Life Satisfaction Among Turkish and Moroccan Immigrants in the Netherlands: The Role of Absolute and Relative Income

Gokdemir, Ozge; Dumludağ, Devrim

doi:10.1007/s11205-011-9815-8

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“…73-74; see also Buitelaar, 2007;Leurs & Ponzanesi, 2014c). Finally, it must be noted that in comparison with the other major ethnic-minority communities in the Netherlands, a recent study found Moroccan-Dutch people are the "happiest," they largely feel "healthy," "at home in the Netherlands," "not often discriminated against" and are positive about "identifying with their country of origin" (CBS, 2014d; see also Gokdemir & Dumludag, 2011).…”

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Digital Passages: Migrant Youth 2.0. Diaspora, Gender and Youth Cultural Intersections

Leurs¹

2015

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Digital Passages: Migrant Youth 2.0. Diaspora, Gender and Youth Cultural Intersections

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2015

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“…However, despite these similarities, researchers have noted that the Moroccan and Turkish communities in the Netherlands differ in several respects. While both groups are low‐status groups, Turkish immigrants do have somewhat higher employment rates and income levels than Moroccans (Gokdemir and Dumludag, ). Moreover, because general levels of education and literacy are higher in Turkey than in Morocco, and because Turkey is a secular state like the Netherlands and unlike Morocco, the cultural distance between natives and Moroccan immigrants might be larger than between natives and Turkish immigrants (Stevens et al ., ).…”

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“…However, it can also be argued that national identification will be lower among Turkish than among Moroccan immigrants. It has been found that Turkish immigrants’ life satisfaction in the Netherlands tends to be lower than among other immigrant groups (Gokdemir and Dumludag, ). Also, Turkish immigrants have a relatively stronger orientation on their ethnic community.…”

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Host National Identification of Immigrants in the Netherlands

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Martinović

2014

International Migration Review

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This study examines immigrants' identification with the host country. We use survey data of more than 1,700 Turkish and Moroccan immigrants and more than 2,200 natives in the Netherlands. We answer four main questions in this study. First, do immigrants have lower national identification than natives? Second, does the level of national identification differ between immigrant groups? Third, do economic and social integration similarly affect national identification among immigrants and natives? And fourth, what are important additional determinants of national identification among immigrants? The results show that, compared to Dutch natives, Turkish but not Moroccan immigrants have lower national identification. Being employed and socially integrated is associated with higher national identification among immigrants as well as natives, but only among immigrants is higher occupational status associated with higher national identification. For immigrants, Dutch language proficiency, perceived discrimination, and contact with natives proved to be important conditions for national identification.

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“…This is particularly important for ethnic minorities because they are more often found in the lower income segments of the population (Gokdemir and Dumludag 2012). Previous research shows that increase in income positively affects levels of SWB (Diener et al 1993) and that people with higher income levels have higher levels of life satisfaction (e.g., Gokdemir and Dumludag 2012). The economic prosperity of Roma is an issue of particular societal importance.…”

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Life Satisfaction and Happiness Among the Roma in Central and Southeastern Europe

2014

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This study examines general life satisfaction and happiness as two indicators of subjective well-being among Roma and non-Roma populations in Central and Southeastern Europe. Using a sample of 11,997 participants (Roma N = 8,399, non-Roma N = 3,598) from the Regional Roma Survey in 2011 we test a structural equation model which considers self-rated health, income, education, quality of housing, perceived (ethnic) discrimination, and ethnic group identification as mediators of the relationship between Roma/non-Roma group membership and subjective well-being. Well-being was found to be lower among Roma compared to non-Roma and this was fully due to Roma's lower health status, lower income, lower education, lower quality of housing, lower ethnic identification, and higher perceived discrimination. The findings confirm that Roma have fewer resources for the attainment of need-gratification which negatively affects their happiness and life satisfaction, thereby, refuting the romanticized image of the Roma as 'poor but happy people'.

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Life Satisfaction Among Turkish and Moroccan Immigrants in the Netherlands: The Role of Absolute and Relative Income

Cited by 55 publications

References 24 publications

Digital Passages: Migrant Youth 2.0. Diaspora, Gender and Youth Cultural Intersections

Digital Passages: Migrant Youth 2.0. Diaspora, Gender and Youth Cultural Intersections

Host National Identification of Immigrants in the Netherlands

Life Satisfaction and Happiness Among the Roma in Central and Southeastern Europe

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