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SoKo analysis for 2015 ,
Participation in the labour market is one of the most important aspects of integration. In order to be able to carry out a targeted assessment of both the potential and the needs and corresponding planning for promotional measures, background information regarding the level of qualification of asylum applicants in Germany is highly significant.
The third edition of the BAMF's brief analyses evaluates the data on the social component, and provides information on the social structure (sex, age, civil status, mother tongue), schooling and the occupation most recently exercised, as well as the language knowledge of adult-age first asylum applicants.
How the data are collected
Master data such as sex, age, civil status and mother tongue are recorded when applications are made. The data on the social component are recorded when the asylum application is first made.
Roughly 73 percent of adult-age first applicants answered the questions on their schooling and occupation. These answers are based on the respondents’ own assessments, and therefore need to be interpreted with care given that the different school systems and professional titles are not comparable. The data nonetheless provide an initial overview of applicants’ social structure, of the level of education and language knowledge, as well as of their employment biographies.
The brief analysis was drawn up by: Anna-Katharina Rich