from a different ethnic background to the one that I was brought up in. I have no preference. I don't know anyone of a different ethnic background.
Responses
1 Prefer same ethnic background as me 253
2 Prefer different ethnic background 34
3 I have no preference 821
4 I dont know anyone of a different ethnic background' 102
5 Other (WRITE IN) 0
8 Don't know 4
9 Refused/not answered 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2008
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD.
UniverseNorthern Irish adults;National;Adults aged 18 or over, living in private households in Northern Ireland during 2008
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study