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Comparative Migration Studies

Table 5 Characteristics of migrants in France

From: Do migrants adopt new political attitudes from abroad? Evidence using a multi-sited exit-poll survey during the 2013 Malian elections

  

Migrants in France

 

Non migrants

With access to media in Francea

Without access to media in Franceb

With tertiary education

Without tertiary education

Union member

Not a union member

Lives in “foyer”

Does not live in “foyer”

High level of trust in…

 Malian democracy

0.21

0.22

0.31

0.06

0.28

0.25

0.24

0.23

0.25

 

(0.41)

(0.42)

(0.47)

(0.25)

(0.45)

(0.44)

(0.43)

(0.43)

(0.43)

 Malian politicians

0.13

0.10

0.19

0.03

0.14

0.14

0.11

0.21

0.10

 (before the coup)

(0.33)

(0.30)

(0.39)

(0.18)

(0.35)

(0.35)

(0.31)

(0.41)

(0.30)

 Malian politicians

0.34

0.16

0.13

0.10

0.16

0.12

0.17

0.10

0.16

 (after the coup)

(0.48)

(0.37)

(0.34)

(0.31)

(0.37)

(0.33)

(0.38)

(0.31)

(0.37)

 Malian Justice

0.17

0.05

0.24

0.00

0.12

0.09

0.11

0.15

0.09

 

(0.38)

(0.22)

(0.43)

(0.00)

(0.33)

(0.29)

(0.32)

(0.37)

(0.29)

 Malian police

0.27

0.14

0.21

0.09

0.17

0.08

0.21

0.16

0.15

 

(0.45)

(0.34)

(0.41)

(0.30)

(0.37)

(0.27)

(0.41)

(0.37)

(0.36)

 Malian media

0.31

0.20

0.28

0.06

0.25

0.16

0.27

0.26

0.21

 

(0.46)

(0.40)

(0.45)

(0.25)

(0.44)

(0.37)

(0.45)

(0.45)

(0.41)

 Malian army

0.43

0.23

0.35

0.26

0.26

0.18

0.32

0.36

0.24

 

(0.50)

(0.42)

(0.48)

(0.44)

(0.44)

(0.38)

(0.47)

(0.49)

(0.43)

High interest in…

 Malian politics

0.36

0.54

0.61

0.63

0.54

0.62

0.51

0.59

0.55

 

(0.48)

(0.50)

(0.49)

(0.49)

(0.50)

(0.49)

(0.50)

(0.50)

(0.50)

 Malian 2013 election

0.72

0.78

0.86

0.84

0.79

0.81

0.80

0.82

0.80

 

(0.45)

(0.41)

(0.35)

(0.37)

(0.41)

(0.39)

(0.40)

(0.39)

(0.40)

Close to a political party

0.59

0.53

0.63

0.69

0.53

0.54

0.57

0.51

0.57

 

(0.49)

(0.50)

(0.49)

(0.47)

(0.50)

(0.50)

(0.50)

(0.51)

(0.50)

Mb. of a political party

0.33

0.27

0.29

0.45

0.24

0.27

0.28

0.15

0.30

 

(0.47)

(0.44)

(0.46)

(0.51)

(0.43)

(0.44)

(0.45)

(0.37)

(0.46)

Number of observations

658

139

49

32

156

79

109

39

149

  1. Standard deviations in parentheses
  2. aMigrants who watch TV and/or read newspapers and/or listen to the radio or other media to get informed about French political affairs
  3. bMigrants who do not “consume” any medium
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