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Question: Do you agree that immigrants are generally good for your country's economy?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 India70.5%
2 Switzerland59.7%
3 Portugal56.9%
4 United States54.2%
5 Norway52.8%
6 Iceland51.8%
7 Republic of Korea50.7%
8 Germany50.3%
9 Sweden49.2%
10 Ireland48.9%
11 Philippines45.9%
12 Spain44.9%
13 Taiwan41.9%
14 Georgia41.2%
15 Slovenia39.5%
16 Denmark39.3%
17 Japan 38.6%
18 France33.8%
19 South Africa31.5%
20 United Kingdom31.2%
21 Belgium28.2%
21 Finland28.2%
23 Israel27.8%
24 Latvia27.6%
25 Mexico27.4%
26 Russian Federation26.1%
27 Estonia25.4%
28 Turkiye23.2%
29 Lithuania19.0%
30 Hungary17.4%
31 Czech Republic16.4%
32 Slovakia14.8%
33 Croatia14.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 205 countries.

Source
ISSP 2013

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.231221 X +6.538
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.042
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 77273.321563 X +9683.167
Correlation coefficient (r)0.399
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.159

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 9.102997 X +74.434
Correlation coefficient (r)0.233
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -0.160899 X +1.767
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.057
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -2.621989 X +12.130
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.074
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005