1. Dirk JACOBS
Professor in sociology ULB
The research leading to these results has received under the
European Union's Seventh Framework Programme, Grant
Agreement 215863, EURISLAM project (2009-2012).
2. Technical fiche (1)
• SURVEY Total Belgium N=1191
• Data-collection in 2011 (TNS Dimarso & GERME-ULB)
• Standardized questionnaire focussing on socio-cultural attitudes
• Computer assisted telephone interviewing (CATI)
• Part of six-country study EURISLAM (FP7 EU funded), coordination by
Amsterdam University
• In each country a control sample of the ethnic majority group (target
n=385)
• In each country a targeted sample of people with Muslim background
(Moroccan, Turkish, Pakistani or Ex-Yugoslav origin, target n per group
250 or 150)
• Goal: strike a balance between cost-effectiveness, minimal sample size
requirements and information on all ethnic groups in our six participating
countries
• Transparency: the dataset and codebook can be downloaded from the
DANS archive: dx.doi.org/10.17026/dans-xx7-5x27
3. Technical fiche (2)
« Muslim » samples constituted through double procedure:
(1) Use of onomastic method (name recognition) of digital phone book
records (both land lines as cellular phones) aimed at identifying people of
Moroccan, Turkish, Pakistani and Ex-Yugoslav origin
(2) Polling agency and research group contacts and screens constituted
samples whether they are of the aforementioned national origins and
were themselves Muslims or of Muslim descent
When needed, use of trained multilingual interviewers (national languages
plus Arabic, Turkish, Urdu, Bosnian & Albanian)
4. Technical fiche (3)
BE
National majority 388
Ex-Yugoslavian 152
Turkish 253
Moroccan 254
Pakistani 144
N 1191
Table 1: Sample sizes for Muslim groups and ethnic majority non-Muslim
comparison group
5. Technical fiche (4)
Table 2: Response rates Belgium
BE
National majority
Numbers dialed 1946
Successful interview 19,8%
Refusal 32,2%
Incorrect number / Screened out / No contact 56,2%
Response rate (eligible contacts) 45,1%
Ex-Yugoslavian
Numbers dialed 749
Successful interview 15,6%
Refusal 32,2%
Incorrect number / Screened out / No contact 52,2%
Response rate (eligible contacts) 32,7%
6. Technical fiche (4)
Table 2:
Response rates
Belgium
(continued)
BE
Turkish
Numbers dialed 1247
Successful interview 20,5%
Refusal 35,2%
Incorrect number / Screened out / No contact 44,3%
Response rate (eligible contacts) 36,8%
Moroccan
Numbers dialed 2247
Successful interview 11,4%
Refusal 29,8%
Incorrect number / Screened out / No contact 58,8%
Response rate (eligible contacts) 27,6%
Pakistani
Numbers dialed 1247
Successful interview 7,3%
Refusal 23,2%
Incorrect number / Screened out / No contact 69,4%
Response rate (eligible contacts) 24%
7. “In Belgian public debate Islam is talked about
mostly in a too negative way ”
(Eurislam-survey, Belgium, 2011)
Majority
group
Yugoslav
origin
Turkish
origin
Moroccan
origin
Pakistani
origin
Agree
strongly
16,4% 20,8% 20,9% 38,2% 23,5%
Agree 45,6% 39,6% 52,3% 32,9% 40,2%
Disagree 33,1% 29,2% 20,1% 19,9% 29,5%
Disagree
strongly
4,9% 10,4% 6,7% 8,9% 6,8%
100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
8. “In Belgium public debate Islam is talked
about mostly in a too negative way”
(EURISLAM Survey, data collection 2011, )
9. “It makes no difference whether you are a Muslim
or a non-Muslim, in times of crisis everyone should
stick together ”
(Eurislam-survey, Belgium, 2011)
Majority
group
Yugoslav
origin
Turkish
origin
Moroccan
origin
Pakistani
origin
Agree
strongly
47,8% 72,7% 44,4% 76,7% 65,5%
Agree 44,4% 26% 51,6% 19,4% 29,6%
Disagree 6,8% 0,7% 3,6% 3,6% 2,8%
Disagree
strongly
1% 0,7% 0,4% 0,4% 2,1%
100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
10. “It makes no difference whether you are a
Muslim or a non-Muslim, in times of crisis
everyone should stick together”
(EURISLAM Survey, data collection 2011, )
11. “Our society would do better if Muslims and non-
Muslims took more action together”
(Eurislam-survey, Belgium, 2011)
Majority
group
Yugoslav
origin
Turkish
origin
Moroccan
origin
Pakistani
origin
Agree
strongly
36,5% 67,8% 39,8% 68,9% 61,3%
Agree 52,8% 28,9% 55% 26,8% 35,2%
Disagree 8,8% 2% 4,4% 3,5% 0,7%
Disagree
strongly
1,8% 1,3% 0,8% 0,8% 2,8%
100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
12. “Our society would do better if Muslims and
non-Muslims took more action together”
(EURISLAM Survey, data collection 2011)
13. More results from EURISLAM to be found in special issue « The Socio-Cultural
Integration of Muslims in Western Europe: comparative perspectives », Journal
of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Volume 42, Issue 2, 2016 (availabe since
March 2016)
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjms20/42/2
