The Integration of Descendants of Migrants from Turkey in Stockholm : The TIES Study in Sweden /

The Integration of Descendants of Migrants from Turkey in Stockholm : The TIES Study in Sweden /

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This timely book, which is based on the results of the Integration of the Second Generation in Europe survey, presents the disturbing results of a recent study in Stockholm that examines the experiences of residents descended from Turkish migrants. Focusing on three different ethno-national groups-T...

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Other Authors: Westin, Charles, 1941- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam [Netherlands] : Amsterdam University Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Turkey.
Asie Mineure > Émigration et immigration.
Sverige > Stockholm.
Sweden > Stockholm.
Turkey > Emigration and immigration.
Emigration and immigration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Society and culture: general.
Social issues and processes.
Migration, immigration and emigration.
Social integration.
Andragenerationens invandrare.
Turkar > historia.
Turks > Social conditions.
Turks > Cultural assimilation.
Children of immigrants > Social conditions.
Assimilation (Sociology)
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements and contributors
  • 1. Introduction / Charles Westin, Alireza Behtoui, Constanza Vera Larrucea, Ali Osman
  • 2. Historical and demographic considerations / Constanza Vera Larrucea
  • 3. Educational achievement / Alireza Behtoui
  • 4. Social capital / Alireza Behtoui
  • 5. Perceptions of discrimination / Alireza Behtoui
  • 6. Identity: Belonging, language and transnationalism / Constanza Vera Larrucea
  • 7. The labour market / Lena Schröder
  • 8. Conclusions / Alireza Behtoui
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • Table 2.1 : Age distribution, by parents' country of birth and gender (in %). Target group = descendants of migrants from Turkey
  • reference group = young people of Swedish origin
  • Table 2.3 : Respondents having left their parental home, target and reference groups (in %)
  • Table 2.4 : Reasons for leaving the parental home (in %)
  • Table 2.5 : Parents' province of origin (in %)
  • Table 2.6 : Parents' ethnicity (self-identification) (in %)
  • Table 2.8 : Parents' reasons to migrate to Sweden (in %)
  • Table 2.10 : Citizenship position (in %)
  • Table 2.11 : Grounds for citizenship acquisition (in %)
  • Table 3.1 : School segregation at primary school level, by age for target and reference groups (in %)
  • Table 3.4 : Segregation at secondary school level, by age for target and reference groups (in %)
  • Table 3.5 : Repeating classes (secondary school) for target and reference groups (in %)
  • Table 3.7 : Remedial tutoring or homework coaching during secondary school (in %)
  • Table 3.8 : Relations with teachers and other students, for target and reference groups
  • Table 3.10 : Years of education, father and mother, for target and reference groups (standard deviations in parentheses)
  • Table 3.11 : Number of books available at the parental home, for target and reference groups (in %).
  • Table 3.13 : Years of education, OLS regression, unstandardised (b) and standardised (Beta) coefficients
  • Table 3.14 : The role of the immediate support group during secondary school, for target and reference groups (in %)
  • Table 3.15 : Involvement of parents in education, for target and reference groups (in %)
  • Table 4.1 : Three best friends in secondary school, 'ethnicity' and education, by education for target and reference groups (in %)
  • Table 4.2 : Three current best friends, 'ethnicity' and education, by education for target and reference groups (in %)
  • Table 4.3 : Number of friends with native background at two different points in time (in %)
  • Table 4.4 : Rate of participation in social organisations for target and reference groups (in %)
  • Table 4.5 : 'Ethnicity' of partner (for those who have a partner), by gender (in %)
  • Table 4.6 : Mean age differences between partners (for those who have a partner), by gender
  • Table 4.7 : Current labour market situation of the partner (for those who have a partner), by gender for target and reference groups (in %
  • numbers in parentheses)
  • Table 5.1 : Personal experiences of discrimination for target and reference groups (in %)
  • Table 5.2 : Three situations of experiencing personal discrimination (in %)
  • Table 5.3 : Three groups in Sweden that are perceived to be discriminated against (in %)
  • Table 5.4 : The situations in which Turks as a group are perceived to be 'frequently' or 'regularly' discriminated against (in %)
  • Table 5.5 : Logistic estimate results for perceived discrimination, odds ratio, only descendants of migrants included
  • Table 6.1 : Sense of belonging to the Swedish group (in %)
  • Table 6.2 : Belonging to the Swedish community, by ethnic group (in %)
  • Table 6.3 : Identifying as Stockholmers (in %)
  • Table 6.4 : Turkish belonging (in %).
  • Table 6.6 : Belonging to the Kurdish and Syriani groups for Kurds and Syriacs respectively (in %)
  • Table 6.7 : European belonging (in %)
  • Table 6.9 : Current religious affiliation (in %)
  • Table 6.10 : Sense of Muslim belonging or identification (in %)
  • Table 6.11 : Sense of belonging to the Syrian Orthodox Church (and community) (in %)
  • Table 6.12 : Self-perception of Swedish language proficiency. Valid and cumulative %
  • Table 6.13 : Self-perception of Turkish/Kurdish/Suryoyo language proficiency. Valid and cumulative %
  • Table 6.14 : Self-perception of oral proficiency of Turkish/Kurdish/Suryoyo language (in %)
  • Table 6.16 : Language used when talking to friends, by ethnic group (in %)
  • Table 6.17 : Language used when talking to father (in %)
  • Table 6.19 : Language used when talking to brothers and sisters (in %)
  • Table 6.20 : Transnational practices: forms of contact (in %)
  • Table 6.21 : Transnational practices: size of remittances (in %)
  • Table 6.23 : Desire to live in Turkey (in %)
  • Table 7.1 : Distribution of age categories and mean age (in %)
  • Table 7.2 : Main activity at time of interview, by gender and age (in %)
  • Table 7.3 : Distribution of jobs at time of interview across industrial sectors, by gender and age (in %)
  • Table 7.4 : Monthly wage after taxes at time of interview, by gender (in %)
  • Table 7.A1 : Odds ratios for being employed or self-employed
  • men and women
  • Table 7.A2 : Odds ratios for being employed or self-employed
  • women
  • Table 7.A3 : Odds ratios for being employed or self-employed
  • men
  • Table 7.A4 : Odds ratios for being neither employed nor in education or training (NEET)
  • men and women
  • Figure 7.1 : Unemployment in % of the labour force, ages 20-24 and 25-64, 1963-2008
  • Figure 7.2 : Employed and self-employed at time of interview, by age and gender (in %).
  • Figure 7.3 : NEET rate at time of interview, by age and gender (in %)
  • Figure 7.4 : 'Do you consider yourself overqualified in your current job?' Percentage answering YES.

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