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Title details

SN:	6056
Title:	Class and Ethnicity: Polish Migrant Workers in London, 1996-2006
Persistent identifier:	10.5255/UKDA-SN-6056-1
Depositor(s):	Eade, J., University of Surrey. Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism
Principal investigator(s):	Eade, J., University of Surrey. Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism Garapich, M., University of Surrey. Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism
Sponsor(s):	Economic and Social Research Council
Grant number:	RES-000-22-1294

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Abstract

The study examines recent Polish migrations to London and the socio-cultural consequences for Poland and the UK as well as individual narratives about ethnicity, class, migration and multicultural Britain. This dataset consists of 57 qualitative, semi-structured face-to-face interviews with Polish nationals living in London and their friends and family in four locations in Poland. There is also one set of fieldwork notes conducted in Poland. Interviews were conducted in Polish and transcribed directly into English by the researcher. A majority of interviewees had been in London for no more than two years. Although some in the sample were very recent migrants, others had been living in the capital for almost a decade. Interviews were conducted across sections of age, education and occupational activity and the sample was weighted in order to be consistent with the more general statistical data gathered by the Home Office Workers Registration Scheme and the Labour Force Survey. The study asked interconnected questions, such as: in what terms do Polish migrant workers understand their socio-economic position within both London's market and in Poland, and in what ways can their understandings of both be analysed in terms of analytical distinctions between class and ethnicity? Also, what social and economic links did respondents maintain with relatives and friends in Poland? Further information is available from the ESRC Class and Ethnicity: Polish Migrant Workers in London award page or the Surrey University Class and Ethnicity: Polish Migrant Workers in London project web page.

Main Topics: Migration, Polish, transnationalism, class

Coverage, universe, methodology

Time period:	01 January 1996 - 01 January 2006
Dates of fieldwork:	October 2005, June 2006
Country:	England Poland
Geography:	Jaslo Krakow London Pawlowice Sokolka
Spatial units:	No spatial unit
Observation units:	Individuals
Kind of data:	Textual
Universe:	Cross-national; Subnational Polish nationals living in London at the time of the research. Sample weighted against Home Office and Labour Force Survey datasets. Majority consist of migrants that arrived in last 2, 3 years although small minority of respondents have been in London for longer. No one living in London for longer than 10 years have been included; family and friends living in Poland at the time of the research
Time dimensions:	Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling procedures:	Quasi-random (eg random walk) sample; Convenience sample Sampling used a combination of methods – small scale snow-balling along with randomly seeking individuals fitting the overall profile of Polish migrants as derived from general datasets (Workers Registration Scheme and Labour Force Survey). The sample in Poland have been selected purely on the basis of referral.
Number of units:	57 semi-structured interview transcripts, 1 fieldwork note
Method of data collection:	Face-to-face interview; Observation In-depth semi-structured interviews
Weighting:	Not applicable

Keywords

ATTITUDE CHANGE	CHILDHOOD	CLANDESTINE EMPLOYMENT
CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS	CLASS DIFFERENTIATION	COMMUNITY BEHAVIOUR
CULTURAL IDENTITY	CULTURAL VALUES	EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
EDUCATIONAL EXPECTATIONS	EMPLOYMENT	EMPLOYMENT ABROAD
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY	EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES	ETHNIC GROUPS
EXPATRIATES	FATHER'S EMPLOYMENT HISTORY	GREATER LONDON
GROUP MIGRATION	HOUSING	IDENTITY
IMMIGRANTS	IMMIGRATION	INFORMAL ECONOMY
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION	INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS	JASLO
JOB CHANGING	KRAKOW	LABOUR MARKET
LABOUR MIGRATION	LABOUR MOBILITY	LABOUR SUPPLY
LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES	LIFE HISTORIES	LIFE STYLES
LIVING ABROAD	MIGRANTS	MOTHER'S EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
NATIONAL IDENTITY	PAWLOWICE	PERSONAL IDENTITY
POLAND	POPULATION MIGRATION	RACE RELATIONS
RACIAL PREJUDICE	RELIGION	RELIGIOUS BEHAVIOUR
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS	SOCIAL ACTIVITIES (LEISURE)	SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT
SOCIAL ALIENATION	SOCIAL ATTITUDES	SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
SOCIAL CLASS	SOCIAL INFLUENCE	SOCIAL INTEGRATION
SOCIAL NETWORKS	SOCIAL STRATIFICATION	SOCIAL VALUES
SOKOLKA	WORK ATTITUDE	WORK ETHIC
WORKPLACE RELATIONS

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Date of release:
First edition:	07 November 2008
Copyright:	Copyright J. Eade
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