Objectives

The objective of this work package is to develop a survey which enables a study of the individual characteristics of Muslim immigrants, focusing on attitudes, norms, and values, particularly those relating to democratic norms, gender relations and family values, ethnic, religious, European and receiving society identification, and attitudes towards relations across ethnic and religious boundaries. We also look at cultural and religious...

Objectives

The objective of this work package is to develop a survey which enables a study of the individual characteristics of Muslim immigrants, focusing on attitudes, norms, and values, particularly those relating to democratic norms, gender relations and family values, ethnic, religious, European and receiving society identification, and attitudes towards relations across ethnic and religious boundaries. We also look at cultural and religious resources and practices as well as membership in social and political organisations both of the same group and of the receiving society.

Description of work

The survey will be designed to capture aspects of individual attitudes and behaviour of cultural interaction with the host society. We propose to examine some of the few existing surveys that have focussed on cultural identification and practices of,and build on such insights and best practices to develop of battery of specifically relevant questions. We will focus on attitudes, norms, and values, particularly those relating to democratic norms, gender relations and family values, ethnic, religious, European and receiving society identification, and attitudes towards relations across ethnic and religious boundaries. Also we will look at cultural and religious resources and practices, such as language proficiency, adherence to various religious practices (e.g., attendance of religious services or wearing of a headscarf), interethnic and interreligious partnerships and marriages, the frequency and quality of interethnic and interreligious relationships with neighbours, friends, and colleagues, and memberships in social and political organisations of the own ethnic and religious group as well as of the receiving society.

EURISLAM partner WZB (Germany) coordinates this work package