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Figure 58: Employment status of interviewees with migrant background
according to region of origin and religion (in per cent)
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
6,8
25,1
7,3
13,9 18,9 37,5
16,7
16,7
8,0
4,5
17,5 30,3
17,6 7,0
17,6
33,3 13,5
7,7 12,8
52,9 56,3 66,7
58,8
52,5
53,5
57,7 56,7
42,7
43,9 43,9 43,9 47,3 50,0 58,6 59,5 51,2 54,1
Muslim
6,2
Other
religion
Southeast
Europe
4,2
Muslim
Other
religion
Muslim
Other
religion
Turkey Central
Asia/CIS
Muslim
Other
religion
Muslim
Other
religion
Iran South/
Southeast
Asia
23,5
Muslim
10,4 8,3
19,4 31,4
Other
religion
Middle
Eas t
Source: MLG 2008, dataset of interviewees aged 16 and over, weighted.
Unweighted number of cases: 4,097
Muslim
10,3
7,1
50,0 10,3 5,6
23,8
Other
religion
North
Africa
Muslim
Other
religion
other
parts of
Africa
7,7
21,4 18,4
Muslim
Other
religion
Total
Gainfully employed Trainees/apprentices Unemployed/job-seeking
Work in the home/family (Early) retiree Parental leave/Other
The employment rate is calculated as the share of gainfully
employed persons as a percentage of the population as a
whole, based on the age group of 15- to 64-year-olds. 67 The microcensus
reveals a marked divergence in the employment rate
among the population with and without a migrant background
respectively. In 2005 the employment rate in the population
with a migrant background stood at 56 per cent, as compared
to 68 per cent among the population without a migrant background.
Major differences also apply within the overall group
of migrants, however. The employment rate among ethnic
German repatriates stood at 63 per cent, for example, while the
67 In the study Muslim Life in Germany the employment rate is calculated for persons
aged between 16 and 64, as only persons aged 16 or over were interviewed.