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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2012

Variable Details

Variablemisettle
LabelB23 Which of these statements comes closest to your view?
Question text Now looking at this card, which of these statements comes closest to your view? 1 Migrants to the UK should be allowed to settle wherever they can find jobs. 2 Migrants to the UK should not be allowed to settle in areas where there is already pressure on housing and schools. 3 Migrants to the UK should be allowed to settle only where the government can provide extra houses and school places for them. 4 Migrants should not be allowed to settle in the UK even if there are jobs, housing and schools for them.
Responses
1 Migrants to the UK should be allowed to settle wherever they 536
2 Migrants to the UK should not be allowed to settle in areas 275
3 Migrants to the UK should be allowed to settle only where th 286
4 Migrants should not be allowed to settle in the UK even if t 78
7 (Refusal) 0
8 Don't know 28
9 (No answer/Refused) 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2012
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD
UniverseNorthern Irish adults;National;Adults aged 18 or over, living in private households in Northern Ireland during 2012.
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; NILT has run from 2008 onwards, with a break in 2011. The survey resumed in 2012.
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