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Aspects of Integration 251<br />

Figure 68: Number of memberships of German / country of orig<strong>in</strong>-related<br />

organisations among <strong>in</strong>terviewees with migrant background<br />

accord<strong>in</strong>g to religion (<strong>in</strong> per cent)<br />

<strong>Muslim</strong>s<br />

Membership<br />

<strong>Germany</strong><br />

Membership<br />

Country of orig<strong>in</strong><br />

Other<br />

religion<br />

Membership<br />

<strong>Germany</strong><br />

Membership<br />

Country of orig<strong>in</strong><br />

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%<br />

45,3<br />

52,1<br />

78,0<br />

82,6<br />

Source: MLG 2008, dataset of <strong>in</strong>terviewees aged 16 and over, weighted.<br />

Unweighted number of cases: 4,150/4,247<br />

28,2<br />

24,2<br />

13,5<br />

12,5<br />

11,8<br />

8,6<br />

12,9<br />

4,9 4,6<br />

11,9<br />

4,4 4,4<br />

No membership 1 membership 2 memberships 3 or more memberships<br />

It is next considered which types of organisation are particularly<br />

popular among the <strong>Muslim</strong> <strong>in</strong>terviewees. Beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g<br />

with the German organisations, sports clubs emerge as the most<br />

popular option (figure 69). Almost 30 per cent of <strong>Muslim</strong>s belong<br />

to a German sports club. A slightly lower figure was ascerta<strong>in</strong>ed<br />

<strong>in</strong> a study of persons of Turkish orig<strong>in</strong> conducted by the<br />

Zentrum für Türkeistudien (ZfT, Centre for studies on Turkey).<br />

In this study, 23 per cent of <strong>in</strong>terviewees state that they take an<br />

active <strong>in</strong>volvement <strong>in</strong> sports and exercise (Halm/Sauer 2007: 51),<br />

whereby only around half are members of a specifically German<br />

sports club, while the rema<strong>in</strong>der belong to a Turkish or <strong>in</strong>ternational<br />

club.

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