Participation in politics

Changed on: 03/02/2010 02:00

Participation in politics
Personal characteristics	Periods	Opinions on ethnic minorities Conform to Dutch culture Retain own culture completely (%)	Opinions on ethnic minorities Conform to Dutch culture Largely retain own culture (%)	Opinions on ethnic minorities Conform to Dutch culture Not retain own culture, not conform (%)	Opinions on ethnic minorities Conform to Dutch culture Largely conform to Dutch culture (%)	Opinions on ethnic minorities Conform to Dutch culture Conform completely to Dutch culture (%)
Total personal characteristics	2004	.	.	.	.	.
Men	2004	.	.	.	.	.
Women	2004	.	.	.	.	.
12-17 yrs	2004	.	.	.	.	.
18-24 yrs	2004	.	.	.	.	.
25-34 yrs	2004	.	.	.	.	.
35-44 yrs	2004	.	.	.	.	.
45-54 yrs	2004	.	.	.	.	.
55-64 yrs	2004	.	.	.	.	.
65-74 yrs	2004	.	.	.	.	.
75 yrs and older	2004	.	.	.	.	.
0-14 yrs	2004	.	.	.	.	.
15-24 yrs	2004	.	.	.	.	.
25-44 yrs	2004	.	.	.	.	.
45-64 yrs	2004	.	.	.	.	.
65 yrs and older	2004	.	.	.	.	.
0-14 yrs	2004	.	.	.	.	.
15-19 yrs	2004	.	.	.	.	.
20-24 yrs	2004	.	.	.	.	.
25-34 yrs	2004	.	.	.	.	.
35-44 yrs	2004	.	.	.	.	.
45-54 yrs	2004	.	.	.	.	.
55-64 yrs	2004	.	.	.	.	.
65-74 yrs	2004	.	.	.	.	.
75-84 yrs	2004	.	.	.	.	.
85 yrs and older	2004	.	.	.	.	.
Unknown	2004	.	.	.	.	.
Level of education: primary education	2004	.	.	.	.	.
Level of education: pre-vocational ed.	2004	.	.	.	.	.
Level of education: junior gen. sec. ed.	2004	.	.	.	.	.
Level of education: senior gen. sec. ed.	2004	.	.	.	.	.
Level of ed.: voc. colleges,universities	2004	.	.	.	.	.
Higher management	2004	.	.	.	.	.
Other white-collar workers	2004	.	.	.	.	.
Self-employed	2004	.	.	.	.	.
Skilled manual labour	2004	.	.	.	.	.
Half-skilled and unskilled manual labour	2004	.	.	.	.	.
Unemployed labour force	2004	.	.	.	.	.
Attending school, training	2004	.	.	.	.	.
Disabled	2004	.	.	.	.	.
Early retirement, pension (58-64 yrs)	2004	.	.	.	.	.
Cares for household with minor(s)	2004	.	.	.	.	.
Other socio-economic group	2004	.	.	.	.	.
One-person household	2004	.	.	.	.	.
Member of a single-parent family	2004	.	.	.	.	.
Member of a couple without children	2004	.	.	.	.	.
Member of a couple with children	2004	.	.	.	.	.
Very high urbanisation rate	2004	.	.	.	.	.
High urbanisation rate	2004	.	.	.	.	.
Moderately high urbanisation rate	2004	.	.	.	.	.
Low urbanisation rate	2004	.	.	.	.	.
Very low urbanisation rate	2004	.	.	.	.	.
Source: cbs.

Explanation of symbols

Table explanation

Participation; political favour and voting behaviour, political
interest and opinions by personal characteristics
1997 - 2003
Changed on February 03 2010.
Frequency: Discontinued.

Description topics

Opinions on ethnic minorities

Conform to Dutch culture

The data refer to persons in the age category 18 years and older.
Source: Integrated System of Social Surveys (POLS): justice and
environment (REM).
This question refers to foreigners settling in the Netherlands.
Opinion on the question: Should foreigners conform to the Dutch culture or
retain their own culture?
Score ranges from 1 (retain their own culture) to 5 (conform completely).

Retain own culture completely

Largely retain own culture

Not retain own culture, not conform

Largely conform to Dutch culture: Largely conform to the Dutch culture.

Conform completely to Dutch culture: Conform completely to the Dutch culture.