ABSTRACT
As the TIES project has affirmed, socio-demographic characteristics of migrants and their descendants across Europe vary greatly. We see this both in terms of individuals as well as their families. Our survey has also revealed such differences among respondents who share common ethno-national origins. The aim of this chapter is to give a first descriptive overview of all TIES respondents – including the comparison groups – detailing their age, citizenship status, household composition alongside pertinent socio-demographic information about their parents. 2 We describe here to what extent parental characteristics of second-generation respondents may diverge from their respective cities’ comparison groups. A particular comparative focus on second-generation Turks across countries is reflected in this chapter, as it is elsewhere in this volume, because this group is numerically and visibly present in seven of the eight participating survey countries and thus forms a substantial part of our overall sample. For this reason, a separate paragraph under each theme is dedicated to information specifically about them and their parents.
