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would be interesting to see the same map but excluding 1st generation immigrants, to infer which countries are only sustaining themselves via immigration.


This is far less neutral of a statistical inquiry than you might believe. What about natives who married foreigners? What about immigrants who are ethnically alike natives? What about second generation immigrants? One reality with data science is that it obscures a highly subjective viewpoint much of the time, leaving a seemingly clear narrative to be interpreted as ‘fact’


That seems pretty straight forward:

>married foreigners

Immigrant.

> ethnically alike

Immigrant.

>second generation

Native.

The question is, "Were you born here?" If yes then not a first generation immigrant. If no, then first generation immigrant.




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