printDynamics of Russians’ Attitudes towards Immigrants:
Results of the Analysis of European Social Survey Data for 2006–2021
Voronina N.S.
Candidate of Sociological Sciences, leading researcher, Institute of Sociology of FCTAS RAS, Moscow, Russia navor@bk.ru
Work on this paper was supported by Russian Science Foundation Project No. 24-18-00450
Voronina N.S. Dynamics of Russians’ Attitudes towards Immigrants: Results of the Analysis of European Social Survey Data for 2006–2021. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya [Sociological Studies]. 2024. No 8. P. 61-78
The article analyzes the dynamics of Russians’ attitudes towards immigrants based on the data of the European Social Survey (ESS) from 2006 to 2021. Over the 15-year period, negative assessments of immigrants’ contribution to the economy, culture, and life of our country prevail. Throughout the entire study period, Russians approve of ethnically “their” immigrants moving to Russia. Most respondents support the move of some ethnically “foreign” immigrants and immigrants from poorer countries to Russia, while since 2018 there has been a tendency towards an increase in the proportion of Russians who support their move to our country. Attitudes towards immigrants remain consistently negative among women aged 60 and older, living in small towns, with primary/ incomplete secondary education, widowed and divorced. The obtained trends require clarification in further research.
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