Germany between January 2013 and January 2016. It uses data from the IAB-BAMF-SOEP Survey of Refugees in Germany. Among … individuals aged between 18 and 49, nine percent have minor children living outside Germany, whereas twelve percent have a husband … or wife living abroad. If the nuclear family is living in Germany-which is more often the case for women than men …

. According to the survey, most refugees did not speak any German upon their arrival in Germany-but with time, they approximated … the German language proficiency of Germany's non-refugee migrants. Positively correlated factors include the refugee's age … at the time of immigration as well as his or her prior educational background. Once they were in Germany, refugees …

In Germany, the majority of people tend to find work through friends, acquaintances, and relatives when they first … groups comprised of individuals that came to Germany for different reasons: labor migrants and family migrants. The analyses … personal contacts were generally less likely to have any knowledge of German and more likely to have had contacts in Germany …