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@article{Otto2016a,
  author = {Nadja Milewski & Danny Otto},
  title = {The Importance of a Religious Funeral Ceremony Among Turkish Migrants and Their Descendants in Germany: What Role do Socio-demographic Characteristics Play?},
  year = {2016},
  journal = {Journal of Intercultural Studies},
  volume = {37},
  number = {2},
  pages = {162-178},
  month = {Apr},
  url = {http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07256868.2016.1141760},
  timestamp = {13.04.2016},
  abstract = {Our paper analyses the attitudes of Turkish migrants and their descendants in Germany regarding the importance of a religious funeral ceremony. Previous research provides competing hypotheses on the intergenerational transmission of religiosity in migrant communities, such as, declines in religiosity due to assimilation versus maintenance of religiosity as a means to ethnic identity formation. Quantitative research however has not yet considered funerals. Our study utilises data from the Generations and Gender Survey; our sample comprises roughly 4000 people of Turkish migrant background aged 18–81, most of whom are Muslims. We apply logistic regression methods to attitudes regarding the importance of a religious funeral ceremony. More than 80 per cent of the respondents maintained that a religious funeral ceremony was important. Examination of individual characteristics revealed variation by education, partner's origin, and citizenship. Overall, however, Muslim funeral traditions are sustained across first- and second-generations.}
}