Gender Norm Attitudes Among Nigerian and Angolan Migrants in the Netherlands

Abstract

Abstract This chapter points out that literature that investigates migrants’ gender norm attitudes are scant. It further argues that while existing research views gender norms as fixed values shared collectively, emerging studies show that norms are constructed and interpreted at an individual level and can intersect with one’s socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. This chapter contributes to this emerging research by investigating the factors that determine the gender norm attitudes of two African migrant groups, Nigerians, and Angolans living in the Netherlands. The chapter presents findings based on analysis of survey data on gender norm attitudes of these migrants. It shows the presence of a dynamic process that shape migrants’ gender norm attitudes with differences observed across both inter-migrant group and intra-migrant groups from various countries of origin in destination countries. The chapter emphasizes the important intra-migrant group differences tied to their individual, social, and economic positioning in destination countries.