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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