Norwegian citizens’ responses to influxes of asylum seekers: comparing across two refugee crises

Figures & data

Table 1. Overview of survey years, panels, N, and missing data.

	Year and Survey Wave
	2022 (wave 24)	2016 (wave 7)	2016 (wave 7)	2016 (wave 6)
Panels (NCP subpanel numbers)	1, 2, 3, 4and 5	4	3	1
N	10160	1203	1103	1190
Question	Missing cases (‘No answer’)
Advantage or disadvantage that immigrants come to live here?	34	17
Greeted some of the asylum seekers	412		60
Become friends with some of the asylum seekers	452		76
Expressed skepticism to asylum seekers to others	462		78
Avoided the asylum seekers as far as possible	467		79
Donated money, clothing or equipment	325			12
Thought about or imagined what it is like to arrive in Norway as an asylum seeker?	96	25	35

Figure 1. Change in attitude to immigration from 2016 to 2022 by gender.

Error bars represent 95% confidence intervals. 0 on the y-axis represents no change.

Figure 2. Change in attitude to immigration from 2016 to 2022 by age group.

Error bars represent 95% confidence intervals. 0 on the y-axis represents no change.

Figure 3. Change in attitude to immigration from 2016 to 2022 by preferred political party.

Error bars represent 95% confidence intervals. 0 on the y-axis represents no change.

Figure 4. Behaviors directed at asylum seekers in 2016 and 2022. Percentage of respondents indicating a behavior.

Percentages are based on weighted data to estimate population proportions.

Table 2. Behaviors directed at asylum seekers in 2016 and 2022. Percentage of respondents indicating a behavior.

	Year
	2016		2022
Behavior	%	95% CI	%	95% CI
Greeted some of the asylum seekers	34.2	[31.5, 37.1]	30.4	[29.5, 31.3]
Become friends with some of the asylum seekers	7.5	[6.1, 9.2]	11.8	[11.2, 12.5]
Donated money, clothing, or equipment	30.0	[27.5,32,7]	39.9	[39.0, 40.9]
Expressed skepticism to asylum seekers to others	20.1	[17.8, 22.6]	7.7	[7.2, 8.2]
Avoided the asylum seekers as far as possible	8.4	[6.8, 10.1]	2.6	[2.3, 2.9]

Percentages are based on weighted data to estimate population proportions.

Figure 5. Behaviors directed at asylum seekers in 2016 and 2022 among respondents who participated in both waves. Percentage of respondents indicating a behavior.

Percentages are based on unweighted data as respondent weights are not identical across panel waves.

Table 3. Behaviors directed at asylum seekers in 2016 and 2022 among respondents who participated in both waves. Percentage of respondents indicating a behavior.

	Year
	2016		2022
Behavior	%	95% CI	%	95% CI
Greeted some of the asylum seekers	36.3	[33.5, 39.1]	29.5	[25.7, 33,5]
Become friends with some of the asylum seekers	7.3	[5.8, 8.9]	9.8	[7.5, 12.6]
Donated money, clothing, or equipment	34.5	[31.9, 37.3]	47.2	[43.1, 51.3]
Expressed skepticism to asylum seekers to others	18.1	[15.9, 20.5]	7.2	[5.2, 9.6]
Avoided the asylum seekers as far as possible	6.4	[5.0, 7.9]	2.7	[1.5, 4.3]

Percentages are based on unweighted data as respondent weights are not identical across panel waves.

Data availability statement

The data used in this study is available in online repositories, however, they are openly shared in single waves. In this paper, data across three waves (6, 7, and 24) were combined using respondent identification codes. These data will be made available for research and replication purposes, however, to protect participants’ anonymity, they are only available via a restricted access secure server. Please contact [email protected] for questions regarding data access.