Perfiles sociales de la opiniÓn pÚblica espaÑola sobre la inmigraciÓn

Abstract

Immigration and its sharp increase in Spain in the last years, as has been stated by experts, is an important social, economic and also political phenomenon. Immigration has social consequences of different kinds such as demographic, economic, cultural, fiscal and political for the hostess society. The feelings (opinion and attitudes) towards immigration in November 2005 are analysed in this study, based on information from the CIS 2625 Barometer. Questions of interest include: What social profiles make people the most open towards the phenomenon of immigration? And the most restrictive? In this paper significant interrelationships found among socio-political attitudes (ideology), quantity of cultural capital (education) and economic interests (class); regarding attitude and public opinion towards immigration in the Spanish context at beginning of the 21st century are described and analysed.