Personal Social Networks of Recent Refugees in Germany

Does Family Matter

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ID5711006
AuthorsLenore Sauer (0000-0001-8255-5269, Federal Institute for Population Research, corresponding author), Elisabeth K Kraus (0000-0002-5377-5411, Federal Institute for Population Research)
Year2024
Volume22
Issue1
Pages134-148
Publication date2024-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1556-2948 • E-ISSN: 1556-2956
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15562948.2021.2017096
OpenAlexW4205601930
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited29

This article explores the composition of the personal social networks and their interrelation with the family context of recently arrived refugees in Germany. Using the Refugee Sample of the German Socio-Economic Panel (2017) and performing logistic regression analyses, the findings suggest that refugees living without their partner, children, or extended family in Germany are more likely to have at least one close non-kin confidant. The same holds true for inter-ethnic contacts. Moreover, the results show that also opportunity structures like the workplace or leisure-time activities matter. As male and female refugees have different family arrangements, differences by sex emerge

Demographic economics · Economics · Ethnic group · Geography · German · Immigration · Political science · Refugee · Sociology · Gender Studies · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Social Psychology

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