Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

242 Aspects of Integration
Table 42: Participation in integration course and examination by
interviewees with migrant background (in per cent)
Participation in
course
Yes No
All interviewees
Participation in examination
Sat examination
Did not sit
examination
Examination result
by reference
to all
course participants
Passed
Did not
pass
Examination result
by reference to
examination participants
Passed
Did not
pass
22,4 77,6 69,4 30,6 65,3 4,0 94,2 5,8
New entrants
65,8 34,2 51,9 48,1 51,9 0,0 100,0 0,0
Persons immigrating prior to 1 Jan. 2005
21,6 78,4 70,9 29,1 66,5 4,4 93,8 6,2
Muslims
15,6 84,4 39,7 60,3 36,2 3,5 91,1 8,9
Non-Muslim migrants
29,6 70,4 82,5 17,5 76,8 5,6 93,2 6,8
Source: MLG 2008, dataset of interviewees aged 16 and over, weighted.
Unweighted number of cases: 2,967
A comparison of these figures obtained in the project
“Muslim Life in Germany” with the data from the integration
business statistics reveals that a higher proportion of those completing
the integration course sat the examination overall (89
per cent) than in the previous year. The corresponding figure for
2007 stood at 65 per cent. This figure is to be seen in the context
of the introduction of the compulsory examination. The share
of students who passed the examination stands at 55 per cent of
all those completing the course and 61 per cent of examinees in
2008 (Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge 2009: 10).
The lower proportion of persons sitting the final examination
which was established in the project “Muslim Life in Ger-