Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2008

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MXRLGNGH (Weighted by WTFACTOR) If you had a choice, would you prefer to live in a neighborhood with people of only your own religion, or in a mixed-religion neighborhood?   1) Own religion only   2) Mixed religion neighborhood   3) Other   4) It depends   5) No preference/not a factor   8) Don't know   9) Not answered/refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Own religion only	182	15%	15%
Mixed religion neighborhood	970	79.9%	94.9%
Other	6	.5%	95.4%
It depends	5	.4%	95.8%
No preference/not a factor	27	2.2%	98%
Don't know	22	1.8%	99.8%
Not answered/refused	2	.2%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Religion Church attendance

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+	TOTAL
Own religion only	22.5% 25	21.1% 40	13.6% 32	11.2% 26	13.1% 28	12.9% 30	14.9% 181
Mixed religion neighborhood	73.0% 81	71.1% 135	81.4% 192	84.5% 196	84.1% 180	80.2% 186	79.8% 970
Other	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.8% 2	1.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.6% 7
It depends	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	1.3% 3	0.4% 5
No preference/not a factor	0.0% 0	5.3% 10	0.8% 2	1.3% 3	2.3% 5	3.0% 7	2.2% 27
Don't know	4.5% 5	1.6% 3	3.0% 7	1.3% 3	0.0% 0	2.2% 5	1.9% 23
Not answered/refused	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 190	100.0% 236	100.0% 232	100.0% 214	100.0% 232	1215

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Own religion only	16.5% 97	13.7% 86	15.1% 183
Mixed religion neighborhood	77.3% 454	82.0% 515	79.8% 969
Other	0.5% 3	0.6% 4	0.6% 7
It depends	0.5% 3	0.3% 2	0.4% 5
No preference/not a factor	3.1% 18	1.4% 9	2.2% 27
Don't know	1.7% 10	1.9% 12	1.8% 22
Not answered/refused	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 587	100.0% 628	1215

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	No religion	Missing	TOTAL
Own religion only	14.5% 64	18.7% 110	5.1% 8	0	15.4% 182
Mixed religion neighborhood	80.0% 352	76.9% 452	87.9% 138	27	79.5% 942
Other	0.2% 1	0.9% 5	0.0% 0	1	0.5% 6
It depends	0.5% 2	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0	0.4% 5
No preference/not a factor	2.3% 10	1.9% 11	3.2% 5	1	2.2% 26
Don't know	2.5% 11	1.0% 6	3.2% 5	0	1.9% 22
Not answered/refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.6% 1	0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 588	100.0% 157	29	1185

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Less than once a month	Less than once a week	Weekly or more	Missing	TOTAL
Own religion only	21.0% 34	20.9% 58	13.3% 36	13.6% 47	8	16.6% 175
Mixed religion neighborhood	70.4% 114	75.5% 210	80.4% 217	82.7% 286	142	78.3% 827
Other	1.9% 3	0.0% 0	1.5% 4	0.0% 0	0	0.7% 7
It depends	0.6% 1	0.4% 1	0.7% 2	0.3% 1	0	0.5% 5
No preference/not a factor	4.9% 8	2.2% 6	1.9% 5	1.2% 4	5	2.2% 23
Don't know	0.6% 1	1.1% 3	2.2% 6	2.3% 8	5	1.7% 18
Not answered/refused	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 162	100.0% 278	100.0% 270	100.0% 346	161	1056