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Preferred level of immigration from Latin America, asked with a five-point scale and a three-point scale that can be collapsed to increase/same/decrease.
AI-matched An AI model grouped these questions and mapped their answers onto shared categories, and a second AI review checked and corrected the grouping and mapping. No person has checked it: compare the question wordings and the answer mapping below before reading the lines against each other.
Latest: 17% answered “Increase” in GSS: Immigration from Latin America should increase or decrease, 2024.
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. GSS: Immigration from Latin America should increase or decrease → mixed mode (2024).
Shares of everyone asked, including non-answers. Each column is one survey wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. GSS: Immigration from Latin America should increase or decrease → mixed mode (2024).
Shares of everyone asked, including non-answers. Each point is one survey wave at the middle of its field period. Lines from different surveys are never spliced together.
| Line | Question | Match | How answers map |
|---|---|---|---|
| GSS: Immigration from Latin America should increase or decrease | Immigration from Latin America should increase or decrease What about the number of immigrants from Latin America (that is, Spanish-speaking countries of the Americas)"should it be increased a lot, increased a little, left the same as it is now, decreased a little, or decreased a lot? Caveat: Five-point scale collapsed to three; intensity (a lot/a little) lost | equivalent | Increased a lot → Increase; Increased a little → Increase; Left the same as it is now → Left the same; Decreased a little → Decrease; Decreased a lot → Decrease |
| GSS: Immigration from Latin America should increase or decrease | Immigration from Latin America should increase or decrease Do you think the number of immigrants from Latin America who are permitted to come to the United States to live should be decreased, increased or left the same? Caveat: Three-point scale with different code order; no intensity; wording mentions 'permitted to come' | equivalent | Decreased → Decrease; Increased → Increase; Left the same → Left the same |