Vol. 6 Núm. 2 (2026): Studia Humanitatis Journal
Artículos: sección monográfica

Edad, género y educación en las actitudes hacia la inmigración

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  • Montserrat Dopico González
Montserrat Dopico González
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1971-5853 (no autenticado) Universidade de Santiago de Compostela image/svg+xml

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.33732/shj.v6i2.187

Publicado 2026-09-04

Palabras clave

  • Migraciones,
  • Mujeres,
  • Jóvenes,
  • Interculturalidad,
  • Integración

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Resumen

Los discursos contrarios a las personas migrantes actúan, crecientemente, como un relevante eje de polarización política y social. En este contexto, cobra especial relevancia el estudio de las actitudes a la inmigración. Diversas investigaciones han encontrado opiniones más favorables a las personas de origen migrante en las mujeres y en los jóvenes. Un análisis de carácter cuantitativo, elaborado a partir de la comparación entre el último estudio de actitudes hacia la inmigración del Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas y la encuesta EASIE, del Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados, muestra actitudes hacia el impacto de la inmigración en España de tendencia más positiva en la juventud, sin diferencias significativas entre hombres y mujeres. Las respuestas a parte de los ítems mejoran, además, por lo general, desde las obtenidas en la Encuesta Social Europea de 2015, a pesar de que comienzan a empeorar recientemente en algunos aspectos. Las actitudes hacia la inmigración, aunque mayoritariamente positivas o neutras, muestran ambivalencias que sugieren la necesidad de seguir avanzando en la educación y en las políticas de integración para construir sociedades auténticamente interculturales.
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