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Northern Ireland Life and Times Frequently Asked Questions

Questions:

Which years of the NI LTS are available?


Data are available from 1998 onwards, when the survey began.

What format is the data available in?


The NI LTS data are available in SPSS, STATA and ASCII format.

Where can I obtain statistics and tables from the NI LTS?


Results are available on the NI LTS web site at ARK.

At what geographical levels can I analyse the data?


The data does not contain any geographical data such as region. However there is a variable which identifies the type of area (big city, small city, suburbs, village etc).

Are the same questions asked each year?


The survey is run on a modular format and while two modules are repeated every year (Political Attitudes and Community Relations) the rest of the survey varies annually, with all the modules designed to be repeated in years to come.

Before I order, how do I find out what questions/variables are included?


Variable lists and PDF user guides (including questionnaires) are freely available via the Doc column in the Dataset Titles page.

Is there a more general FAQ?

There is a generic FAQ for all surveys available.

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