Social contacts with mainstream individuals play a central role in acculturation. Yet, research has paid little attention to examining whether social contact with natives is linked to egalitarian gender role attitudes among Muslim immigrants and their children. Using a unique data set including 4584 Muslim immigrants and the second generation in six western European countries (EURISLAM), the study investigates whether public- and private-sphere social contacts with natives are associated with attitudes towards women's employment and men's domestic roles. The findings show that immigrants and their children who report stronger private-sphere social ties, that is native friends and family members, hold more egalitarian attitudes towards women's employment and men's domestic roles. However, public-sphere social contacts (at the workplace and in the neighbourhood) are not associated with these attitudes. These results support theories stating that private-sphere social contact with natives is important in gender role ideology acculturation among Muslim families.

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与当地人的哪些社交接触很重要？西欧穆斯林移民及其子女对性别角色的态度

与主流个人的社会接触在文化适应中发挥着核心作用。然而，研究很少关注穆斯林移民及其子女与当地人的社会接触是否与平等的性别角色态度有关。该研究使用包括 4584 名穆斯林移民和六个西欧国家第二代穆斯林移民 (EURISLAM) 的独特数据集，调查公共和私人领域与当地人的社会接触是否与对女性就业和男性家庭角色的态度有关。研究结果表明，私人领域社会关系（即本地朋友和家庭成员）的移民及其子女对女性就业和男性家庭角色持更平等的态度。然而，公共领域的社会交往（工作场所和社区）与这些态度无关。这些结果支持这样的理论，即私人领域与当地人的社会接触对于穆斯林家庭中性别角色意识形态的文化适应非常重要。