Survey on People in Ireland’s attitude towards diversity, 2023

The survey questionnaire was designed by IPSOS in conjunction with several Government departments and representatives from different civil society groups. These include Pavee Point, NDA, AsIam, Independent Living Movement, the Irish Deaf Society, National Platform of Self Advocates; Voice of Vision, Impairment Physical Impairment Ireland, Disabled Women Ireland; BelongTo, INAR, MRCI, the ESRI. In addition, several civil society groups were shown the survey and asked for feedback. Laurence Bond the former Director of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission provided expert feedback on question formulation. The survey asked a series of questions pertaining to demographics of participant, civil and social engagement and attitudinal questions towards various categories. The demographics questions gathered data regarding gender, age, employment status, socio-economic status, family status, birth country, ethnicity, nationality, size of residential area, renting or owning accommodation, sexual orientation, county of residence and eircode. The civil and social engagement questions concerned voting, volunteering, holidays, life satisfaction and trust in others. The attitudinal questions were: • How comfortable would you be if a ___________ person was living next door/in the nearest house to where you live? • How comfortable would you be if one of your children was in/are in a love relationship with a ___________ person? • How comfortable would you feel if a ___________ child was in the same class as your child? • Would a ___________ person be at a disadvantage when being hired? • A series of questions concerning attitudes towards immigration. • What is the biggest issue facing the world / Ireland?