Abstract
This study aims to provide empirical evidence about the variations in multiculturalism in Asian countries that have been suggested by previous studies. We explored the determinants of students’ attitudes toward equal rights for all ethnic and racial groups and immigrants in five representative Asian countries (South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, and Indonesia) using a subset of the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) data (n=23,437). The result derived from multilevel regression analyses indicated that attitudes toward equal rights varied by nationality for Asian adolescents. Highly Westernized Hong Kong residents, and people in Chinese Taipei, who live in countries that actively seek interactions with Western countries, scored highly on items related to support for equality for ethnic groups in comparison with the other three countries. However, the result was different for support for equality for immigrants. According to multilevel regression, perceived class openness was positively related to attitudes toward equal rights. In contrast, political activities outside schools were little related to students’ attitudes toward equal rights.
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