Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

114 Sociodemographics and migration biography
Figure 20: Average duration of residence of interviewees with migrant
background of the first generation according to region of
origin and religion (in years)
Southeast Europe
Turkey
Central Asia/CIS
Iran
South/Southeast Asia
Middle East
North Africa
other parts of Africa
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
9,5
11,5
15,9
15,1
16,9
18,2
18,3
18,3
16,7
18,1
Source: MLG 2008, dataset of interviewees aged 16 and over, weighted.
Unweighted number of cases: 3,609
20,3
24,3
24,2
25,4
27,0
33,1
Muslims Other religion
The age upon immigration of the first generation of immigrants
also differs significantly between Muslims and members
of other religions respectively. On average, members of
other religions were 25.7 years of age at the time of entering
Germany for the first time, while Muslims were substantially
younger (17.6 years old). The average age upon immigration is
relatively high among members of other religions from Central
Asia and the CIS states as well as Southeast Europe, for example,
while immigrants from North Africa enter Germany for the first
time at a very early age (9.1 years old). Among interviewees from
Turkey the age upon immigration barely differs between different
religions.