The Inter-Ethnic Friendships of Immigrants with Host-Society Members: Revisiting the Role of Ethnic Residential Segregation

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This study aims to shed new light on the role of ethnic residential segregation in explaining immigrants' inter-ethnic friendships with host-society members. Using multilevel regression techniques, the analyses draw on individual-level survey data from a large metropolitan area in Germany, supplemented with contextual-level measures of ethnic residential segregation. Controlling for well-known individual characteristics, the results bring new evidence that friendships of immigrants with host-society members are less prevalent in residential areas with greater degrees of ethnic segregation. The strength of this negative association, however, proves to be contingent on immigrants' educational attainment: the lower an immigrant's level of educational attainment, the stronger the negative association between ethnic residential segregation and their inter-ethnic friendships. This cross-level interaction suggests that the role of ethnic residential segregation in shaping the inter-ethnic friendships of immigrants is more nuanced than indicated by most previous research.View full textDownload full textKeywordsInter-Ethnic Friendships, Residential Segregation, Social Integration, Multilevel Analyses, GermanyRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2012.640017