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The project entitled “Muslim life in Germany 2016” (MLD 2016) surveyed more than 2,000 Muslims from six regions of origin via the telephone. The focus of the research was placed on use of and interest in Islamic social welfare services. It particularly asked questions concerning pre-school childcare and care services for the elderly.
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Based on the German Islam Conference's current focal points, "Muslim Life in Germany 2016" (MLD 2016) studied the need for and interest in Islamic social welfare services among Muslims living in Germany. The survey particularly focused on collecting information on pre-school childcare, as well as on care services for the elderly. Various studies have indicated that elderly Muslims rarely take up medical long-term care services and that children with a migration background are underrepresented in kindergartens. "MLD 2016" studied Muslims' expectations in relation to these services and examined individual criteria which influence the extent to which they are taken up.
“MLD 2016” entailed interviewing roughly 2,000 Muslims by telephone from the regions of origin Turkey, South Eastern Europe, the Near East, Iran, North Africa and South/South East Asia on the basis of a standardised questionnaire. The survey design was similar to that of the previous study in 2008, but was adapted to the changed requirements as dictated by the new topical foci. In particular, the more recent survey focused exclusively on Muslims. "MLD 2016" furthermore primarily aimed to explain cause-and-effect relationships. It did not therefore provide a description pure and simple of the data on Germany's Muslim population. At the same time, it did provide a new extrapolation of the number of Muslims living in Germany as per 31 December 2015.
The results of the project have been released in individual topical publications. The first of these was Working Paper 71, providing an extrapolation of the number of Muslims, followed by Working Paper 75, entitled "Care services for elderly Muslims". The project was completed with Working Paper 78 on the take-up of pre-school childcare. You will find the publications in the right-hand column.