The Chances of Abena, S

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The Chances of Abena, Sára, Chen and Ali in
HungaryMigrant Chances and Experiences in
Hungary

• Overview of the research project carried out by
• TARKI Social Research Institute, funded by
  European Integration Fund
• 2011

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Trends of xenophobia in Hungary

• Endre Sik
• sik_at_tarki.hu

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The proportion of xenophobes, real-politicians
and xenophiles (between 1992-2011 in per cent)
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Proportion of xenophobes by education level ()
total
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Proportion of xenophobes by age group and
education level ()
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Where are they coming from, how many are they,
what should we do with them?

• Attila Juhász juhasz_at_politicalcapital.hu
• Péter Krekó
• kreko_at_politicalcapital.hu

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The ratio of those who expect a certain
national-ethnic group to settle down in great
numbers in the near future
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The ratio of those who expect a certain
national-ethnic group to settle down in great
numbers in the near future among party voters
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Tensions towards migrants

• Anikó Bernát
• bernat_at_tarki.hu

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Tension perception between different social groups
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The perception of tension is just one element of
a coherent world view as those who perceive great
tensions between Hungarians and immigrants are
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Does it make people more tolerant if they have
migrant acquaintances?

• Boglárka Szalai
• boglarka.szalai_at_tarki.hu

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Perceived social distance between Hungarians and
the five ethnic groups by respondents
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The social distance from visibly different
foreigners by having Arab, Chinese, African
 acquaintances  
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Allow your child to play with a foreigner (in )
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The Chances of Ali, Chen, Fatima and Sára in the
Hungarian labour market and housing To reject
and to be rejected

• Bori Simonovits
• simonovits_at_tarki.hu

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The innovative method Discriminatory situation
embedded into questionnaire
Experimental variables skin colour gender
homogenous variables age, family status,
immigration status, language skills
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Who would you choose to be a cleaning lady/
repairmen in the local government? (The order of
those chosen in the first place, in percent )
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Who would you choose to be an administrator?
(The order of those picked in the first place,
percent by gender)
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To whom would you lend your apartment? (the
order of those chosen in the first place, percent
by gender)