Explaining Civic Attitudes of Immigrant Children in Europe
Explaining Civic Attitudes of Immigrant Children in Europe

Summary/Abstract: In this study, we investigate explanations for differentiation in civic attitudes among immigrant children from different religious groups. We use the 2009 International Civic and Citizenship Study data to explore differences between religious groups on three key civic attitudes: support for democracy, support for gender equality, and attitudes towards the country of destination. We analyse N=5454 immigrant students in eleven European destination countries using OLS regression with origin and destination country fixed effects. Our results, firstly, show that Orthodox Christian and Islamic immigrant children are less in favour of gender equality than secular immigrant children. Different attitudes towards the role of religion in society explain most of this variation. Secondly, Islamic, Protestant and Catholic immigrant children are more likely to think positively of their destination country than secular and Christian Orthodox immigrant children. These differences can be explained by church attendance and attitudes towards the influence of religion in society.

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