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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia70.5%
2 Canada62.7%
3 Republic of Korea53.9%
4 United States45.4%
5 Sweden44.2%
6 Japan36.1%
7 France 35.1%
8 Germany26.3%
9 United Kingdom21.6%

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 = 0.542477 X +6.453
Correlation coefficient (r)0.209
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 31787.004533 X +36600.893
Correlation coefficient (r)0.362
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.131

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 3.780785 X +80.248
Correlation coefficient (r)0.253
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.317654 X +1.644
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.170
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 11.526684 X +6.783
Correlation coefficient (r)0.449
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.202