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Young people's attitudes towards Muslims in Sweden
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Abstract With the use of multiple regression technique, the principal objective of this study is to clarify and examine young people's attitudes towards Muslims, and the relationships between these attitudes and a large number of background factors. We use a representative sample of 9,498 non-Muslim youths b... view more
With the use of multiple regression technique, the principal objective of this study is to clarify and examine young people's attitudes towards Muslims, and the relationships between these attitudes and a large number of background factors. We use a representative sample of 9,498 non-Muslim youths between 15–19 years of age. The main results show that when controlling for several background variables simultaneously, the country of birth, socio-economic background and school/program factors all have an effect on the attitude towards Muslims. Moreover, socio-psychological factors, the relationship to friends and the perceptions of gender role patterns are found to be important. In addition, local factors like high levels of unemployment, high shares of immigrants in a local environment also have an effect. No differences in the attitudes of boys and girls were found. Further, the study establishes a correlation between negative attitudes and right-wing populist seats in local government.... view less
Keywords
Sweden; attitude; adolescent; Islam; ethnic group; stereotype; Muslim; minority; prejudice; racism
Classification
Social Psychology
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Social Problems
Method
empirical; quantitative empirical
Free Keywords
Islamophobia; Attitudes; Racism; Youth; Culturalization; Ethnic Minorities
Document language
English
Publication Year
2010
Page/Pages
p. 404-425
Journal
Ethnic and Racial Studies, 33 (2010) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870802346048
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)