ABSTRACT
This chapter provides some basic information about migration from Turkey to Sweden, and situates it in Sweden’s immigration history and integration policies. The Swedish case shows certain differences in migratory trends when compared to other European countries represented in this study. Such differences are likely to have affected the characteristics of the migrants from Turkey and their descendants. In order to enable our understanding of the data presented in the coming chapters, some basic information about the target group will be presented here. Demographic data about age, marital status, household position and citizenship will be introduced so as to give a general overview of the demographic characteristics of the respondents’ parents.
