Attitudes towards migrants in the Slovak population based on Eurobarometerdata (2017)

The opinion of the Slovak population is based on the assumption that there are hundreds of refugees in our country. In 2018, 37 persons were granted international protection (MO MV SR, 2019). Objectives. The goal of this study is to analyze attitudes towards migrants by gender, employment andperceived social class. Method The research sample consisted of 1080 respondents in the SR - 43.1% men and 56.9% women of the age of 15 93 years (M=49.45, SD= 16.83)). Data collection was carried out in a face-to-face interview in the (2017) form of multi -stage probabilistic selection in Eurobarometer 88.2 (2017). Attitudes toward migrants were measured by a 7-item scale (Cronbach = 0.861). We used descriptive analysis, Student t-test for two independent samples, Mann-Whitney U-test and one-way analysis of variance. Results. It was found that women do not differ from men in attitudes towards migrants, employed do not differ from unemployed and respondents from working social class have more negative attitudes towards migrants than respondents in higher classes. Conclusion. The paper provides insight into attitudes towards migrants in the Slovak population. We used the data which are currently the most up-to-date source of this information (April 2018) andprovide opportunities for further research. Limits. The nature of the data does not allow us to examine the psychological characteristics of respondents in more detail.