In 2013 ISSP, respondents in several European countries were asked their level of agreement to the statement, “Immigrants take jobs away from people born in their country.” Their responses (frequencies only) are presented below.

Immigrants Take Jobs Away	Czech Republic	France	Denmark	Finland	Germany
Strongly agree	648	251	108	93	125
Agree	658	310	211	245	254
Neither	355	490	309	309	459
Disagree	190	472	325	440	616
Disagree strongly	40	407	342	100	199
Total	1,891	1,930	1,295	1,187	1,653

Is there a relationship between a respondent’s country of residence and their level of agreement to the statement on immigrants?

Could we characterize the relationship as positive or negative? Why or why not?

Combining the strongly agree and agree categories, 69.1% (648 + 658/1,891) of Czechs agree that immigrants take away jobs from those born in the Czech Republic, much higher than responses from other countries. What hypothesis can you offer to explain the difference in responses?

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1 We can see there is a relationship as there are clearly are wide variation i... View the full answer