This document summarizes the responses from a questionnaire given to 23 people in Italy about their views on immigration and multiculturalism. The majority of respondents considered their community to be multicultural. Opinions were split on the size of the immigrant population, with about half seeing it as small/very small and half seeing it as big/very big. Most respondents believed immigrants peacefully coexisted with the majority and that immigration had little to no effect on unemployment. Respondents also generally agreed immigrants made positive economic and cultural contributions.

1. GRUNDVIG PROJECT 2009-2011 HARNESSING INTERCULTURAL DIVERSITY Questionnaire-Intercultural Dimension in Europe “ Italian contribution”

2. 1. A multicultural community is one in which people from different nationalities, cultures, ethnic groups live together. Is your the community you live in, a multicultural one? Yes  No This pattern shows that the prevailing majority of the interviewed (21 out of 23) consider themselves to be living in a multicultural community

3. 2. In your opinion, the number of people of different nationalities in your country is  Very small  Small  Big  Very Big  I don’t know But as four the numerical “presence”of migrants, they split up into two equivalent parts : -11 regard the given presence small (10) or very small(1) -11 regard it big (4) or very big (7)

8. 3. Are immigrants in your region peacefully cohabitating with majority?  Yes  Most of the times  Rarely  No There is a prevailing “receptive” reply” about peacefull co – living: give an affirmative answer: 5 (always) and 10 (most of the times)

9. 4. How often do you relate with immigrants? Never Rarely Often Daily let’s call this reply to be of a “perceptive” type, because in 4 question 7 out of 23 declare to have “real “ relations with migrants, exactly 5 “often” and 2 “daily”

10. 5. Where do you meet immigrants more often?  In my neighborhoods At work In the market place During holidays Results deriving from the following question show that only 3 meet migrants at work in an informal way in the market(7) or an holiday (7) 5 in the neighbourhoods (in this case the situation is considered to be “occasional “ and not 2 systematic)

11. 6. Would you allow your children to relate with immigrant children? Yes  I don’t know No

12. 7. Unemployment in your country... ...has nothing to do with the arrival of immigrants. ...has a little to do with the arrival of immigrants. ...is mostly due to the arrival of immigrants. ...is exclusively due to the arrival of immigrants. We can consequently state that on the whole,according to their daily experience, our specimen does not know the entire universe of migrants in its multiple variety. The anwers to questions 7/13 seem to be given by making reference to ideological mean or partially influenced by mass media. Many state that unemployed has nothing (12) or little (7)to do with migrants ‘arrival

13. 8. There is a crime rise due to immigrants. Strongly Agree Partially Agree I don’t know Strongly Disagree Partially Disagree

14. 9. Immigrants make a positive contribution to our economy. Strongly Agree Partially Agree I don’t know Strongly Disagree Partially Disagree 5 (strongly) and 9 (partially agree) that Italian economy avails itself of their positive contribute

15. 10. Immigrants contribute to the increase of country’s population. Strongly Agree Partially Agree I don’t know Strongly Disagree Partially Disagree The reply to question 10 seems to bee more ambiguous

16. 11. Immigrants contribute to the culture of your country. Strongly Agree Partially Agree I don’t know Strongly Disagree Partially Disagree As well as the culture (10 strongly agree and 6 partially agree)

17. 12. Immigrants work hard to improve their way of life. Strongly Agree Partially Agree I don’t know Strongly Disagree Partially Disagree

18. 13. We should consider immigration a social need. Strongly Agree Partially Agree I don’t know Strongly Disagree Partially Disagree

19. 14. There is a strong connection between combating poverty and work immigration in E.U. Strongly Agree Partially Agree I don’t know Strongly Disagree Partially Disagree