RT Article
T1 Counting niqabs and burqas in Denmark: Methodological Aspects of Quantifying Rare and Elusive Religious Sub-cultures
JF Journal of contemporary religion
VO 28
IS 1
SP 33
OP 48
A1 Warburg, Margit 1952-
A1 Johansen, Birgitte Schepelern
A1 Østergaard, Kate
LA English
PB Carfax Publ.
YR 2013
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1690870540
AB Muslim women wearing face-covering clothing are the subject of politically heated debates in a number of European countries, but reliable data on the number of these women (niqabis) are generally lacking. At the request of the Danish government, the authors conducted a survey of niqabis in Denmark; this work is the first attempt to quantify niqabis in a European country by sampling new data from several different kinds of sources. Sociologically, niqabis represent a rare and elusive group, which presents particular methodological challenges. The methods discussed and used, such as stratified sampling, use of key informants, and location sampling, are relevant in the studies of many contemporary religious sub-cultures. Extensive triangulation of the different data provided an estimated number of niqabis of 150, with an uncertainty range of 100-200. This corresponds to 0.1-0.2% of Muslim women in Denmark. These figures tally with current rough estimates in other European countries.
DO 10.1080/13537903.2013.750834