Data_Sheet_2_Partnership Living Arrangements of Immigrants and Natives in Germany.docx

This paper compares the partnership arrangements of Turkish and Ethnic German immigrants (i.e., return migrants from Ethnic German communities from predominantly Eastern European countries), the two largest migrant groups in Germany, and native Germans. Most existing analyses of migrants' partnerships focus on intermarriage, marriage formation, or union dissolution. We know only a little, however, about the prevalence of non-marital living arrangements. Given that single person households and cohabitation are widespread phenomena mainly in post-materialist societies, analyzing whether immigrants engage in these behaviors sheds light on potential adaptation processes. The analyses are based on the German Microcensus of the years 2009 and 2013, with a focus on adults in the 18–40 age group. First, we present descriptive findings on the prevalence of partnership arrangements of immigrants and native Germans. Second, we estimate cross-sectional regressions with the partnership arrangement as the outcome variable in order to control for compositional differences between immigrant groups with respect to education. Our results show that while the vast majority of first-generation immigrants are married, the share of married natives is considerably smaller. Living in an independent household without a partner and cohabitation are rare phenomena among immigrants. By contrast, about one in seven natives is cohabiting and more than one quarter is living in an independent household without a partner. The most prevalent partnership living arrangement of the Turkish second generation is living in the parental household without a partner. These results are robust after controlling for education, age, and year in the multiple regression analysis.

本文对比了土耳其和德意志族移民（即主要来自东欧国家的德意志族社区回流移民）以及德国本土人的伙伴关系安排，这两者均为德国最大的移民群体。然而，目前对移民伙伴关系的研究大多集中在跨族婚姻、婚姻形成或婚姻解体等方面。然而，我们对非婚姻居住安排的普遍性所知甚少。鉴于单身家庭和同居现象在后物质主义社会中普遍存在，分析移民是否参与这些行为有助于揭示潜在的适应过程。本研究基于2009年和2013年的德国人口微观数据，重点关注18至40岁的成年人。首先，我们展示了关于移民和本土德国人伙伴关系安排普遍性的描述性发现。其次，我们以伙伴关系安排为结果变量进行横断面回归分析，以控制移民群体在教育方面的组成差异。我们的结果显示，虽然第一代移民中的绝大多数人已婚，但本土德国人已婚的比例则显著较低。在移民中，与伴侣独立居住以及同居现象较为罕见。相比之下，大约七分之一的本土人处于同居状态，超过四分之一的人独立居住且无伴侣。土耳其第二代最普遍的伙伴关系居住安排是在无伴侣的情况下与父母同住。在控制教育、年龄和年份进行多元回归分析后，这些结果依然稳健。