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Question: Do you think that immigrants improve your country's society by bringing in new ideas and cultures?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Iceland73.3%
2 Switzerland72.0%
3 Germany66.4%
4 Ireland65.8%
5 United States65.7%
6 Sweden61.8%
7 Denmark61.7%
8 Portugal58.5%
9 India56.7%
10 Norway50.3%
11 Taiwan50.1%
12 Philippines49.1%
12 Spain49.1%
14 Finland45.9%
15 South Africa39.6%
16 United Kingdom39.5%
17 France39.2%
18 Belgium38.1%
19 Slovenia37.8%
20 Latvia37.4%
21 Hungary 33.4%
22 Lithuania31.5%
23 Mexico30.4%
24 Republic of Korea29.4%
25 Japan25.9%
26 Slovakia25.7%
27 Croatia24.9%
28 Israel24.7%
29 Russian Federation22.3%
29 Turkiye22.3%
31 Czech Republic22.1%
32 Estonia20.9%
33 Georgia17.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 205 countries.

Source
ISSP 2013

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 1.680982 X +5.745
Correlation coefficient (r)0.356
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 106428.783660 X -4861.518
Correlation coefficient (r)0.649
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.421

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 7.775337 X +75.287
Correlation coefficient (r)0.254
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -0.185866 X +1.709
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.075
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -3.393649 X +12.578
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.110
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012