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The challenge of measuring immigrant origin and immigration-related ethnicity in Europe
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posted on 2023-06-08, 14:53 authored by Dirk Jacobs, Marc Swyngedouw, Laurie Hanquinet, Véronique Vandezande, Roger Andersson, Ana Paula Beja Horta, Maria Berger, Mario Diani, Amparo Gonzalez Ferrer, Marco Giugni, Miruna Morariu, Katia Pilati, Paul StathamPaul StathamDifferent European nation-states use the most diverse statistical constructions of foreign origin or ethnic minority populations. Several countries traditionally even shun from producing such data. This makes international comparison a very difficult endeavour. Anyone wanting to perform comparativeresearch on immigrants or (immigrant origin) ethnic minorities in Europe is unavoidably confronted with the most diverse types of national statistical data and has to opt for ad hoc solutions. Attempts at international comparison can thus be very tricky due to data characteristics. It is important that researchers are aware of these problems and do not simply accept data (especially in comparisons) at face value. In this article we embark on a comparative explorative study of the way in which immigrant background and immigration related ethnicity is taken stock of by national statistical institutes in a set of European nation-states.
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Journal of International Migration and IntegrationISSN
1488-3473Publisher
Springer VerlagExternal DOI
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1Volume
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67-88Department affiliated with
- Geography Publications
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