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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom50.1%
2 United States48.1%
3 Italy36.8%
4 Australia36.2%
5 Germany35.0%
6 Canada24.5%
7 Sweden16.1%
8 Japan 14.8%

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

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1995

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.625174 X +6.674
Correlation coefficient (r)0.195
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 19749.305039 X +45751.852
Correlation coefficient (r)0.225
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.051

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -11.259980 X +85.345
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.699
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.489

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.283722 X +1.401
Correlation coefficient (r)0.250
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -10.484210 X +15.591
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.412
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.170