Title Information about the host country before immigration: how is it related to immigrants’ basic sociodemographic characteristics?
Translation of Title Informacija apie šalį prieš imigruojant į ją: kaip ji susijusi su pagrindinėmis imigrantų sociodemografinėmis charakteristikomis.
Authors Batuchina, Aleksandra ; Saveljeva, Regina ; Viksne, Gunta ; Staneva, Zornitsa
DOI 10.15181/rfds.v25i2.1740
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Is Part of Regional formation and development studies : journal of social sciences.. Klaipėda : Klaipėdos universiteto leidykla. 2018, no. 2 (25), p. 5-13.. ISSN 2029-9370. eISSN 2351-6542
Keywords [eng] migration ; information practices ; sociodemographic characteristics
Abstract [eng] The study has been conducted within the ERASMUS+ KA2 partnership project “Improving the initial education of adult immigrants”. Research is based on the anonymous survey in which took part 1127 legal adult immigrants from outside the European Union. The study was performed in 2017 in the six European Union countries: Lithuania, Latvia, Romania, Bulgaria, Italy and Belgium. The purpose of this article is to investigate how information about the host country before immigration is related to immigrants’ basic sociodemographic characteristics, i.e.: age, gender and education. Statistical data analysis showed a statistically significant difference between the information, which immigrants knew before their arrival in the host country, and education as well as age groups. However, there were no statistically significant differences found between the information, which immigrants knew before their arrival in the host country, and immigrants’ gender. Moreover, information that immigrants lack most prior to their arrival is related with health care and the employment system as well as the ability to learn the hosting country’s official language.
Published Klaipėda : Klaipėdos universiteto leidykla
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2018