The influence of education on Hungarian attitudes towards immigration

Nagy, Attila (author), Dúró, József (author)

In recent years, immigration has become a focal point in political science, prompting a substantial body of literature. This study seeks to contribute to the discourse by investigating the impact of education (X) – an influential socio-demographic factor – on attitudes towards immigration (Y) in Hungary. To qualify the results, the influence of political alignment and key socio-demographic factors – including gender, age and religiosity –, are analysed as control variables. The study also considers how political alignment, and age may interact with education to shape these attitudes. Results from multiple linear regression models indicate that higher educational level correlates with more positive attitudes toward immigration; however, the association is conditional by political alignment and age. The study employs data from the European Social Survey (ESS), with a particular focus on Hungary during 2020-2022 (ESS-Round 10), to contribute to the understanding of the relationship between educational levels and attitudes towards immigration.

• Language: English
• Keywords: migration, education, political polarization, generational gap, Hungary
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Geographic coverage: Madžarska
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 5-23
• Numbering: Vol. 18, no. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-179332
• UDC: 316.64:314.15(439)
• ISSN on article: 1338-1385
• COBISS.SI-ID: 267913987
• Publication date in RUL: 11.02.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Journal of comparative politics
• Publisher: Department of Political Science, Center for Analysis of Administrative-Political Processes and Institutions, Alma Mater Europea-European Centre Maribor (AMEU-ECM)
• ISSN: 1338-1385
• COBISS.SI-ID: 29224285

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• License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Vpliv izobraževanja na madžarski odnos do priseljevanja

Abstract

V zadnjih letih je priseljevanje postalo osrednja tema raziskovanja v politični znanosti, kar je spodbudilo obsežno in raznoliko znanstveno produkcijo. Namen prispevka je obogatiti obstoječi diskurz z analizo vpliva izobrazbe (X) – enega ključnih socialno-demografskih dejavnikov – na odnos do priseljevanja (Y) na Madžarskem. Za natančnejšo interpretacijo rezultatov so kot kontrolne spremenljivke vključeni politična usmerjenost ter izbrani socialno-demografski dejavniki, med katerimi so spol, starost in veroizpoved. Študija dodatno preučuje, v kolikšni meri politična usmerjenost in starost vplivata na raven izobrazbe. Rezultati več linearnih regresijskih modelov kažejo, da je višja raven izobrazbe statistično povezana s pozitivnejšim odnosom do priseljevanja, pri čemer pa se ta povezava pomembno razlikuje glede na politično opredeljenost in starost anketirancev. Analiza temelji na podatkih iz Evropske socialne raziskave (ESS), s posebnim poudarkom na Madžarski v obdobju 2020–2022 (deseti krog ESS), in si prizadeva prispevati k boljšemu razumevanju povezave med stopnjo izobrazbe in odnosom do priseljevanja.

• Keywords: izseljevanje in priseljevanje, izobrazba, stališče (psihologija), Madžarska