Global Journal of Human Social Science, C: Sociology and Culture, Volume 23 Issue 2

© 2023 Global Journals Volume XXIII Issue II Version I 36 ( ) Global Journal of Human Social Science - Year 2023 C Self-reporting of youth delinquency in the Balkans and beyond: Results of the ISRD3 International Self-Reporting Study of Delinquency in the Context of Violence, Victimization, and Substance Abuse in Comparative Aspects Minority/majority status and origin of parents, in % Armenia Bosnia- Herzegovina Kosovo Macedonia Serbia Ukraine Switzerland 13 Born in this country 90.1 92.0 84.5 96.0 96.6 95.8 86.2 Born in other countries 9.9 8.0 15.5 4.0 3.4 4.2 13.8 N= 962 3063 1078 1239 882 1651 4158 The highest percentage of juveniles born in this country is in Macedonia, Serbia and Ukraine (96.0%, 96.6%, and 95.8%). The lowest number of students who were born not in the native country is in Kosovo and Switzerland (85.5% and 86.2%). Some students also wrote their native country in the answer “other countries”. But the number of such respondents is no more than one percent. b) Data about the religion in 5 countries provided by Nation Master and other sources This tab le represents the official data of religion in each country. Armenia is a relatively homogenous country. More than 90% of the population affiliate the Armenian Apostolic religion that is the part of Oriental Orthodoxy 14 . In Bosnia-Herzegovina 40% of the population affiliate Islam and one third identify themselves as Orthodox. More than 90% of people in Kosovo are Muslim. Two thirds of the Macedonian population is Eastern Orthodox and one third is Muslim. In Ukraine more than two thirds of people are Orthodox. There are also a lot of other Christian confessions. Serbia is a multi-religious country. The dominant religion is Orthodox Christianity (notably the Serbian Orthodox Church), but there are also some adherents of Islam (living mostly in the southwestern part of Serbia in the region of Sandžak or Raška, in the municipalities of Preševo and Bujanovac in southern Serbia), and Catholic Christianity (living mostly in northern part of Vojvodina province), as well as adherents of other religious groups such are Protestant Christians, Jews, and others. 14 Papazian, M. The Armenian Church.Churchhistory. The Armenian Prelacy. http://www.armenianprelacy.org/church-history/church-history 13 Weighted data