Gender and minorities UNECE Gender statistics Geneva, 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) Belgiumcitizenship Francecitizenship Germanycitizenship Netherlandsat least one parent born abroad United Kingdompersonal perception Swedenborn abroad and (1) parent also
Share of foreigners (see table 1) Share according to: regular citizenship definition Belgiumcitizenship 88 Francecitizenship Germanycitizenship 9 9 Netherlandsat least one parent 19 4 United K.personal perception 8? Swedenborn abroad and parent(s) also 125
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
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Mastery of Dutch language (h of h) womenmen Turkish29%18% Moroccan14% 9% Surinamese 1% 0% Antillean 1% 1%
No / little education (age 15-64) womenmen Turkish61%44% Moroccan63%53% Surinamese25% 19% Antillean22%18% indigenous10% 9%
Labour participation (age 15-64) womenmen Turkish38%59% Moroccan41%54% Surinamese64% 68% Antillean53%63% indigenous66% 80%
Attitude: working mothers womenmen Turkish31%44% Moroccan31%46% Surinamese15% 23% Antillean17%25% indigenous13% 21%
Proportion with modern attitude womenmen Turkish26%13% Moroccan35%20% Surinamese54% 38% Antillean45%38% indigenous71% 52%
Use of childcare Use of childcare (0-4) by working parents Total Formal Turkish53%22% Morokkans40% 9% Surinamese66%49% Antilleans76%64% indigenous69%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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