Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

62 How many Muslims live in Germany?
to define the primary nationality for those interviewed and for
their partners by using their country of birth. Otherwise, the nationality
chosen was that which was specified more frequently
in response to the other origin variables. The country of birth
was not queried for other members of the household, meaning
that the primary nationality was derived from the interviewee’s
statements on their and their partner’s origin in accordance
with their family relationships. In cases where the two nationalities
of a child living in a household could be traced to the differing
countries of origin of the interviewee and their partner,
the father’s country of origin was chosen as the nationality.
It can be seen from table 3 that the share of foreign Muslims
among those surveyed and the household members covered
for the countries of origin differ markedly. Almost no Muslims
are to be found among those surveyed who were citizens of
Bulgaria, Kazakhstan and Russia, while large shares of around
90 per cent were recorded for those who were citizens of Turkey,
Pakistan, Yemen/Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco. The absolute
number of foreign Muslims from a particular country of origin
is not only influenced by the share, but also to a large degree
by the size of the group of foreign nationals from this country
living in Germany. Thus the large group of nationals of a successor
state to the former Yugoslavia living in Germany comprise
the second-largest group among foreign Muslims, even though
only one in two foreign nationals from the former Yugoslavia
is a Muslim. As expected, most foreign Muslims originate from
Turkey, a group which is distinguished both by its large share of
Muslims and by its high absolute number of immigrants.
* Formula for calculating the minimum and maximum shares for the 95%
confidence interval:
p+ p p
p1,96
( 1 − )
± 1,
9 6
n
** As no individuals were identified as Saudi Arabian nationals, it was not
possible to extrapolate the number of Muslims.