Statistics Norway

Attitude towards immigrants and immigration policy

2 Attitudes towards the statement "All immigrants in Norway should have the same job opportunities as Norwegians". 1993-2000 and 2002-20111. Per cent
Statement Agree3
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 20104 20114
All immigrants in Norway should have the same opportunities to have a job as Norwegians2 75 78 80 86 86 92 90 91 85 83 87 89 86 90 90 89 88 88
  Disagree3
  1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 20104 20114
All immigrants in Norway should have the same job opportunities as Norwegians2 15 15 15 11 8 5 6 5 10 13 10 7 9 5 5 6 7 8
1  Number of respondents: 1993-1994: about 1 800, 1995-1997: about 1 400, 1998: about 1 200, 1999-2002: about 1 400, 2003: 1 384, 2004: 1 319, 2005-2006: about 1 290, 2007: 1 272, 2008: 1 113, 2009: 1 103, 2010: 1 053, 2011: 1 135.
2  In 1993-2000 the wording was "Immigrants should have the same job opportunities as Norwegians".
3  "Don't know" and "Neither agree or disagree" answers are not included in this table.
4  Weighted values so that the distribution of educational levels is equal in the gross and net samples.

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