Table 1 Attitudes towards six statements on immigrants. 2002- 2008. Per cent

1 Attitudes towards six statements on immigrants. 2002- 2008. Per cent
	Year	All	Strongly agree	Agree on the whole	Neither agree nor disagree	Disagree on the whole	Strongly disagree	Don't know	Number of respondents


Most immigrants make an important contribution to Norwegian working life	2002	100	18	48	12	14	5	2	1 410
	2003	100	21	45	9	18	6	1	1 385
	2004	100	21	47	10	15	6	2	1 320
	2005	100	24	45	10	13	5	2	1 289
	2006	100	26	46	10	12	5	1	1 288
	2007	100	31	41	16	8	3	1	1 269
	2008	100	33	42	15	7	2	1	1 113
Most immigrants abuse the social welfare system	2002	100	14	27	14	30	13	2	1 405
	2003	100	14	25	10	33	15	2	1 384
	2004	100	13	27	12	31	15	2	1 318
	2005	100	12	25	10	30	20	4	1 289
	2006	100	12	24	13	33	16	2	1 289
	2007	100	11	20	21	27	18	3	1 269
	2008	100	8	19	19	32	19	3	1 113
Most immigrants enrich the cultural life in Norway	2002	100	24	39	12	14	8	2	1 409
	2003	100	31	39	9	13	7	1	1 381
	2004	100	27	39	10	14	8	1	1 318
	2005	100	36	35	8	11	8	3	1 289
	2006	100	31	37	11	13	7	1	1 289
	2007	100	32	35	14	11	7	1	1 270
	2008	100	33	38	12	10	5	2	1 111
Most immigrants represent a source of insecurity in society	2002	100	17	28	13	25	16	1	1 410
	2003	100	17	28	10	28	17	1	1 385
	2004	100	14	27	10	31	16	1	1 317
	2005	100	13	27	10	26	23	2	1 286
	2006	100	14	27	13	28	18	1	1 288
	2007	100	11	23	19	27	19	1	1 272
	2008	100	12	21	18	29	20	1	1 110
Immigrants in Norway should have the same job opportunities as Norwegians	2002	100	60	26	4	6	4	1	1 410
	2003	100	61	22	3	8	4	1	1 384
	2004	100	64	23	3	6	4	0	1 319
	2005	100	69	21	3	4	3	1	1 287
	2006	100	62	24	4	6	4	1	1 288
	2007	100	68	22	5	3	2	1	1 272
	2008	100	70	20	5	4	2	0	1 113
Immigrants in Norway should endeavour to become as similar to Norwegians as possible	2003	100	29	25	7	25	14	1	1 381
	2004	100	25	27	8	26	13	0	1 318
	2005	100	28	26	7	20	18	1	1 286
	2006	100	24	25	10	26	14	1	1 288
	2007	100	23	22	18	22	15	0	1 273
	2008	100	22	24	15	26	14	0	1 110