Playing the safe card or playing the race card? Comparison of attitudes towards interracial marriages with non-white migrants and transnational adoptees in Sweden

Comparative Migration Studies

Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the sample compared to the whole of Malmö Municipality (%)

	Sample (N = 620)	Malmö Municipality (N = 280.801) (Age 18–78)
Gender
Male	46.3	49.0 (49.6)
Female	53.4	51.0 (50.4)
Age
18–29	22.7	20.2 (26.3)
30–44	31.3	23.1 (30.2)
45–64	28.9	23.0 (30.1)
65–78	15.0	9.8 (12.8)
Population with immigrant background[1]	33.2	37
Population born outside Sweden	27.9	28
Top ten immigrant groups	Denmark	Denmark
	Poland	Former Yugoslavia
	Iraq	Iraq
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Poland
	Finland	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Turkey	Lebanon
	Germany	Iran
	Hungary	Hungary
	Macedonia	Germany
	Bosnia	Finland
Education at higher level [2](20-64)	45.6	40.0
Political Preference[3]
Alliance (center-right)[4]	44.3	43.8
Red-Greens (social democratic-left)[5]	45.4	46.8

[1] The percentage for the sample shows the percentage of those who have reported to have at least one parent with an immigrant background or who being adopted from other countries, while the percentage for the municipality shows the percentage of those who were born outside Sweden or have two parents who were born outside Sweden.
[2] The percentage for the sample shows the percentage of those who have reported to have completed above secondary education (college and university), while for the municipality it is the percentage of those who have one or more year of college or university education at undergraduate and graduate level.
[3] Based on the response to the question of which party respondents voted for in the national election in 2006. Information relating to the municipality was taken from the election report published by the municipality, also based on the national election in 2006. Malmöstad, Valet i Malmö 2006 (Election in Malmö 2006). The percentage for the sample eliminates 94 individuals who answered that they did not vote.
[4] Consists of the Moderate Party, the Center Party, the Liberal People’s Party and the Christian Democrats.
[5] Consists of the Social Democratic Party, the Left Party and the Green Party.