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Young people's attitudes to immigration: findings from the Young People in Scotland Survey 2017

This report presents findings on attitudes to immigration from the Ipsos MORI Young People in Scotland Survey 2017.

Demographic characteristics	Total (unweighted)	% (unweighted)	Total (weighted)	% (weighted) ^[3]	Population weighting (%)
Gender identity
Boy	854	48	859	48	50
Girl	861	48	856	48	50
In another way	41	2	41	2
Prefer not to say	25	1	25	1
Age
9-11	63	3	82	5
12	285	16	305	17
13	381	21	311	17
14	355	20	334	19
15	281	16	300	17
16	255	14	289	16
17-19	151	8	150	8
Prefer not to say	10	1	10	1
Year group
Secondary 1	251	14	309	17	18
Secondary 2	399	22	317	18	18
Secondary 3	355	20	316	18	18
Secondary 4	298	17	320	18	18
Secondary 5	243	14	284	16	16
Secondary 6	209	12	208	12	12
Prefer not to say	26	1	26	1
Ethnicity
White	1527	86	1519	85
BME	145	8	151	8
Other ^[4]	37	2	39	2
Prefer not to say	72	4	72	4
Religious affiliation
No religion	1042	59	1018	57
Christian ^[5]	397	22	424	24
Non-Christian ^[6]	101	7	103	4
Other ^[7]	77	4	80	5
Don't know	97	5	92	5
Prefer not to say	67	4	63	4
Having a physical or mental health condition or illness ^[8]
Health condition	274	15	277	16
No health condition	1138	64	1129	63
Don't know	245	14	248	14
Prefer not to say	124	7	127	7
Rurality
Urban	1281	72	1452	82	82
Rural	500	28	329	18	18
SIMD ^[9]
1	191	11	349	20	20
2	357	20	339	19	19
3	404	23	340	19	19
4	464	26	376	21	21
5	365	20	375	21	21

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