The poll, released Monday and ordered by the quasi-governmental Jewish Agency which brings Jews to Israel, matched objective criteria such as employment, housing and language skills against immigrants' own opinions.
Among its positive findings, the poll concluded that 86 percent of the immigrant workforce was employed, one-third of the immigrants owned their own cars and nearly 40 percent had taken mortgage loans to buy apartments.
But more than half said they were dissatisfied with life in Israel.
Only 26 percent said they would recommend immigration to Israel to other Jews in the former Soviet Union.
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