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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 Finland24.6%
5 Australia23.4%
6 Uruguay20.9%
7 Philippines18.5%
8 New Zealand15.7%
9 Japan 13.2%
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 = 2.080051 X +6.403
Correlation coefficient (r)0.291
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 40183.844916 X +37585.771
Correlation coefficient (r)0.119
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 15.389080 X +77.473
Correlation coefficient (r)0.266
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 0.784247 X +1.554
Correlation coefficient (r)0.157
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 7.531255 X +9.599
Correlation coefficient (r)0.132
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017