Acquiescences effects in measuring attitudes towards immigrants : the case of Romania

Authors

  • Bogdan Voicu Research Institute for Quality of Life, Romanian Academy
  • Monica Șerban Research Institute for Quality of Life, Romanian Academy
  • Elena Tudor Research Institute for Quality of Life, Romanian Academy
  • Alexandra Deliu Research Institute for Quality of Life, Romanian Academy

Keywords:

acquiescence, attitudes towards immigrants, Romania, EVS 2008, cross-country comparisons

Abstract

This papers tests for acquiescence effects on the attitudes towards immigrants. We employ the case of Romania, a country with very little incoming migration, but with an important outgoing flow. This makes the respondents less exposed to interaction with immigrants, but with a high probability to know emigrants, and to have emigrants in the immediate social network and/or kinship. Due to the lack of interaction with immigrants, we expected to discover significant impact of acquiescence on attitudes towards immigrants. This is supported with empirical evidences, using the Romanian EVS 2008 data and OLS models. We also show out that the net acquiescence score performs best in such models, overcoming the utility of other indicators of acquiescence.

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Author Biographies

Bogdan Voicu, Research Institute for Quality of Life, Romanian Academy

Address: Calea 13 Septembrie no. 13, District 5, 050711, Bucharest, Romania.
Email: email: bogdan@iccv.ro

Monica Șerban, Research Institute for Quality of Life, Romanian Academy

Address: Calea 13 Septembrie no. 13, District 5, 050711, Bucharest, Romania.
Email: monica_serbanus@yahoo.com

Elena Tudor, Research Institute for Quality of Life, Romanian Academy

Address: Calea 13 Septembrie no. 13, District 5, 050711, Bucharest, Romania.
Email: elenatudor@yahoo.com

Alexandra Deliu, Research Institute for Quality of Life, Romanian Academy

Address: Calea 13 Septembrie no. 13, District 5, 050711, Bucharest, Romania.
Email: alexandradeliu@yahoo.com

Published

2013-09-30

How to Cite

Voicu, B., Șerban, M., Tudor, E., & Deliu, A. (2013). Acquiescences effects in measuring attitudes towards immigrants : the case of Romania. Calitatea Vieții, 24(3), 311–340. Retrieved from https://revistacalitateavietii.ro/journal/article/view/234

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