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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:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada29.1%
2 Israel27.1%
3 Republic of Korea25.5%
4 Finland 24.6%
5 Australia23.4%
6 Uruguay20.9%
7 Philippines18.5%
8 New Zealand15.7%
9 Japan13.2%
10 Slovakia12.0%
11 Sweden11.9%
12 United States11.3%
13 Denmark9.8%
13 Spain9.8%
15 Ireland9.2%
16 France7.7%
17 Venezuela7.2%
18 Norway7.1%
18 Poland7.1%
20 Chile6.9%
21 Austria6.8%
22 United Kingdom5.8%
23 Switzerland5.7%
24 Bulgaria5.3%
25 Taiwan5.0%
26 Germany4.5%
27 Czech Republic4.3%
27 Russian Federation4.3%
29 Netherlands3.8%
30 Portugal3.1%
30 Slovenia3.1%
32 Latvia2.5%
33 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 205 countries.

Source
ISSP 2003

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 2.140849 X +6.417
Correlation coefficient (r)0.240
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 40778.445792 X +36865.036
Correlation coefficient (r)0.127
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 13.781154 X +78.167
Correlation coefficient (r)0.292
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 0.813008 X +1.531
Correlation coefficient (r)0.178
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 0.975974 X +12.962
Correlation coefficient (r)0.014
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000