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Religiosity and gender equality: comparing natives and Muslim migrants in Germany
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Abstract In European public debates, Islam is often described as an impediment to gender equality. By using data from surveys conducted in Germany, we analyze the role of high levels of individual religiosity in explaining Turks' and Germans' approval of gender equality and the way Turkish and German couples... mehr
In European public debates, Islam is often described as an impediment to gender equality. By using data from surveys conducted in Germany, we analyze the role of high levels of individual religiosity in explaining Turks' and Germans' approval of gender equality and the way Turkish and German couples share household tasks. Results suggest that for both groups, individuals with strong religious commitments are less likely than secular ones to hold egalitarian gender role attitudes. At the behavioral level, this correlation between religiosity and gender egalitarianism only holds true for Turkish respondents. Furthermore, strong religious commitments contribute to generational stability in attitudinal and behavioral gender-traditionalism among Turks. However, when explaining Germans' more egalitarian gender-related attitudes and behaviors, religiosity turns out to be just one factor among others – and not a particularly important one. Further research is needed to disentangle the different cultural and religious aspects of Muslim migrants’ attitudes and behaviors.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Islam; Religion; Gender; Integration
Klassifikation
Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Migration
Religionssoziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
Europe; immigration
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2009
Seitenangabe
S. 278-301
Zeitschriftentitel
Ethnic and Racial Studies, 32 (2009) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870802298454
Status
Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)