Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2008

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OMARRRLG (Weighted by WTFACTOR) And do you think most people in Northern Ireland would mind or not mind if one of their close relatives were to marry someone of a different religion?   1) Would mind a lot   2) Would mind a little   3) Would not mind   8) Don't know   9) Refused/not answered

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Would mind a lot	196	16.1%	16.1%
Would mind a little	512	42.1%	58.2%
Would not mind	491	40.4%	98.6%
Don't know	15	1.2%	99.8%
Refused/not answered	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
Would mind a lot	24.1% 27	15.2% 29	13.2% 31	17.2% 40	15.4% 33	15.9% 37	16.2% 197
Would mind a little	40.2% 45	45.0% 86	44.3% 104	40.5% 94	41.6% 89	39.9% 93	42.0% 511
Would not mind	33.9% 38	38.7% 74	39.6% 93	41.4% 96	42.5% 91	42.9% 100	40.4% 492
Don't know	1.8% 2	1.0% 2	2.6% 6	0.4% 1	0.5% 1	1.3% 3	1.2% 15
Refused/not answered	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 191	100.0% 235	100.0% 232	100.0% 214	100.0% 233	1217

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Would mind a lot	17.5% 103	14.8% 93	16.1% 196
Would mind a little	41.9% 246	42.2% 265	42.1% 511
Would not mind	38.7% 227	42.0% 264	40.4% 491
Don't know	1.5% 9	1.0% 6	1.2% 15
Refused/not answered	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
Would mind a lot	11.8% 52	19.8% 116	15.4% 24	3	16.2% 192
Would mind a little	37.2% 164	49.1% 288	33.3% 52	8	42.6% 504
Would not mind	49.9% 220	29.8% 175	50.0% 78	17	39.9% 473
Don't know	1.1% 5	1.0% 6	1.3% 2	1	1.1% 13
Refused/not answered	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 441	100.0% 587	100.0% 156	29	1184

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Less than once a month	Less than once a week	Weekly or more	Missing	TOTAL
Would mind a lot	23.9% 38	15.9% 44	13.7% 37	15.3% 53	24	16.3% 172
Would mind a little	43.4% 69	48.0% 133	41.7% 113	41.0% 142	55	43.4% 457
Would not mind	30.8% 49	35.0% 97	43.2% 117	42.5% 147	79	38.9% 410
Don't know	1.3% 2	1.1% 3	1.5% 4	0.9% 3	2	1.1% 12
Refused/not answered	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 159	100.0% 277	100.0% 271	100.0% 346	160	1053