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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia63.9%
2 Canada63.2%
3 Japan 40.9%
4 Germany37.0%
5 United States33.9%
6 Sweden27.0%
7 Italy21.9%
8 United Kingdom17.0%

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 = 0.359948 X +6.742
Correlation coefficient (r)0.148
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 21956.650567 X +43844.391
Correlation coefficient (r)0.330
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.109

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.045235 X +80.502
Correlation coefficient (r)0.249
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.016023 X +1.500
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.019
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 6.593442 X +9.650
Correlation coefficient (r)0.342
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.117