Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

46 Introduction
The focus topics of the questionnaire are:
The migration background and other socio-demographic
features of the interviewee
Household structure and socio-demographic characteristics
of the members of the household
Religious affiliation and precise religious persuasion of
the interviewee and all members of the household
Religiousness of the interviewee and importance of
religion for the everyday behaviour of the interviewee
and the members of the household
Aspects relating to the structural integration of the
interviewee and
Aspects relating to the social integration of the interviewee
To determine the migration background of the interviewee
the variables of nationality/nationalities, former nationality/
nationalities, country of birth and parents’ country of birth
were surveyed. Based on these variables it was possible to assign
members of the first and second generation of immigrants to
a country of origin. Some interviewees named several relevant
countries. In such cases the foreign nationality of the interviewees
was considered first of all, and for Germans the second nationality
was considered, followed by a former nationality and
finally the country of birth or parents’ country of birth. If several
relevant nationalities were given or in the event of deviations
from the parents’ countries of birth a decision was made accord-