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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:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada20.9%
2 Ireland19.2%
3 Japan 15.7%
4 New Zealand12.4%
5 Australia11.4%
6 Poland8.6%
6 United States8.6%
8 Spain8.5%
9 Norway7.8%
10 Sweden7.3%
11 Netherlands5.7%
12 United Kingdom4.2%
13 Austria4.0%
14 Italy3.5%
15 Slovakia3.0%
16 Germany2.9%
17 Czech Republic2.4%
18 Slovenia1.9%
19 Hungary1.5%
20 Latvia0.6%

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

No data for 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 1995

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 1.580640 X +6.682
Correlation coefficient (r)0.201
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 203935.250937 X +31193.509
Correlation coefficient (r)0.524
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.275

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 24.641927 X +78.596
Correlation coefficient (r)0.525
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.276

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.367658 X +1.541
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.160
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -17.185877 X +14.085
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.279
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078