Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

206 Aspects of Integration
Figure 55: Highest school-leaving qualification acquired by interviewees
with migrant background in country of origin or in Germany
according to region of origin and religion (in per cent)
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
34,7 37,0
29,5 24,2
29,5 30,6
6,3
Muslim
8,3
Other religion
Southeast
Europe
27,5 35,9
22,5
33,5
31,3
23,4
68,4
31,6
40,1
31,2
23,6
81,4 82,4
16,5
9,4 5,1 11,9
5,9
Muslim
Other religion
Muslim
Other religion
Turkey Central
Asia/CIS
Muslim
Other religion
53,6 55,3 54,5
66,7
52,2 38,5
50,0
55,7
20,6
13,4
15,7
11,8
12,4 5,9
Muslim
Other religion
Iran South/
Southeast
Asia
15,9
13,6 19,9 25,0
11,8 18,2 16,8
17,1 13,6 11,2
Muslim
Other religion
Middle
Eas t
Muslim
25,0
Other religion
North
Africa
No school-leaving qualification Low school-leaving qualification
Intermediate school-leaving qualification High school-leaving qualification
26,9
19,2
20,3
11,4
15,4 12,7
Muslim
Other religion
other parts
of Africa
Source: MLG 2008, dataset of interviewees aged 16 and over, weighted.
Unweighted number of cases: 3,886 (excluding school pupils).
In case of persons who have acquired a school-leaving qualification
in both countries, the German qualification is shown.
The standard of school education of those who have attended
school in Germany, i.e. the second-generation migrants
who were born in Germany and the lateral entrants (figure 56)
are considered below. A similar picture emerges here.
A relatively small proportion of Turkish migrants possess
a high standard of school education (‘Abitur’ or other qualification
for higher education) (26 per cent among Muslims, 29