1. Factors encouraging a sense of being ‘at home’ among migrant Muslim communities in Europe
Dr Saffron Karlsen
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
University College London

2. Outline Study objectives Theoretical background Findings:
Feeling ‘at home’ among different Muslim groups
in Europe
Future directions

3. Study objectives ‘Muslims in Europe: attitudes and experiences’
ESRC ‘Understanding population trends and processes’ (UPTAP) programme: Oct
Objectives:
Describe demographic, socioeconomic and
health positions of different religious groups
Role and consequences of religiosity

4. Theoretical background
Effects of social interaction on self and group awareness:
Victimisation as poor health (Karlsen and Nazroo 2002a, Karlsen et al 2005, Ricci et al 2006 a,b)
Victimisation as mode of affiliation (Karlsen and Nazroo 2002b,
Karlsen 2004, 2006)
Influential ‘community’ factors
Lifestyles (Karlsen 2006)
Amenities (Karlsen et al 2002, Bajekal et al 2004)
Social position (Karlsen et al 2002, Bajekal et al 2004)
Protection (Karlsen 2006)

5. Hypotheses Factors potentially influencing feeling ‘at home’:
traditional attitudes and lifestyles;
contact with their ‘homeland’;
political and economic rights;
freedom from threat of victimisation;
trust in national and international institutions.

6. Muslims in Europe study: methods
London:
141 Bangladeshi Muslims.
Follow-up Health Survey for England 1999.
Migration: 1960s, London population: 156,000.
Berlin:
225 Turkish Muslims.
Random sample from telephone directories.
Migration: 1950s, Berlin population: 119,000.
Madrid:
205 Moroccan Muslims.
Random sample from a Council list.
Migration: 1980s, Madrid population: 20,000.

7. Muslims in Europe study: sample variations

8. Educational qualifications

9. Economic and political rights

10. Victimisation

11. Institutional trust 1

12. Institutional trust 2

13. Contact with ‘homeland’ 1

14. Contact with ‘homeland’ 2

15. Local area 1: feeling at home

16. Local area 2: vandalism and graffiti

17. Local area 3: neighbours and amenities

18. Conclusions People will feel ‘at home’ if they:
have political and economic rights;
reside in places where they feel safe and supported;
feel free from the threat of victimisation:
local neighbourhood
institutions set up to protect them.
Varying effect of contact with ‘homeland’ and religosity

19. Thanks to:. James Nazroo. ESRC. UPTAP programme team
Thanks to: James Nazroo ESRC UPTAP programme team The ME team, especially Berta Álvarez-Miranda Joachim Bruess Ken Kollman