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number of children among Muslims from Central Asia and
other parts of Africa, South/Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
In this connection it is to be noted that the number of children
living in the household does not correspond to the actual fertility,
however, as no information is available on children who
have already left home and these are consequently not included
in the figures. The number of children in the household is thus
also dependent on the age structure and, in turn, the immigrant
generation to which the interviewees belong. The groups
of countries with a high number of children in the household
concern relatively new regions of origin from which most immigrants
belong to the first generation and are thus in a phase
of family development with younger children. Immigrants
from Iran represent an exception to the established pattern
here, with the average number of children among non-Muslims
markedly higher than among Muslims. Overall, the number
of children stands at 1.1 among Muslims and 0.9 among non-
Muslims.
Figure 24: Number of children in household among interviewees with
migrant background according to region of origin and
religion (average value)
Southeast Europe
Turkey
Central Asia/CIS
Iran
South/Southeast Asia
Middle East
North Africa
other parts of Africa
0,0 0,2 0,4 0,6 0,8 1,0 1,2 1,4 1,6 1,8
0,7
0,7
0,8
0,7
0,9
0,9
Source: MLG 2008, dataset of interviewees aged 16 and over, weighted.
Unweighted number of cases: 4,321
1,0
0,9
1,0
1,0
1,1
1,2
1,2
1,3
1,4
1,7
Muslims Other religion