Criminal Justice - Research Methods

Sourcebook of criminal justice statistics Online

http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t200282010.pdf

Respondents' concern over effects of illegal immigrants

Gallup, Inc., The Gallup Poll [Online]. Available: http://www.gallup.com/poll/

127649/Americans-Value-Aspects-Immigration-Reform.aspx [June 16, 2010].

Table adapted by SOURCEBOOK staff.

Overall, the survey respondents indicate substantive concerns with the presence of illegal immigrants in the U.S. Three items relate to the overall question: (1) Unfair burden on U.S. schools, hospitals, and government; (2) Encourages other immigrants to move here illegally; (3) Low wages earned by illegal immigrants reduces overall wages paid to American workers. The overarching question is how concerned respondents are for each of the items, and the highest ranking item was related to the unfair burden immigrants place on schools, hospitals, and government. For all three items, there is significant difference in the percentage of responses under very concerned vs. under somewhat concerned. A majority of U.S. citizens are very concerned about...
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