Wearing the veil

Hijab, Islam and job qualifications as determinants of social attitudes towards immigrant women in Norway

Bibliographic Data

ID2147266
AuthorsZan Strabac (0000-0002-1293-1449, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, corresponding author), Toril Aalberg (0000-0001-5461-1470, Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Anders Todal Jenssen (0000-0002-9682-5108, Norwegian University of Science and Technology), M Valenta (0000-0002-3332-4840, Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
Year2016
Volume39
Issue15
Pages2665-2682
Publication date2016-12-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2016.1164878
OpenAlexW2316554766
LanguageEN
Citations received24
References cited20

Immigrant women are a particularly vulnerable part of the immigrant population. In this paper we analyse negative attitudes towards immigrant women in Norway. We focus on immigrant women's formal job qualifications, their religious background and wearing of hijab - the headscarf sometimes used by Muslim women. Using survey-embedded experiments we are able to analyse the net effects on attitudes of job qualifications, Islamic religious background and the hijab. The results show that native population frequently has more negative views of Muslim women who wear a hijab. The negative effects of a hijab do not seem to be strongly reduced if a woman wearing it has higher education. With a single exception, the results also show that Muslim background in itself (i.e. without the hijab) does not have any strong effect on attitudes of the native population towards immigrant women

Geography · Immigration · Islam · Political science · Population · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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