Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

176 Religiousness and religious practice
Table 27: Participation in mixed swimming lessons by pupils living in
the households according to gender and religion (in per cent)
Muslim pupils
Pupils belonging to
another religion
Male Female Total Male Female Total
Yes, participates 53,7 52,8 53,2 56,4 56,3 56,3
No - no such
lessons available
43,0 41,3 42,1 39,7 40,2 40,0
No - single-sex 1,5 1,9 1,7 2,4 2,8 2,6
Non-participation
on religious grounds
0,1 1,9 1,0 - - -
Non-participation
on other grounds
1,7 2,2 1,9 1,5 0,8 1,2
Total 100,0 100,0 100,0 100,0 100,0 100,0
Source: MLG 2008, dataset of all household members, pupils aged between 6 and 22,
weighted. Unweighted number of cases: 3,162
In comparison to sports lessons, a markedly smaller proportion
of pupils and students of both the Muslim faith and other
faiths attend co-educated swimming classes (table 27). The
primary reason here is that no co-educated swimming classes
are available. As in the case of sports lessons, religious or other
grounds for staying away from swimming classes are barely
cited. Girls tend to participate in co-educated swimming classes
just as frequently as boys.