The Ministry of Immigrants, Integration and Housing (Udlændninge- Integrations- og Boligministeriet) , Medborgerskab, ligebehandling og selvbestemmelse i Danmark 2016 (Citizenship, Equality and self-determination in Denmark 2016)
Country
Denmark
Title
Year
Type of publication
Geographical coverage
National
Area/location of interest
Type of Institution
Public authority
Institution
Main Thematic Focus
Racism & xenophobia Discrimination
Target Population
Migrants People with migrant background
Key findings
The Ministry of Immigration, Integration and Housing makes an annual survey-based report that examines the feeling of citizenship, equality and self-determination. The latest report from 2016 showed that 62 percent of men with migrant background in the age of 18-29 had experienced discrimination in some form.
Furthermore, the report showed that only 20 percent felt recognized as Danes while 50 percent felt that they were Danes with migrant background.
Methodology (Qualitative/Quantitative and exact type used, questionnaires etc)
Postal questionnaires self-administered by persons with a migrant or refugee background. Questions from survey is available in the report itself (page 45). Furthermore, the survey was translated into 8 different languages for non-Danish speaking participants.
Sample details and representativeness
1330 respondents with migrant background/ descendants of immigrants and refugees