Original scientific paper

Perceived Consequences of Immigrations and Attitude towards Immigrants

Renata FRANC orcid.org/0000-0002-1909-2393 ; Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Zagreb
Vlado ŠAKIĆ ; Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Zagreb
Ljiljana KALITERNA-LIPOVČAN ; Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Zagreb

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate sociodemographic
characteristics and identity as determinants of general attitude
towards immigrants, as well as perceived consequences of
immigrations (threat perceptions). Also, the aim of the study was
to investigate whether perceptions of threat related to
immigrations are mediators of sociodemographic and identity
effects on attitude towards immigration. Data were collected by
face to face interviews with 866 adults. Analyzed individual
characteristics encompass demographic (gender, age, level of
education), socioeconomic (employment status, average income,
subjective measure of relative socioeconomic status) and identity
measures (objective and subjective measure of belonging to
city/region). Perceived consequences of immigration encompass
measures of economic, safety and cultural threat. A more
positive attitude to immigration is more characteristic among
younger people, those with higher subjective socioeconomic
status, and those who do not consider themselves indigenous to
the current place). Also, meditational analyses confirmed that
these effects could be completely (or partially) explained by
perceived threat. In short, the study confirmed perceived threat
as proximal determinants of attitudes towards immigrations, as well as mediators of effects of more distal determinants such as
demographic, socioeconomic or identity variables.

Keywords

intergroup attitudes; sociodemographic characteristics; real interests; identity; type of threats; mediational analyses

Hrčak ID:

55444

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/55444

Publication date:

30.6.2010.

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