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Table 8 Categorical variables

From: The relationship between social identification and local voting, and its interplay with personal and group discrimination among the descendants of Turkish immigrants in Western Europe

 

Total sample

Religious sample

Count

Freq.

Count

Freq.

Voted during last municipality elections

 Yes

909

55.9

672

54.7

 No

718

44.1

557

45.3

Gender

 Men

767

47.1

582

47.4

 Women

860

52.9

647

52.6

Education

 Primary

65

4.0

58

4.7

 Secondary

1215

74.7

930

75.7

 Tertiary

347

21.3

241

19.6

National origin best friend

 Native

457

28.1

267

21.7

 Turkish

985

60.5

822

66.9

 Other

167

10.3

123

10.0

Islamic denomination

 Sunnite

867

53.3

867

70.6

 Shiite

38

2.3

38

3.1

 Alevi

98

6.0

98

8.0

 Other Muslims

226

13.9

226

18.4

 Other/Non-believer

398

24.5

–

–

Missing

 Hours worked per week

659

40.5

540

43.9

 Monthly income

427

26.2

315

25.6

 National origin best friend

18

1.1

17

1.4

 National-origin composition neighborhood

62

3.8

39

3.2

Cities

 Amsterdam

158

9.7

132

10.7

 Basel

125

7.7

71

5.8

 Berlin

190

11.7

107

8.7

 Frankfurt

163

10.0

111

9.0

 Linz

146

9.0

84

6.8

 Paris

158

9.7

136

11.1

 Rotterdam

191

11.7

174

14.2

 Strasbourg

184

11.3

168

13.7

 Vienna

188

11.6

167

13.6

 Zurich

124

7.6

79

6.4

N

1627

1229

  1. Source: TIES surveys 2007/2008