Table 8: Attitudes to immigration by birthplace, March 1996 (per cent)

Number of migrants allowed in has—

Total

Birthplace

Australia

ESB country

NESB country

gone much too far

gone too far

about right

not gone far enough or not

gone nearly far enough

34

29

30

 

7

37

29

28

 

5

27

34

33

 

6

18

26

39

 

17

Total

N

100

(1696)

100

(1318)

100

(180)

100

(196)

 Source: ibid

Note: Totals may not add to 100 because of rounding. Missing values (n = 101) are excluded. Two people coded as birth place ‘other’ are not included in columns 3 or 4, but are included in column 1.