Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

108 Sociodemographics and migration biography
Table 13: Interviewees with migrant background according to region
of origin, religion and gender (in per cent) 46
South-
east
Europe
Turkey
Central
Asia/
CIS
Iran
South/
South-
east
Asia
Muslims
Middle
East
North
Africa
other
parts
of
Africa
Total
Male 51,0 50,6 38,1 51,4 66,7 68,3 65,9 76,7 53,6
Female 49,0 49,4 61,9 48,6 33,3 31,7 34,1 23,3 46,4
Members of another religious community
Male 52,0 66,3 42,9 72,2 72,2 69,0 60,0 68,9 50,2
Female 48,0 33,7 57,1 27,8 27,8 31,0 40,0 31,1 49,8
Source: MLG 2008, dataset of interviewees aged 16 and over, weighted.
Unweighted number of cases: 4,321
A breakdown of interviewees according to region of origin
reveals substantial differences with regard to the gender
ratio. A good three quarters of the Muslims from other parts
of Africa are male. A marked male predominance is also to be
found among Muslim interviewees from South/Southeast Asia,
the Middle East and North Africa. The group of persons belonging
to other religions from these countries of origin confirms
this trend. The percentage of men is also higher than that of
women.
The gender ratio is largely balanced among the Muslims
from Southeast Europe, Turkey and Iran. The same applies to
members of other religions from Southeast Europe. There is
a predominance of men among the interviewees originating
from Iran or Turkey who are not Muslims. The country of origin
46 The figures relate exclusively to interviewees with a migrant background aged
16 or over. The definitive values for structural findings on all persons living in
Germany with a migrant background from predominantly Muslim countries
are the figures contained in table 10 on all household members, as children and
young people up to the age of 16 are also included here.