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Appendix 1: List of interviews
  • Statistics Norway – Two employees, January 8, 2025, 9:00 AM
  • Statistics Sweden – One employee, January 9, 2025, 1:00 PM
  • Statistics Sweden – One employee, January 15, 2025, 9:30 AM
  • Statistics Iceland – Two employees, January 20, 2025, 12:00 PM
  • Statistics Denmark – Four employees, January 24, 2025, 12:00 PM
  • Statistics Finland – Two employees, February 19, 2025, 12:00 PM
Appendix 2: List of interview questions
General framework and objectives
  1. What are the key indicators used to measure migrants’ integration? Are they also relevant to assess social inclusion and civic engagement?
  2. Who set the list of indicators that will be collected?
  3. Who defines what information will be available as part of the online indicators and what will be part of reports?
Defining social inclusion and civic engagement
  1. How do you define ‘social inclusion’ and ‘civic engagement’ in the context of your work and do they even have a definition?
  1. Are there specific dimensions of social inclusion (e.g., language, cultural, political) that you focus on?
  2. What constitutes civic engagement for migrants (e.g., voting, volunteering, community participation)?
Methodology and data collection
  1. What methods are used to collect data on migrants’ integration?
  2. Is there any focus on social inclusion and civic engagement?
  3. Do you use international surveys to assess migrants’ integration?
Challenges and limitations
  1. What are the biggest challenges you face in measuring social inclusion and civic engagement among migrants?
  2. How do you ensure that the data collection process is inclusive and representative of diverse migrant populations?
  3. What role do surveys, administrative data, or other tools play in your data collection
  4. How do you address challenges related to language barriers or cultural differences during data collection?
Future directions
  1. What are your priorities for improving the measurement of migrants’ integration? Is there something also related to social inclusion and civic engagement among migrants?
  2. Do you collaborate with other National Statistical Institutes or international organisations on these measurements?
  3. Would you be interested in a meeting with the other NSIs to collaborate?
Appendix 3: List of table and indicators presented by the NSI's
Themethic area  / Domain
Indicator
Detalies
Source
Years
Country
BY
DOI/­Number of table
Link
Voting
European Parliament election. 
Voting rates among Swedish citizens registered in Sweden by country of birth. 
SCB
Election year 2004, 2009, 2014
Sweden
sex and age (survey)
European Parliament election. Voting rates among Swedish citizens registered in Sweden by foreign/Swedish background
SCB
Election year 2004, 2009, 2014
Sweden
sex (survey),
Foreign born, Born in Sweden with two foreign born parents, Born in Sweden with one parent born in Sweden and one foreign born parent, Born in Sweden with two parents born in Sweden
Those entitled to vote by category of those entitled, percent
SCB
Election year 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2024
Sweden
Municipality level, Swedish citizens in Sweden, Swedish citizens residing abro, Foreign EU-citizens
Election to the Riksdag
Elected candidates in the election to the Riksdag
SCB
 Term of office 2002-2006 - 2018-2022
Sweden
sex, foreign/Swedish background and those who left office. Number and percent. Term of office 2002-2006 - 2018-2022
Elections to the regional councils
Elected candidates in the elections to the County Councils 
SCB
Term of office 2002-2006 - 2018-2022
Sweden
Sex, foreign/Swedish background and those who left office. Number and percent. 
Elections to the Municipal Councils
Elected candidates in the elections to the Municipal Councils 
SCB
Term of office 2002-2006 - 2018-2022
Sweden
Sex, foreign/Swedish background and those who left office. Number and percent. 
Nominated and elected in the election to the municipal councils, by party
SCB
1991-2022
Sweden
by sex, party, background variable (including country of birth), observations and election year
Nominated and elected candidates in the election to the municipal councils , by municipality
SCB
1991-2023
Sweden
by sex, party,  background variables (including country of birth), and municipality
Election to the Riksdag.
 Voting rates among Swedish citizens registered in Sweden
SCB
Election year 2002 - 2014
Sweden
 by region of birth and sex (Survey). 
Voting rates among Swedish citizens registered in Sweden 
SCB
Election year 2002 - 2014
Sweden
by foreign/Swedish background and sex (survey). 
Elections to the regional councils
Participation in elections to the regional councils by region, sex and background variables. Number of persons entitled to vote and voting rates.
SCB
 Election year 2018 - 2022
Sweden
 by region, sex and background variables (including country of birth or Country of citizenship)
Elections to the regional councils. Voting rates by country of citizenship and sex (Survey). Election year 2002 - 2014
SCB
Election year 2002 - 2014
Sweden
country of citizenship/region (Sweden,  The Nordic countries excluding Sweden, Europe excluding the Nordic countries, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Other countries (including missing values))
Elections to the regional councils. Voting rates by region, Swedish/foreign citizens and sex (Survey). Election year 2002 - 2014
SCB
Election year 2002 - 2014
Sweden
by region, Swedish/foreign citizens (Swedish citizens vs.foreign citizens) and sex (Survey).
Elections to the regional councils. Voting rates by Swedish/foreign citizens, sex and age (Survey). Election year 2002 - 2014
SCB
Election year 2002 - 2014
Sweden
by Swedish/foreign citizens (Swedish citizens vs.foreign citizens) , sex and age 
Elections to the Municipal Councils
Participation in elections to the municipal councils by county, sex and background variables. Number of persons entitled to vote and voting rates.
SCB
 Election year 2018 - 2022
Sweden
 by region, sex and background variables (including country of birth or Country of citizenship)
Elections to the Municipal Councils. Voting rates by country of citizenship and sex (Survey). Election year 2002 - 2014
SCB
Election year 2002 - 2014
Sweden
country of citizenship/region (Sweden,  The Nordic countries excluding Sweden, Europe excluding the Nordic countries, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Other countries (including missing values))
Elections to the Municipal Councils. Voting rates by Swedish/foreign citizens. Election year 2002 - 2014
SCB
Election year 2002 - 2014
Sweden
 by Swedish/foreign citizens (Swedish citizens vs.foreign citizens) , civil status, sex and age (Survey).
-By  county and sex
-By income, sex and age
Elections to the County Councils
Elections to the County Councils - those entitled to vote Number and percent. 
SCB
Year of election 2002 - 2022
Sweden
by Swedish/foreign citizenship, sex and region of birth. 
Elections to the County Councils - those entitled to vote . Number and percent. 
SCB
Year of election 2002 - 2022
Sweden
by Swedish/foreign citizenship, sex and foreign/Swedish background
Elections to the Municipal Councils
Elections to the Municipal Councils - those entitled to vote by region and citizenship.
SCB
 Year of election 1973 - 2022
Sweden
by region and citizenship
Elections to the Municipal Councils - those entitled to vote by sex and country of citizenship. Number and percent. 
SCB
Year of election 2002 - 2022
Sweden
by sex and country of citizenship/region (Sweden,  The Nordic countries excluding Sweden, Europe excluding the Nordic countries, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Other countries (including missing values))
Elections to the Municipal Councils - those entitled to vote by municipality, Swedish/foreign citizenship and sex. Number and percent. Year of election 2002 - 2018
SCB
Year of election 2002 - 2018
Sweden
by municipality, Swedish/foreign citizenship and sex
Electoral turnout
Municipal council and county council election. 
Municipal council and county council election. Electoral turnout, (per cent) (M) = municipality
SSB
2019 - 2023
Norway
by sex and immigration category
(Immigration category/citizenship / Norwegian citizens with no immigrant background/ Norwegian citizens, immigrants/ Norwegian citizens, Norwegian-born to immigrant parents/ Foreign citizens)
12813
 Municipal council and county council election. Electoral turnout, Selected municipalities (per cent) (M) 
SSB
2019 - 2023
Norway
 by sex, immigration category and country background ((1)All countries (2) EU/EFTA until 2004, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand (3) New EU countries after 2004 (4)Europe except EU/EFTA/UK, Africa, Asia, America except USA and Canada, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, polar regions )
12814
Municipal council and county council election. Electoral turnout among immigrants, (per cent) 2019 - 2023
SSB
2019 - 2023
Norway
by country background (detiled), age, sex and immigration category (3 categories: (1) Norwegian citizens, immigrants (2)Norwegian citizens, Norwegian-born to immigrant parents (3) Foreign citizens)
13048
 Municipal council and county council election. Electoral turnout among immigrants, (per cent) 
SSB
2019 - 2023
Norway
by country background (detiled), age  and immigration category (3 categories: (1) Norwegian citizens, immigrants (2)Norwegian citizens, Norwegian-born to immigrant parents (3) Foreign citizens)
13049
Foreign citizens who stated that they voted in the last election to the national assembly or president of the home country, (per cent) 2019
SSB
2019
Norway
 by citizenship and sex
13052
 Municipal council and county council election. Electoral turnout (per cent) 2019 - 2023
SSB
2019 - 2023
Norway
by labour force status, norwegian or foreign citizen, immigration category and sex 
13778
Municipal council and county council election. Electoral turnout(per cent) 2019 - 2023
SSB
2019 - 2023
Norway
 by labour force status, country background, norwegian or foreign citizen, and sex 
13850
 Storting election. Electoral turnout,  (per cent) (M) 2021
SSB
2021
Norway
by sex and immigration category. Selected municipalities
13358
Storting election. Electoral turnout among immigrants and norwegian born immigrants, (per cent) 2021
SSB
2021
Norway
by country and sex 
13710
Storting election. Electoral turnout among immigrants (per cent) 
SSB
2021
Norway
 by labour force status, country background (9 categories, continents)and sex
13810
Storting election. Electoral turnout  (per cent) 
SSB
2021
Norway
by labour force status, immigration category and sex
13818
Municipal council and county council election. Electoral turnout,  (per cent) (M) (closed series) 
SSB
2007 - 2015
Norway
by sex, age, level of education, citizenship , immigration category, country background and number of times entitled to vote
11059
 Storting election. Electoral turnout among the sample of Norwegian citizens with immigrant background, (per cent) (closed series) 
SSB
2001 - 2013
Norway
by country background and sex 
5967
Storting election. Electoral turnout among the sample of immigrants and Norwegian- born to immigrants with Norwegian citizenship, (C) (closed series) 
SSB
1997 - 2013
Norway
by sex 
8361
Storting election. Electoral turnout among the sample of Immigrants and Norwegian- born to immigrants with Norwegian citizenship,(closed series) 
SSB
2005 - 2013
Norway
 by country background and age 
8328
Storting election. Electoral participation among the sample of Immigrants, and Norwegian- born to immigrants with Norwegian citizenship.  (per cent) (closed series) 
SSB
2005 - 2013
Norway
By country background and years of residence
8314
Storting election. Electoral turnout among the sample of Norwegian citizens with immigrant background, (per cent) (closed series) 
SSB
2001 - 2013
Norway
 by age and sex
5968
Storting election. Electoral turnout among the sample of Norwegian citizens with immigrant background,  (per cent) (closed series) 
SSB
2001 - 2013
Norway
by sex and years of residence
5969
Persons entitled to vote
Storting election. Persons entitled to vote,
SSB
2013 - 2021
Norway
 by immigration category, sex, age and electoral district 
13446
Storting election. Persons entitled to vote, 
SSB
2013 - 2021
Norway
by immigration category, country background and electoral district 
13447
Storting election. Norwegian citizens with immigrant background entitled to vote, . Estimated figures (M)
SSB
 2013 - 2021
Norway
by country background and selected municipalities
9853
Storting election. Changes of persons entitles to vote from last elections,. Estimated figures 
SSB
2013 - 2021
Norway
 by country background
9866
Municipal council and county council election. Norwegian citizens with immigrant background, entitled to vote. Estimated figures. Selected countries 
SSB
1999 - 2023
Norway
 immigrant background
5480
 Municipal council and county council election. Foreign citizens entitled to vote. Estimated figures. Selected countries 
SSB
1999 - 2023
Norway
Foreign citizens entitled
5561
Municipal council and county council election. Foreign citizens and Norwegian citizens with immigrant background, entitled to vote. Estimated figures (C) 
SSB
2023
Norway
immigrant background, counties
12753
Municipal council and county council election. Norwegian citizens with immigrant background, entitled to vote. Estimated figures (M) 
SSB
2023
Norway
Immigrant background(Detailed), Selected municipalities and countries. 
13967
Municipal council and county council election. Norwegian citizens with immigrant background , entitled to vote. Selected municipalities and countries. Estimated figures (M) 
SSB
2023
Norway
Immigrant background(Detailed), Selected municipalities and countries. 
13968
Storting election, election survey
 General election. Voters,  (per cent)
SSB
 2017 - 2021
Norway
by political party, immigration category/country background and sex
11729
Municipal and county council election, candidates and represen­tatives
 Members of the municipal councils, 
SSB
2019 - 2023
Norway
by region and country background (4 categories)
12873
Members of the municipal councils, 
SSB
2003 - 2023
Norway
by country background (4 categories) and party/electoral list 
4980
 Members of the county councils, by country background 
SSB
2003 - 2023
Norway
by country background
4996
List nominees at municipal council election with immigration background,
SSB
2007 - 2023
Norway
 by country background and sex 
6541
Municipal and county council election, electoral survey
 Municipal and county council election. Political interest, (per cent) 
SSB
2015 - 2019
Norway
 by sex, age, immigration category and voted/not voted
11237
 Municipal and county council election. Support for the different parties, (per cent)
SSB
 2015 - 2023
Norway
by sex, age and immigration category/country background 
11242
Municipal and county council election. Participation in political discussions prior to the election,  (per cent) 
SSB
2015
Norway
by sex, age, immigration category and voted/not voted
11244
Municipal and county council election. Important information sources during the election campaign,  (per cent) 
SSB
2015
Norway
by sex, age, immigration category and voted/not voted
11247
Municipal and county council election. Reasons not to vote,  (per cent) 
SSB
2019
Norway
by sex, age and immigration category
13285
Municipal and county council election. Number of respondents in the survey, 
SSB
2015
Norway
 by sex, age, immigration category and voted/not voted
11259
 Culture and recreation 
Religious communities and life stance communities
Members of congregations in religious and philosophical communities outside the Church of Norway, 
SSB
2006 - 2024
Norway
by religion/philosophy 
6326
Members of Christian communities outside the Church of Norway, 
SSB
 2006 - 2024
Norway
by religious communities
6339
Introduction programme for immigrants
Participants of introduction programme
SSB
2008 - 2023
Norway
 by country of birth and sex
8427
Participants in the introduction programme,
SSB
2008 - 2023
Norway
 by age and sex 
9435
 Participants of introduction programme,  (M)
SSB
 2013 - 2023
Norway
by municipality and sex
8432
Participants of introduction programme, 
SSB
2009 - 2023
Norway
by country of bith, sex and year of immigration 
8438
Persons receiving introduction benefit who were long-term recipients of social assistance (C)
SSB
 2008 - 2023
Norway
8444
 Participants of introduction programme, (C)
SSB
 2008 - 2023
Norway
 by sex and measures
8437
 Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November,
SSB
2011 - 2023
Norway
 by sex and age, time since completed
10809
Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November, by sex (M) (UD)
SSB
 2011 - 2023
Norway
by sex and region
10824
Former participants in the introduction programme for immigrants. Status on the labour market in November,
SSB
 2011 - 2023
Norway
by sex and country background (detailed)
10823
Attitudes
Attitudes towards immigrants and immigration
 Attitudes towards seven statements on immigrants 
SSB
2002 - 2024
Norway
8778
 Attitudes towards refugees' and asylum seekers' access to residence permits in Norway. Compared to today, should it be easier, more difficult or remain the same as today 
SSB
2002 - 2024
Norway
8783
Answers to four questions about relation to immigrants 
SSB
2022 - 2024
Norway
13859
Contact with immigrants in different arenas 
SSB
2002 - 2024
Norway
8784
Number of arenas where contact with immigrants takes place 
SSB
2002 - 2024
Norway
8790
 Answers to tree guestions on relation to immigrants (closed series) 
SSB
2002 - 2021
Norway
5916
Naturali­sations
Naturali­sations
 Naturalisations (M) 
SSB
1977 - 2022
Norway
By region
04768
Naturalisations, by sex, age and earlier citizenship 
SSB
1977 - 2023
Norway
 by sex, age and earlier citizenship 
4767
 Utenlandske statsborgere som har fått norsk statsborgerskap, etter tidligere statsborgerskap 
SSB
1977 - 2023
Norway
former citizenship
7114
Naturalisations, by previous citizenship (C) 
SSB
1977 - 2022
Norway
 by previous citizenship and region
8835
Culture and recreation 
Religious communities and life stance communities
 Population 1. January by parish, ancestry and member of the National Church
Statbank.dk
2008-2024
Denmark
Municipality and ancestry (5) (1) Persons of Danish origin (2) Immigrants from western countries (3) Immigrants from non-western countries (4) Descendants from western countries (5) Descendants from non-western countries
Not member of National Church
KMSTA­001
Naturali­sations
Naturali­sations
People, who have acquired Danish citizenship by sex, age and former citizenship
Statbank.dk
1979-2023
Denmark
 by sex, age and former citizenship
DKSTAT
Permanent residence permits (year)
Statbank.dk
2003-2023
Denmark
 by citizenship and residence permit
VAN66P
Inter-ethnic marrige
Marriages 
Marriages between two of different sex
Statbank.dk
1999-2023
Denmark
 by citizenship of spouses and age
VIE5
Marriages 
Marriages between two of different sex 
Statbank.dk
1999-2023
Denmark
by country of origin of spouses, ancestry (4 categories (1)Persons of Danish origin (2)Immigrants (3) Descendant (4) Unknown origin) and age
VIE4
Trust / life stisfaction
Trust 
Trust in others by background information and unit
Statbank.dk
2021-2023
Denmark
background information (36 options- does not contain migration backgtound )
SILC52
Overall life satisfaction by background information and unit
Statbank.dk
2021-2023
Denmark
background information (36 options- does not contain migration backgtound )
SILC50
Quality of life
Quality of life by social relations, unit, ancestry, region and sex
Statbank.dk
2015
Denmark
by region and ancestry (4 categories (1)Persons of Danish origin (2)Immigrants (3) Descendant (4) Unknown origin)
LIVHE7
Inter-ethnic marrige
Inter-ethnic marrige
 Marriages contracted by citizenship , wife or both spouses permanently resident in Finland
Tilasto­tietokannat
1987 - 2016
Finland
by citizenship , wife or both spouses 
003 --
Marriages contracted by citizenship by husband or both spouses permanently resident in Finland
Tilasto­tietokannat
­1987 - 2016
Finland
by husband or both spouses
004 -- 
Marriages contracted by language of spouses
Tilasto­tietokannat
­2000-2016
Finland
by language of spouses 
007 -- 
Families by family type 
Families by family type and language of spouses
Tilasto­tietokannat
­1992-2023
Finland
by language of spouses
categories (NATIONAL LANGUAGES, TOTAL, Finnish, Swedish, Sami, FOREIGN LANGUAGES (TOTAL))
12c9 -- 
Families
 Citizenship of spouses and cohabiting partners of Finnish men
Tilasto­tietokannat
­1992-2023
Finland
by year, Nationality of woman/younger spouse, Age of man/older spouse, Family type
12ca --
Families
 Citizenship of spouses and cohabiting partners of Finnish women
Tilasto­tietokannat
­1992-2023
Finland
by year, Nationality of man/older spouse, Age of woman/younger spouse, Family type
12cb --
Families
Country of birth of spouses and cohabiting partners of men born in Finland
Tilasto­tietokannat
­1992-2023
Finland
by year, Country of birth of woman/younger spouse, Age of man/older spouse, Family type
12cc -- 
Families
 Country of birth of spouses and cohabiting partners of women born in Finland
Tilasto­tietokannat
­1992-2023
Finland
by year, Country of birth of man/older spous, Age of woman/younger spouse, Family type
12cd --
Families
Families according to origin and background country of spouses
Tilasto­tietokannat
­1992-2023
Finland
by year, Origin and background country of man/older spouse, Origin and background country of woman/younger spouse, Family type
12ce -- 
Naturali­zation
Citizen­ships granted
Citizenships granted according to previous nationality, 
Tilasto­tietokannat
­1990-2023
Finland
by previous nationality, 
11l3 -- 
 Citizenships granted according to age group and sex by region, 
Tilasto­tietokannat
2010-2023
Finland
by age group, sex, and region, 
11l4 --
Citizenships granted according to country of birth and sex, 
Tilasto­tietokannat
­1990-2023
Finland
by country of birth and sex
11l5 -- 
Voting
Data on votes cast
 Data on votes cast: turnout by origin, language and sex in the European Parliament elections, 2024
Tilasto­tietokannat
­2024
Finland
by origin, language and sex
Categories (Persons with Finnish background, Persons with foreign background, Finnish or Sami speakers, Swedish speakers, Foreign-language speakers, Language unknown)
14hc --
County elections
Foreigners entitled to vote and foreigners who voted
Tilasto­tietokannat
­2022
Finland
by wellbeing services county and sex n the county elections
13dc -- 
Persons entitled to vote
Persons entitled to vote, candidates and the elected by main activity, education, employer sector, highest and lowest income decile, language and origin in Parliamentary elections,
Tilasto­tietokannat
 ­2011-2023
Finland
by Background variables (Finnish or Sami speakers, Swedish speakers, Foreign-language speakers, Language unknown, Foreign background)
13su -- 
Parliamen­tary elections 
 Data on votes cast: turnout by origin, language and sex
Tilasto­tietokannat
­2023
Finland
by origin, language and sex. Categories (Persons with Finnish background, Persons with foreign background, Finnish or Sami speakers, Swedish speakers, Foreign-language speakers, Language unknown)
13yu --
Presidential elections
Data on votes cast: turnout by origin, language and sex in the Presidential elections
Tilasto­tietokannat
­2024
Finland
 by origin, language and sex in the Presidential elections
14nm -- 
Gender
Victims of domestic violence and intimate
 Victims of domestic violence and intimate partner violence known to the authorities by origin, sex, age, offence heading, relation and year of reporting
Tilasto­tietokannat
2009-2023
Finland
by year, age, Relation between the victim and suspect, Offence heading, and Origin
14cf --
Election
Candidates and elected members
Candidates and elected members to the Althingi by sex and origin 2021
hagstofa islands
2021-2024
Iceland
by sex and origin
Election
Candidates and elected members
Participation by origin, sex and constituency in general elections 2021
hagstofa islands
2021-2024
Iceland
by origin, sex and constituency in general elections
Naturali­ztion
gaining Icelandic citizenship 
Foreign citizens gaining Icelandic citizenship by former citizenship, sex and age 1991-2023
hagstofa islands
1991-2023
Iceland
by former citizenship, sex and age 1991-2023
Naturali­ztion
gaining Icelandic citizenship 
Foreign citizens gaining Icelandic citizenship by country of birth, sex and age 1991-2023
hagstofa islands
1991-2023
Iceland
by country of birth, sex and age