Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

70 How many Muslims live in Germany?
are different. In all, more than 600 persons evidenced different
relevant migrant backgrounds. A hierarchical procedure has
therefore been used when defining the primary migrant background,
with the variables assigned successively in accordance
with the following priorities: 1. Other nationality/nationalities
in addition to German; 2. Former nationality/nationalities; 3.
Own country of birth; 4. Parents’ country/countries of birth; 5.
Migrant background on the basis of the familial relationship to
the interviewee. For the remaining 227 persons for whom it was
not possible to make a clear assignment in spite of this hierarchical
procedure, due for example to two additional nationalities,
different countries of birth for the parents or other similar
reasons, the person in question is assigned the most plausible
migrant background, i.e. that which is most frequently evident
for the individual themselves or for the relevant individuals
in their household. If this also fails to establish clarity as to the
background, as a final option the migrant background is chosen
in line with the father’s side of the family. A total of 10,729
Germans with a relevant migrant background were living in the
approximate 6,000 households that were surveyed.
** Due to the fact that no individuals were identified as Saudi Arabian nationals, it is not
possible to calculate the corresponding share of persons with a migrant background; it
is therefore also not possible to extrapolate the number of Muslims from Saudi Arabia.
As there are only 1,714 Saudi Arabian nationals living in Germany according to the AZR
as at 30 June 2008, this has hardly any effect on extrapolationsfor Muslims as a whole.
Source: MLG 2008, dataset covering all household members and the AZR as at
30 June 2008
(X = no extrapolation possible / question is not applicable)