Cultural diversity
Opinions on foreigners

‘Immigrants are bad for the economy’ and ‘Immigrants undermine the country's culture’ - By education and country 2006

Definitions/comments: Educational levels: low: ISCED 0–2 (compulsory schooling, pre-vocational education); intermediate: ISCED 3–4 (apprenticeship, matura); high: ISCED 5–6 (university, other tertiary).

Question wording (Switzerland): Question 1: ‘Would you say it is generally bad or good for Switzerland’s economy that people come to live here from other countries?’ Question 2: ‘Would you say that Switzerland’s cultural life is generally undermined or enriched by people coming to live here from other countries?’

Answer categories: Question 1: scale from 0 (bad for the economy) to 10 (good for the economy). Question 2: scale from 0 (cultural life undermined) to 10 (cultural life enriched). Percentages correspond to respondents who indicated values from 0 to 4.

Sample size: ESS: 1804 (2006); US-CID: 1001; weighted data.

Source: ESS 2006; US-CID 2005.

Data for the indicator or in excel.

Description and explanation in the corresponding chapter of the Social Report 2008.