Integration Report 2010: integration of non-western immigrants in the Netherlands is going well
The integration of non-western immigrants in the Netherlands is going well on most fronts. This is apparent from the Annual Report 2010 on Integration from CBS. More foreigners are enrolled in higher education. In the report 4 ethnic groups are central: Turks, Moroccans, Surinamese and Antillean migrants. In addition, newer immigrant groups such as Poles and Bulgarians are also covered. The report shows developments in various aspects associated with the process of integration.
Annual Report 2010
The annual report has been completed, partly at the request of the Dutch Minister for Housing, Neighborhoods and Integration, by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). It is an annual publication which is provided by the Social and Cultural Planning Office (SCP) and CBS. In the research, various aspects of how non-western immigrants differ from locals are presented. Also, immigrant groups are compared with each other and across generations. The themes which are addressed are demography, education, employment, income and benefits, discoloration of neighborhoods, crime, social cohesion, and health and youth.
Some important conclusions
- Of immigrant pupils in the third year of high school during the school year 2009/10, 32 percent did HAVO or VWO (higher education in the Netherlands). This was 28 percent in 2003/04.
- Mothers from second generation non-western immigrants on average get their first child at the same average age as local, Dutch mothers, which when they were 29.5 years old. Mothers from the first generation were on average two years younger.
- Second-generation immigrants less often arrange for a partner to come from the country of origin of than the first generation immigrants did.
- Ethnic minorities are still overrepresented in crime; Antillean and Moroccan men are 5 times more often involved in crime than local, Dutch men.
- Non-Western young people have a poorer health on average compared to local, Dutch people, while they do not visit the doctor more often.
- Immigrants lose their jobs faster than locals. In 2009, 11 percent of non-western immigrants was unemployed compared to 4 percent of local, Dutch people.
- In early 2010 there were 1.9 million non-western immigrants in the Netherlands. This is more then 11 percent of the total population. Around 43 percent is born in the Netherlands and is categorized as a second-generation immigrant. The 4 largest groups of non-western immigrants are Turks, Moroccans, Surinamese and Antillean. The largest group of immigrants from Eastern Europe comes from Poland.
Dissemination
Integration Annual Report 2010
ISBN: 978-90-357-2009-1
ISSN: 1872-1354
Contact details
Central Bureau of Statistics
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2492 JP The Hague
Tel. +31 (0)88 570 70 70
Fax +31 (0)70 337 59 94
Website: http://www.cbs.nl/
Document type
Research
Source
CBS
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