Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- Acknowledgements
- one Introduction
- two Post-communist Poland: social change and migration
- three Small-town livelihoods
- four Local migration cultures: compulsion and sacrifice
- five Local migration cultures: opportunities and ‘pull factors’
- six Parental migration with and without children
- seven The emotional impact of migration on communities in Poland
- eight Integration into British society
- nine Being Polish in England
- ten Return to Poland
- eleven Conclusions
- Appendix 1 The interviewees
- Appendix 2 The opinion poll
- Appendix 3 2001 Census data for Bath, Bristol, Frome and Trowbridge urban areas
- Bibliography
- Index
Appendix 2 - The opinion poll
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 September 2022
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- Acknowledgements
- one Introduction
- two Post-communist Poland: social change and migration
- three Small-town livelihoods
- four Local migration cultures: compulsion and sacrifice
- five Local migration cultures: opportunities and ‘pull factors’
- six Parental migration with and without children
- seven The emotional impact of migration on communities in Poland
- eight Integration into British society
- nine Being Polish in England
- ten Return to Poland
- eleven Conclusions
- Appendix 1 The interviewees
- Appendix 2 The opinion poll
- Appendix 3 2001 Census data for Bath, Bristol, Frome and Trowbridge urban areas
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The opinion poll was conducted by telephone among 1,101 residents of Podkarpacie (excluding the city of Rzeszów) in March 2008. Although I wrote the questions, the information was collected by sociologists from the University of Rzeszów working for an independent firm, BD Center Consulting, run by Dr Paweł Walawender.
Questions
1 Since 1 May 2004, have whole families begun to migrate from your locality to Western Europe?
2.1 ‘If one parent in the family works abroad temporarily, it's better for the children if the father migrates, not the mother, even when the children are teenagers.’
2.2 ‘Mothers of small children should not leave their children and husbands to work abroad.’
2.3.1 ‘In my locality you can notice certain problems connected with parental migration: there are more lone-parent and broken families.’
2.3.2 ‘In my locality you can notice certain problems connected with parental migration: the children left in Poland have psychological and behavioural problems.’
2.3.3 ‘In my locality you can notice certain problems connected with parental migration: grandparents looking after migrants’ children have too many responsibilities.’
3.1 ‘It's better for children under 12 years old to go abroad with both parents, rather than staying in Poland without one parent.’
3.2 ‘It's better for teenage children to go abroad with both parents, rather than staying in Poland without one parent.’
3.3 ‘If one parent has a good job offer, or has already found a good job in Western Europe, it's worthwhile for the whole family to try emigrating (they can return if it doesn't work out).’
3.4 ‘For lone mothers, migration is often a sensible escape route from a difficult financial situation; afterwards, they can bring their children to be with them and start a new life abroad.’
3.5 ‘In my locality, you can notice a certain social pressure on family members left behind in Poland to go and join the husband or wife who is already working abroad.’
3.6 ‘It's frightening to move with children to another country and I find it hard to understand parents who decide to do this.’
4.1 Do you agree that it's easier for families to live in England than in Poland?
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- Polish Families and Migration since EU Accession , pp. 239 - 240Publisher: Bristol University PressPrint publication year: 2010