On behalf of the Swedish government, the World Values Survey (WVS) has investigated values and social norms in Sweden, with a particular focus on foreign-born people. Puranen made her argument in an opinion piece in Swedish paper Dagens Nyheter (DN)

“One in five migrants who have lived in Sweden for more than 20 years states that she or he has never worked. In vulnerable areas, this applies to almost one in three migrants. These are two of several results that show that time in the country does not in itself lead to integration,” wrote Puranen in DN.

"Language studies within SFI should be combined to a much greater extent with concrete social orientation on working life, gender equality, children's rights, relationships, religious freedom and the individual's legal status," she continued.

Several of those interviewed in the survey in areas of exclusion expressed concern that their children meet too few Swedish-born people and gain too little knowledge about society.

"It is not enough for people to live in Sweden if their everyday life for decades largely takes place outside the surrounding society. Workplaces, schools and residential areas are therefore central integration arenas," Puranen wrote.

The survey will be presented to Minister of Education and Integration Simona Mohamsson (of the Liberal Party) on August 14th.

The global research project World Values Survey has measured values and social norms in hundreds of countries since 1981. Its last survey on Swedish values and integration was in 2019.