Mastikova N.S. The attitude of Russian and European youth towards immigrants (based on data from ESS 2006-2018). Social Sciences and Modernity, 2020, No. 6, pp. 164-178.

Abstract

Based on the data of the European Social Survey for 2006-2018, an analysis of the attitude of Russian youth towards immigrants is presented in comparison with the attitude of young people in other European countries. It is shown that the most positive in Russia to immigrants and the consequences brought by immigrants to the economy, culture and life in the country as a whole is assessed by a group of young people aged 15-19 years. The closest group of young people to the assessment for Russia as a whole is the group of 25-30 years olds, it is also the most negatively disposed. Youth attitudes toward immigrants of their own nationality are more positive than attitudes toward immigrants of other nationalities and immigrants from poorer countries. An analysis of the data in the dynamics of the years from 2006 to 2018 showed that there is a tendency to an increase in the positive assessment of immigrants and immigration in Russia. The most positive impact of immigration on various spheres of life is assessed by young people in Sweden, Finland, Ireland, Portugal, Germany, Latvia, Spain, and most negatively in Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Cyprus, and Russia. The same factors affect the assessment of the changes that immigrants bring in Russia and Sweden: trust and satisfaction with the authorities in the country (the higher the indicators of these variables, the better the attitude towards immigration).