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here (Stichs 2008: 32). According to an analysis contained in the
integration survey conducted by the Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung
(BiB, Federal Institute for Population Research),
naturalised Turks are more likely to acquire the Abitur
qualification than non-naturalised Turks, however (Haug 2002:
129). A consideration of people with a migrant background
in the 2006 microcensus reveals a similar picture: Among all
people from recruitment countries, the Russian Federation and
ethnic German repatriates, those with a Turkish migrant background
are most likely to have no school-leaving qualifications
and least likely to possess a high-level school-leaving qualification
(Siegert 2008: 51; Seibert 2008: 3). The German Socio-Economic
Panel (GSOEP) also reveals the educational level among
second-generation Turkish migrants to be lagging behind that
of the descendents of other labour migrants (Kalter 2007: 404)
and ethnic German repatriates (Tucci 2008: 203). The National
Report on Education also concludes that the opportunities for a
successful course of education and the acquisition of adequate
skills among pupils with a migrant background have diminished
considerably at the point of transfer from primary to
secondary education, even when taking socio-economic status
into account (Autorengruppe Bildungsberichterstattung 2008).
Above all in the second generation, i.e. those born in Germany,
over half of whom have Turkish ancestors, the standard of skills
is considerably below the corresponding level for pupils without
a migrant background.
The present study now reveals that the group of Turkish
migrants also has a particularly low level of education in comparison
to migrants from other predominantly Muslim countries
of origin.