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Question: Do you think the number of immigrants to the country nowadays should be...?
Choices: "increased a lot" "increased a little" "remain the same as it is" "reduced a little" "reduced a lot"
Data: % of "increased a lot" "increased a little"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada29.1%
2 Israel27.1%
3 Republic of Korea25.5%
4 Finland 24.6%
5 Australia23.4%
6 New Zealand15.7%
7 Japan13.2%
8 Slovakia12.0%
9 Sweden11.9%
10 United States11.3%
11 Denmark9.8%
11 Spain9.8%
13 Ireland9.2%
14 France7.7%
15 Norway7.1%
15 Poland7.1%
17 Chile6.9%
18 Austria6.8%
19 United Kingdom5.8%
20 Switzerland5.7%
21 Germany4.5%
22 Czech Republic4.3%
23 Netherlands3.8%
24 Portugal3.1%
24 Slovenia3.1%
26 Latvia2.5%
27 Hungary2.2%

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 11 countries.

Source
ISSP 2003

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 1.728057 X +6.578
Correlation coefficient (r)0.287
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 46115.344387 X +42900.363
Correlation coefficient (r)0.148
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 16.151450 X +78.865
Correlation coefficient (r)0.413
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.534953 X +1.533
Correlation coefficient (r)0.124
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 8.430706 X +9.526
Correlation coefficient (r)0.202
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041