De identificatie met de EU bij Nederlanders met/zonder een migratieachtergrond

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate if the Dutch natives, the EU-migrants and the non-EU migrants differ in levels of EU-identification in the Netherlands. The hypotheses were formulated on the basis of the social identity theory. The respondents (N = 210) aged between 18-71 completed the online questionnaire that was used by the European commission to measure the civic component of a European identity. Some additional questions were added from a questionnaire from Bruter (2005), because the aim also was to investigate the political component. The results show that the EU-migrants identify significantly stronger with the EU than the Dutch natives and the non-EU migrants. There were no significant differences in the levels of EU-identification between the non-EU migrants and the Dutch natives. Another analysis was conducted to investigate if a central political orientation was related to the EU-identification and if this relationship is differ for the Dutch natives, the EU-migrants and the non-EU migrants. The results show that the interaction-effect wasn’t significant.