Young people's attitudes to immigration: findings from the Young People in Scotland Survey 2017

This report presents findings on attitudes to immigration from the Ipsos MORI Young People in Scotland Survey 2017.


Annex A. List of questions

There has been a lot of talk about immigration lately; that is, the number of people who come to stay in Scotland from other countries.

Q1. Thinking about the last few years, overall, do you think that immigration has been good or bad for Scotland, or has it made no difference?

PLEASE SELECT ONE ONLY

  • Mostly good
  • Mostly bad
  • Both good and bad
  • Made no difference
  • Don't know
  • Prefer not to say

Q2. Overall, do you think the level of immigration into Scotland should be ...?

PLEASE SELECT ONE ONLY

  • Increased
  • Decreased
  • Kept at the current level
  • Stopped completely
  • Don't know
  • Prefer not to say

Q3. How much, if at all, do you agree with the following statements?

PLEASE SELECT ONE BOX ONLY FOR EACH ROW

Strongly agree

Tend to agree

Neither agree nor disagree

Tend to agree disagree

Strongly disagree

Don't know

Prefer not to say

A

People from outside Britain who come to live in Scotland make the country a better place

             

B

Scotland would begin to lose its identity if more Muslims came to live in Scotland

             

C

Scotland would begin to lose its identity if more people from Eastern Europe (for example, Poland and Latvia) came to live in Scotland

             

D

Scotland would begin to lose its identity if more black and Asian people came to live in Scotland

             

E

People from outside Britain who come to live in Scotland make a valuable contribution to the economy

             

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