Participation in politics

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Personal characteristics Opinions on ethnic minorities Conform to Dutch culture Retain own culture completely (%) Opinions on ethnic minorities Conform to Dutch culture Largely retain own culture (%) Opinions on ethnic minorities Conform to Dutch culture Not retain own culture, not conform (%) Opinions on ethnic minorities Conform to Dutch culture Largely conform to Dutch culture (%) Opinions on ethnic minorities Conform to Dutch culture Conform completely to Dutch culture (%)
Total personal characteristics . . . . .
Men . . . . .
Women . . . . .
12-17 yrs . . . . .
18-24 yrs . . . . .
25-34 yrs . . . . .
35-44 yrs . . . . .
45-54 yrs . . . . .
55-64 yrs . . . . .
65-74 yrs . . . . .
75 yrs and older . . . . .
0-14 yrs . . . . .
15-24 yrs . . . . .
25-44 yrs . . . . .
45-64 yrs . . . . .
65 yrs and older . . . . .
0-14 yrs . . . . .
15-19 yrs . . . . .
20-24 yrs . . . . .
25-34 yrs . . . . .
35-44 yrs . . . . .
45-54 yrs . . . . .
55-64 yrs . . . . .
65-74 yrs . . . . .
75-84 yrs . . . . .
85 yrs and older . . . . .
Unknown . . . . .
Level of education: primary education . . . . .
Level of education: pre-vocational ed. . . . . .
Level of education: junior gen. sec. ed. . . . . .
Level of education: senior gen. sec. ed. . . . . .
Level of ed.: voc. colleges,universities . . . . .
Higher management . . . . .
Other white-collar workers . . . . .
Self-employed . . . . .
Skilled manual labour . . . . .
Half-skilled and unskilled manual labour . . . . .
Unemployed labour force . . . . .
Attending school, training . . . . .
Disabled . . . . .
Early retirement, pension (58-64 yrs) . . . . .
Cares for household with minor(s) . . . . .
Other socio-economic group . . . . .
One-person household . . . . .
Member of a single-parent family . . . . .
Member of a couple without children . . . . .
Member of a couple with children . . . . .
Very high urbanisation rate . . . . .
High urbanisation rate . . . . .
Moderately high urbanisation rate . . . . .
Low urbanisation rate . . . . .
Very low urbanisation rate . . . . .
Source: cbs.
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Table explanation

Participation; political favour and voting behaviour, political
interest and opinions by personal characteristics
1997 - 2003
Changed on February 03 2010.
Frequency: Discontinued.

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Opinions on ethnic minorities
Conform to Dutch culture
The data refer to persons in the age category 18 years and older.
Source: Integrated System of Social Surveys (POLS): justice and
environment (REM).
This question refers to foreigners settling in the Netherlands.
Opinion on the question: Should foreigners conform to the Dutch culture or
retain their own culture?
Score ranges from 1 (retain their own culture) to 5 (conform completely).
Retain own culture completely
Largely retain own culture
Not retain own culture, not conform
Largely conform to Dutch culture
Largely conform to the Dutch culture.
Conform completely to Dutch culture
Conform completely to the Dutch culture.