Statistics Norway

Attitude towards immigrants and immigration policy

1 Attitudes towards seven statements on immigrants and immigration, 2002- 2009. Per cent
  Year All Strongly agree Agree on the whole Neither agree nor disagree Disagree on the whole Strongly disagree Don't know Number of respondents
Most immigrants make an important contribution to Norwegian working life 2002  100 18 48 12 14 5 2 1 410
  2003  100 21 45 9 18 6 1 1 385
  2004  100 21 47 10 15 6 2 1 320
  2005  100 24 45 10 13 5 2 1 289
  2006  100 26 46 10 12 5 1 1 288
  2007  100 31 41 16 8 3 1 1 269
  2008  100 33 42 15 7 2 1 1 113
  2009  100 26 45 15 9 4 1 1 104
Most immigrants abuse the social welfare system 2002  100 14 27 14 30 13 2 1 405
  2003  100 14 25 10 33 15 2 1 384
  2004  100 13 27 12 31 15 2 1 318
  2005  100 12 25 10 30 20 4 1 289
  2006  100 12 24 13 33 16 2 1 289
  2007  100 11 20 21 27 18 3 1 269
  2008  100 8 19 19 32 19 3 1 113
  2009  100 9 20 19 34 17 2 1 103
Most immigrants enrich the cultural life in Norway 2002  100 24 39 12 14 8 2 1 409
  2003  100 31 39 9 13 7 1 1 381
  2004  100 27 39 10 14 8 1 1 318
  2005  100 36 35 8 11 8 3 1 289
  2006  100 31 37 11 13 7 1 1 289
  2007  100 32 35 14 11 7 1 1 270
  2008  100 33 38 12 10 5 2 1 111
  2009  100 32 38 14 10 4 1 1 105
Most immigrants represent a source of insecurity in society 2002  100 17 28 13 25 16 1 1 410
  2003  100 17 28 10 28 17 1 1 385
  2004  100 14 27 10 31 16 1 1 317
  2005  100 13 27 10 26 23 2 1 286
  2006  100 14 27 13 28 18 1 1 288
  2007  100 11 23 19 27 19 1 1 272
  2008  100 12 21 18 29 20 1 1 110
  2009  100 10 23 15 33 19 1 1 103
Immigrants in Norway should have the same job opportunities as Norwegians 2002  100 60 26 4 6 4 1 1 410
  2003  100 61 22 3 8 4 1 1 384
  2004  100 64 23 3 6 4 0 1 319
  2005  100 69 21 3 4 3 1 1 287
  2006  100 62 24 4 6 4 1 1 288
  2007  100 68 22 5 3 2 1 1 272
  2008  100 70 20 5 4 2 0 1 113
  2009  100 67 22 4 4 2 1 1 104
Immigrants in Norway should endeavour to become as similar to Norwegians as possible 2003  100 29 25 7 25 14 1 1 381
  2004  100 25 27 8 26 13 0 1 318
  2005  100 28 26 7 20 18 1 1 286
  2006  100 24 25 10 26 14 1 1 288
  2007  100 23 22 18 22 15 0 1 273
  2008  100 22 24 15 26 14 0 1 110
  2009  100 21 26 13 25 13 1 1 103
Labour immigration from non-Nordic countries makes a mainly positive contribution to Norwegian economy 2009  100 23 44 17 11 3 2 1 101

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