1. Immigrant Involvement in Voluntary Associations in Europe.
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Voicu, Bogdan and Şerban, Monica
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SOCIAL surveys , *ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. , *IMMIGRANTS , *EMIGRATION & immigration , *RELIGIOUS institutions - Abstract
This paper measures the impact of immigration on migrants' involvement in associations across Europe. Using multilevel analysis on European Social Survey (ESS) data, we address three questions: Are immigrants likely to become members in voluntary associations? Does this likelihood change with the length of stay in the host country? Does the type of the association make a difference? The findings show that the likelihood of migrants participating in associations increases with the length of stay, while second-generation migrant participation is similar to that of the host society. The relation is stronger for expressive associations and weaker for instrumental-utilitarian ones, while religious organisations are more likely to attract new immigrants. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2012
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