Attitudes toward Immigrants, Immigration, and Multiculturalism in New Zealand: A Social Psychological Analysis
- 1 March 2008
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in International Migration Review
- Vol. 42 (1), 227-248
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-7379.2007.00119.x
Abstract
The research examines attitudes toward immigrants and immigration policy based on a random sample of 2,020 New Zealand households. The analyses revealed that New Zealanders have positive attitudes toward immigrants and endorse multiculturalism to a greater extent than Australians and EU citizens. In addition, structural equation modeling produced an excellent fit of the data to a social psychological model commencing with multicultural ideology and intercultural contact as exogenous variables, leading, in turn, to diminished perceptions of threat, more positive attitudes toward immigrants, and, finally, support for New Zealand's policies on the number and sources of migrants.Keywords
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