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Structural Changes as an Indicator of the Post-War Socio-Economic Position of Emigrants from the Southslav Lands in Australia
Branimir Banović
; Institut za migracije i narodnosti, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
On the basis of primary sources (the statistics of the immigration country) the text attempts to show certain structural changes as indicators of the recent socio-economic position of emigrants from the Yugoslav lands (the territory of ex-Yugoslavia) in Australia. Namely, it is a known fact that certain elements of demographic structure (especially its economic segment) may provide a relatively certain, although not the only indicator on the socio-economic position of the population of a given area. In this concrete case the analysis is concerned with the immigrant population from the Yugoslav area in Australia. In this country, according to the data of the last census (1986) there were 180,000 (350,000 in all generations) immigrants from the area of Yugoslavia, of which Croats constituted over 50%. Due to the insufficient scope and diversification of Australian immigration statistics, which despite the diverse national structure of immigrants from (ex-)Yugoslavia continue to register them under the collective title “Yugoslav” (the partial change was made only in the last census), at present it is impossible to fully analyse the socio-economic position of Croats on the Australian continent. However, taking into consideration the number of Croatian immigrants and their ponder in the total mass of immigrants from the South Slav area, the fact remains that the data on the contemporary socio-economic position of “Yugoslav” immigrants, seen through the prism of certain structural changes, applies mostly to them.
Ključne riječi
immigrants; structural changes; socio-economic position; Croats; Yugoslavia; Australia
Hrčak ID:
127352
URI
Datum izdavanja:
31.12.1991.
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