Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

220 Aspects of Integration
A very high employment and training rate also applies
among men who left school in Germany without any qualifications,
however. This confirms the importance of the ethnic
niche economy and the low-skill sector for this group. Women
who have attended school in Germany are not much more likely
to be in gainful employment or training than women of the first
migrant generation. Women with school-leaving qualifications
entitling them to enter into higher education represent an
exception here, with a pronounced likelihood of employment
(table 36).
Table 36: Interviewees with migrant background aged between 16 and
64 in gainful employment or training according to school-leaving
qualification in Germany and in country of origin
(in per cent)
Schooling
completed
without
qualification
Schooling completed in Germany
Secondary
modern
schoolleaving
qualification
Intermediate
school-
leaving qualification
University
entrance
level qualification
Total
Male 93,5 92,9 98,0 92,0 94,3
Female 58,0 54,2 74,8 85,3 69,4
Schooling
completed
without
qualification
Schooling completed in country of origin
Mandatory
schoolleaving
qualification
Higher school-
leaving
qualification
University
entrance
level qualification
Total
Male 89,1 80,5 79,1 78,9 82,1
Female 62,0 50,9 70,9 60,9 60,4
Source: MLG 2008, dataset of interviewees aged 16 and over, weighted.
Unweighted number of cases: 4,371 (persons aged between 16-64 only).
A relatively low employment rate among persons with a
Turkish migrant background in comparison to other migrant
groups from recruitment countries and ethnic German repat-