Sociology and Space, No. 115-116, 1992.
Preliminary communication
Some sociological and sociopsychological characteristics of refugees in Hungary
Ivica Đurok
Abstract
The author reports on the first results of
his investigation into the social and
psychological characteristics of refugees
from Croatia and Vojvodina in Hungary:
on differences in the way refugees of a
higher and lower social status are
accommodated (those with a higher status
and of urban origin more often found
accommodation in private homes and
summer resorts, others were more often
placed in refugee camps), their age and
sexual structure (women predominate,
especially among refugees of the lower
social status), some characteristics of
refugee camps, widespread neurotic
reactions among refugees (frequent
among all, but most frequent among
women placed in private homes), their
conviction of their imminent return home
(refugees from eastern Slavonia and
Vojvodina believe this less than others)
and the ethnic distance Croatian and
Hungarian refugees feel towards
Hungarians of Hungary and towards Serbs.
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Hrčak ID:
119751
URI
Publication date:
12.6.1992.
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