To see ourselves as others see us: identity and attitudes towards immigration amongst civic nationalists

Figures & data

Table 1. Responses to the statement: ‘It is better for a country if everyone shares the same customs and traditions’.

	SNP % (n)	FNP% (n)
Strongly agree	10 (654)	5 (26)
Agree	19 (1291)	13 (72)
Neither agree nor disagree	21 (1432)	24 (139)
Disagree	37 (2505)	43 (245)
Strongly disagree	12 (817)	15 (87)
N	6699	569

Source: SNP membership survey 2007 (Mitchell et al. 2012). FNP membership survey 2009.

Table 2. Moreno question SNP and FNP members.

	SNP (%)	FNP (%)
Scottish/Frisian not British/Dutch	80.2	26.9
More Scottish/Frisian than British/Dutch	16.6	60.1
Equally Scottish/Frisian than British/Dutch	2.7	12.4
More British/Dutch than Scottish/Frisian	0.2	0.3
British/Dutch not Scottish/Frisian	0.4	0.4
Total	100	100
N	6537	566

Source: SNP membership survey 2007 (Mitchell et al. 2012). FNP membership survey 2009.

Table 3. Support for cultural pluralism by single and dual identity.

	SNP % (n)	% support cultural pluralism (n)	FNP % (n)	% support cultural pluralism (n)
Exclusive identity	80.5 (5243)	50.6 (2599)	27 (152)	54.4 (81)
Dual identity	19.5 (1273)	44.6 (550)	73 (412)	59.3 (242)

Source: SNP membership survey 2007 (Mitchell et al. 2012). FNP membership survey 2009.

Note: Independent t-test for SNP t(1962.634)= 4.22, p < .05. Independent t-test for FNP t(241.575)=0.24, p < .05.

Table 4. Dimensions of national identify and cultural pluralism.

	SNP % imp for nat. id (n)	Correlation cultural pluralism	FNP % imp for nat. id (n)	Correlation cultural pluralism
To have Scottish/Frisian ancestry	56.3 (3715)	0.31**	68.4 (379)	0.26**
To have been born in Scotland	62.7 (4160)	0.29**	56 (310)	0.25**
To live in Scotland/Friesland now	79.3 (5227)	0.10**	65.6 (663)	0.17**
To have lived in Scotland /Friesland for most of life	65.5 (4308)	0.21**	59.6 (330)	0.23**
To feel Scottish/ Frisian	96.2 (6333)	0.04**	97.1 (540)	0.01
To respect Scottish/Frisian political institutions and laws	92.7 (6096)	0.11**	81 (444)	0.16**
To speak language	72.5 (4754)	0.20**	99.8 (568)	0.03

Source: SNP membership survey 2007 (Mitchell et al. 2012). FNP membership survey 2009.

Note: All the bivariate correlations were tested in a multivariate model that included socio-demographic attributes, and found that the key relationships are not artefacts of age, gender, education and income.

**p < 0.05.

Mitchell, James, Lynn Bennie, and Robert Johns. 2012. The Scottish National Party, Transition to Power. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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