A large number of them originated from Friesland, a province in the Netherlands with a distinct cultural identity where the majority of the population has Friesian as their native language. Over 6000 of them of whom somehow existing addresses could be found were approached by the researchers. More than 2500 returned the questionnaire. In general emigrants choose for an integration approach. They identify strongly both with their original group and the majority group of their new host country.
Women identify more strongly with their original group than do men.
Identification with their Dutch background is only moderate. Canada is the country of immigration where Friesian immigrants have the highest general well-being. Frames in racial discourse in the Netherlands. An important question is how everyday discourse is related to dominant frames in public political discourse. This survey delivered a very large and rich textual database that offers the opportunity to reconstruct the ideological frames used by the respondents in formulating their answers.