Transcript Survey on integration of migrants and their descendants « Life histories and family origins »

Survey on integration of
migrants and their descendants
« Life histories and family origins »
Aims
 Set
up the effect of the origins on the life
conditions and social trajectories controlling for
other socio-demographic characteristics
 Main issues :
 Integration
 Discriminations
Definition of an immigrant
(used in France)
A
person who is born abroad and who was not
French at birth. The latest point is important in
France referring to the large number of migrants
coming from former colonies.
 6.6 million born abroad ; among them 5 millions
are immigrants using the French definition.
Other surveys
 Conditions
of retiring for migrants aged between
50 and 70 (National retirement Fund, 2002)
 New
migrants i.e. having a first permit since 4
months 8Ministry of Social Affairs, 2007 and
2008)
Immigration in France
2004
1999-2004 (%)
Europe
2000
2
Maghreb
1500
17
Sub-Saharan Africa
600
45
Asia
700
22
America, Oceania
200
33
5000
14
All
Descendants by country of origin
en %
100
80
60
40
20
0
Spain, Italy
0-16
Portugal
Other Europe
17-24
25-39
Maghreb
Other countries
40-49
No parent
immigrant
50-65
Descendants by age
(among the 0-65 years old)
 55%
whose parents are from Spain or from Italy
are between 40 and 65
 71% coming from Maghreb are less than 24
 90% whose parents were born in sub-Saharan
Africa are less than 24
2000 data
Target populations
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Immigrants
Immigrants’ descendants
Persons born in French overseas districts
Their descendants
Others – reference sample
Sample size
Size
Immigrants
Natives of Turkey
 Natives of South-East Asia
 Natives of sub-Saharan Africa
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Immigrants’ descendants
Age
9 600
800
800
1 600
18-59
9 600
Natives of Turkey
 Natives of South-East Asia
 Natives of sub-Saharan Africa
800
800
1 600
Persons born in French overseas districts
800
18-59
Their descendants
Others
800
18-49
3 400
18-59
All
24 200
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18-49
Questionnaire
Family and social background
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Characteristics of the member of ego’ household
Including citizenship, place of birth, year of arrival, etc
Parents, children, sibling out of the household
Marital life
Detailed characteristics of the actual spouse (and of the
spouse’ parents) and of the first one if any
Social relations
with family, friends, colleagues,neighbourhood, helps
given or received
Questionnaire
Education
 Work life
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Short biography
Access to an occupation
Attitudes toward institutions
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Political opinions ;
Citizenship,
Voting, associations
Housing
 Health
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Questionnaire
Identity and links to the country of origin
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Migration trajectories
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Countries of previous residence, reasons for coming
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Transnational relations
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Languages (mother/father languages, used), level in
French
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Religion
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Discriminations (perceived)
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Theme present elsewhere in context (work, housing, education) ,
completed here in other situations
« Sensitive » questions
 Three
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fields are involved :
Religion
Years in France before getting a first permit of stay
(i.e. illegally)
Identity, ethnicity
Schedule
2
tests : January and December 2007
 Field : September to December 2008
 First results : autumn 2009
Concerning the measure of discrimination, the
analysis will follow two approaches; first one is
to evaluate discrimination according to the
declaration of the respondents; the other one is
to estimate the gap between the immigrants’
situation and the rest of the population
controlling for other characteristics.
Legal environment
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Statistical council: judges the usefulness of the project
Label committee. Judges the statistical quality of the
survey (including sampling)
National Commission “Informatique” and Freedom:
allows or not the survey or some questions regarding to
the rights of the person
And, that was unexpected, the Constitutional Council.
They ruled on the fact whether it right or not to ask
questions on religion, origin and which ones.