Schuil, Jelmer (2020) Rural-Urban Comparison of Migrant Integration. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
Migrant integration is a continuous challenge for both the people in the host country, as for the migrants themselves. Often, integration is accompanied by discrimination. To which extent migrants integrate depends on a lot of factors, like the place of residence. In this research, the perceptions of people in the city of Groningen and the village of Grootegast were examined. The central question entails the following: “To what extent do the perceptions of people living in the city of Groningen towards migrants differ from the perceptions of people living in the village of Grootegast?”. Residents were asked to respond via an online questionnaire, where they were asked about their background and their perceptions towards migrants. The answers the respondents gave, implied that migrants were not thought to pose a threat to either the Netherlands as a whole or to them personally. Instead, people are quite welcoming towards both family- and economic migration. To examine which variables influence these opinions, three Multiple Linear Regressions were done. Whether people come from Groningen or Grootegast, only seemed to influence views towards migrants’ influence on culture. Whether natives feel like immigration has decreased and whether they feel threatened by migrants, does not seem to relate to living in a village or city. Most other variables that did relate to perceptions about migration show similar relationships as existing literature on refugees and non-western migrants did. Further, results indicate that a qualitative approach to views about migrants could offer interesting insights. Therefore, future researchers should think about using a mixed-methods approach while acknowledging the context in which natives live.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Human Geography and Planning |
| Supervisor: | Adaawen, S.A. |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Aug 2020 07:55 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Aug 2020 07:55 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3259 |
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