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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of 68 reviewed articles

From: A review of experimental evidence of how communication affects attitudes to immigration

 

Number of studies

Method

 

 Conjoint experiment

4

 Lab experiment

1

 Natural experiment

2

 Quasi-natural experiment

2

 Survey experiment

56

Type of attitude being tested

 

 Perceptions (of effects of immigration)

34

 Policy preferences

45

 Prejudice

2

Representative populations tested

 

 USA

32

 Europe (numerous articles test more than one country, see appendices for full list of European countries)

69

 Rest of world (Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Turkey)

18