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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:
23 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia63.9%
2 Canada63.2%
3 Ireland56.7%
4 New Zealand50.4%
5 Austria43.4%
6 Japan40.9%
7 Germany37.0%
8 Poland36.5%
9 United States33.9%
10 Philippines 30.4%
11 Sweden27.0%
12 Spain26.9%
13 Latvia23.6%
14 Italy21.9%
15 Slovenia21.3%
16 Russian Federation20.6%
17 Netherlands17.0%
17 United Kingdom17.0%
19 Bulgaria16.9%
20 Norway13.2%
21 Slovakia9.9%
22 Hungary8.6%
23 Czech Republic8.5%

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

No data for 215 countries.

Source
ISSP 1995

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 1.107556 X +6.310
Correlation coefficient (r)0.306
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.094

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 64222.247154 X +22397.060
Correlation coefficient (r)0.434
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.188

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 9.229521 X +76.593
Correlation coefficient (r)0.401
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.161

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -0.079173 X +1.581
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.056
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -3.276273 X +13.716
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.113
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013