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Question: Do you agree that immigrants take jobs away from people who were born in the country?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany45.4%
2 United Kingdom44.8%
3 United States43.0%
4 Japan27.6%
5 Canada27.0%
6 France 25.7%
7 Australia25.4%
8 Republic of Korea23.6%
9 Sweden7.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2003

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.754695 X +6.918
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.221
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 18088.953904 X +45147.395
Correlation coefficient (r)0.156
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -13.295149 X +85.904
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.676
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.457

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.263035 X +1.425
Correlation coefficient (r)0.107
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -12.314378 X +15.551
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.364
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.132