Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/288738 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Citation: 
[Journal:] KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie [ISSN:] 1861-891X [Volume:] 72 [Issue:] 4 [Publisher:] Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden [Place:] Wiesbaden [Year:] 2020 [Pages:] 597-625
Publisher: 
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden
Abstract: 
We analyze gender differences in immigrants’ ethnic boundary making using the example of name giving. We draw on the well-established finding that immigrants are more likely to choose a name that is common in the host country (strategy of boundary crossing) for female than for male descendants. We distinguish between two dimensions that help us to understand the gender gap in naming: the impact of origin-specific factors (institutionalization of gender equality in the country of origin and religious affiliation) and immigrants’ level of integration into the host country. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study on immigrants from 49 countries, we show that both sets of factors have a strong impact on immigrants’ boundary making in naming, as well as on the extent of the difference between daughters and sons: traditional gender role attitudes foster the gender gap in naming, whereas integration into the host country reduces it.
Subjects: 
Symbolic boundaries
Boundary making
Assimilation
Gender differences
First names
Symbolische Grenzen
Grenzarbeit
Assimilation
Geschlechterunterschiede
Vornamen
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