Small-scale segregation of the population with a history of migration

Authors: Jeanette Bohr

Cooperation partners: Andrea Janßen

Project describtion:

A recurring theme in the debate on integration is the role of ethnic segregation in the social integration of migrants. Migrants with a lower socio-economic position are expected to be more likely to live (or remain) in ethnically segregated areas. Over the course of generations, it is expected that as a result of integration processes, the second generation of migrants will live in less segregated areas than the first generation. The research project focuses on ethnic segregation at a small scale. The German microcensus sample districts are used for the analysis at the small area level. The segregation measured based on sample districts thus refers to the nearest neighbourhood. For the largest immigrant groups from the former recruitment countries and for (late) repatriates, the study examines how the ethnic composition of the neighbourhood has changed over generations. The most ethnically segregated neighbourhoods are also examined in terms of their socio-structural composition. The relationship between ethnic segregation and socio-economic position is analysed and differences with non-migrant populations are identified.

Publications:

Janßen, Andrea, and Jeanette Bohr (2018): Kleinräumliche Segregation der Bevölkerung mit Migrationshintergrund. 9. Nutzerkonferenz "Forschen mit dem Mikrozensus. Analysen zur Sozialstruktur und zum sozialen Wandel", 28.11.2018. [.pdf]

Janßen, Andrea, and Julia H. Schroedter (2007): Kleinräumliche Segregation der ausländischen Bevölkerung in Deutschland: Eine Analyse auf der Basis des Mikrozensus. Zeitschrift für Soziologie 36 (6): 453-472.