Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

284 Aspects of Integration
Among the Muslims it is the Shiites who are most likely to
live in areas with a predominantly foreign population (figure
83). This is most probably attributable to the persons of Iranian
origin in this group, who possess a higher educational level
than other migrant groups considered here and presumably are
less likely to live in segregated residential areas on account of
their better social situation. Sunnis are more likely than other
Muslim groups to live in urban districts with a large proportion
of foreigners (42 per cent).
Figure 83: Interviewed Muslims living in residential environment with
predominantly foreign population, according to denomination
(in per cent)
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
58,8
41,2
71,3
28,7
69,3
30,7
37,4
Source: MLG 2008, dataset of interviewees aged 16 and over, weighted.
Unweighted number of cases: 2,028
62,6
Sunni Shiite Alevi Other
Majority foreign population Majority German population
In the context of the hypothesis presented at the beginning
of this chapter that the residential environment provides a
structure offering opportunities for contact with Germans, it is
significant that almost 40 per cent of the interviewed Muslims