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Attjtudes to immigrants in South Africa are shaped by personality and vulnerability

Didier Ruedin

University of Neuchâtel & University of the Witwatersrand AMCS Lunchtjme Seminar Johannesburg, 25 April 2017

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“All South Africans appear to have the same stereotypical image of Southern Africans.”

Matues et al. 1999, p.2

there are three basic explanatjons

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negatjve attjtudes are associated with relatjve deprivatjon

Outcome variable: negatjve attjtudes to immigrants (scale); normal linear model with multjple imputatjons; coeffjcients with 1 (thick line) and 2 (thin line) standard errors

negatjve attjtudes are also associated with personality

Outcome variable: negatjve attjtudes to immigrants (scale); normal linear model with multjple imputatjons; coeffjcients with 1 (thick line) and 2 (thin line) standard errors

in conclusion, patuerns of negatjve attjtudes in South Africa resemble those elsewhere

relatjve deprivatjon lack of support personal bituerness rather than direct competjtjon