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Gender and minorities
UNECE Gender statistics
Geneva, 11-13 september 2006
Saskia Keuzenkamp
Social and Cultural Planning Office, Netherlands
Gender and minorities
Questions:• How to define ethnic minorities?• What are relevant indicators on gender and ethnicity?• What data sources are available?
Dutch case
Definition (see table 1)
Belgium citizenship
France citizenship
Germany citizenship
Netherlands at least one parent born abroad
United Kingdom personal perception
Sweden born abroad and (1) parent also
Share of foreigners (see table 1)
Share according to: regular citizenship
definition
Belgium citizenship 8 8
France citizenship 12 12
Germanycitizenship 9 9
Netherlands at least one parent 19 4
United K.personal perception 8 ?
Sweden born abroad and parent(s) also 12 5
Choice of indicators
Dutch policies:
• Language
• Level of education
• Labour participation
• Attitudes
• Civil society
Data
Registerdata
Regular surveys, but:
• Non-response
• Small sample size
Specific survey among minorities
Mastery of Dutch language (h of h)
women men
Turkish 29% 18%
Moroccan 14% 9%
Surinamese 1% 0%
Antillean 1% 1%
No / little education (age 15-64)
women men
Turkish 61% 44%
Moroccan 63% 53%
Surinamese 25% 19%
Antillean 22% 18%
indigenous 10% 9%
Labour participation (age 15-64)
women men
Turkish 38% 59%
Moroccan 41% 54%
Surinamese 64% 68%
Antillean 53% 63%
indigenous 66% 80%
Attitude: working mothers
women men
Turkish 31% 44%
Moroccan 31% 46%
Surinamese 15% 23%
Antillean 17% 25%
indigenous 13% 21%
Proportion with modern attitude
women men
Turkish 26% 13%
Moroccan 35% 20%
Surinamese 54% 38%
Antillean 45% 38%
indigenous 71% 52%
Use of childcare
Use of childcare (0-4) by working parents
Total FormalTurkish 53% 22%Morokkans 40% 9%Surinamese 66% 49%Antilleans 76% 64%indigenous 69% 48%
Civil society
Voluntary work
• Turkish and Moroc. women +/- 15%
• Surinamese and Ant. women +/- 25%
• Indigenous women more than 40%
Concluding remarks
Both integration
and
Emancipation policies needed
Need for statistics of women and men from different ethnic groups
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