Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2008

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MEGCONT (Weighted by WTFACTOR) More generally, thinking of the groups listed on the previous showcard, how often would you say that you come into direct contact with people from one or more of these backgrounds?   1) Daily   2) About once or twice a week   3) About once or twice a month   4) Very rarely   5) Not at all   8) Don't know   9) Refused/not answered

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Daily	353	29.1%	29.1%
About once or twice a week	311	25.6%	54.7%
About once or twice a month	157	12.9%	67.6%
Very rarely	260	21.4%	89%
Not at all	132	10.9%	99.9%
Don't know	1	.1%	100%
Refused/not answered	1	.1%	100.1%

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Religion Church attendance

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+	TOTAL
Daily	39.6% 44	43.7% 83	33.6% 79	37.9% 88	18.7% 40	8.2% 19	29.1% 353
About once or twice a week	31.5% 35	31.1% 59	34.5% 81	20.3% 47	23.4% 50	16.3% 38	25.5% 310
About once or twice a month	9.0% 10	11.6% 22	12.8% 30	16.8% 39	14.0% 30	11.2% 26	12.9% 157
Very rarely	9.9% 11	10.5% 20	14.0% 33	18.5% 43	29.9% 64	37.8% 88	21.3% 259
Not at all	9.9% 11	3.2% 6	5.1% 12	6.0% 14	14.0% 30	25.8% 60	10.9% 133
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.2% 2
Refused/not answered	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 190	100.0% 235	100.0% 232	100.0% 214	100.0% 233	1215

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Daily	31.1% 182	27.2% 171	29.1% 353
About once or twice a week	25.9% 152	25.3% 159	25.6% 311
About once or twice a month	14.2% 83	11.8% 74	12.9% 157
Very rarely	18.4% 108	24.2% 152	21.4% 260
Not at all	10.1% 59	11.6% 73	10.9% 132
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Refused/not answered	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 586	100.0% 629	1215

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	No religion	Missing	TOTAL
Daily	28.3% 125	26.9% 158	38.9% 61	9	29.0% 344
About once or twice a week	24.9% 110	26.9% 158	22.3% 35	8	25.5% 303
About once or twice a month	13.8% 61	12.6% 74	12.7% 20	2	13.1% 155
Very rarely	21.1% 93	22.8% 134	17.8% 28	5	21.5% 255
Not at all	11.8% 52	10.7% 63	8.3% 13	4	10.8% 128
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 1
Refused/not answered	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 441	100.0% 588	100.0% 157	29	1186

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Less than once a month	Less than once a week	Weekly or more	Missing	TOTAL
Daily	34.6% 55	25.1% 70	31.0% 84	23.9% 83	61	27.7% 292
About once or twice a week	27.7% 44	26.2% 73	27.7% 75	23.9% 83	36	26.0% 275
About once or twice a month	5.7% 9	13.6% 38	14.8% 40	14.4% 50	20	13.0% 137
Very rarely	21.4% 34	24.0% 67	18.5% 50	23.3% 81	28	22.0% 232
Not at all	10.1% 16	11.1% 31	8.1% 22	14.1% 49	15	11.2% 118
Don't know	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0	0.2% 2
Refused/not answered	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 159	100.0% 279	100.0% 271	100.0% 347	161	1056