Diasporas, Cultures and Identities by Martin Bulmer John Solomos

Author:Martin Bulmer, John Solomos [Martin Bulmer, John Solomos]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
ISBN: 9781317995609
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2014-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

Analysis and results

Some evidence observed in ethnic identification

A statistical exploitation of the UNDP survey makes it possible to observe a high rate of Romani self-classification in different national contexts within which the questionnaires were carried out, contrary to what was perceived by Ladányi and Szelényi or Barany.5 On the other hand, there was also high variability, depending on their country of origin, in the number of people assigning themselves the definition of Roma in the national census. Although the sample was based on the censuses in each country, it contained an extra element that previous studies had not taken into account, which added great value to it. This element was the active participation of Romani organizations in the creation of the sample. These results demonstrate that the contributions of Romani associations have a greater impact than the opinions of experts or interviewers when recording Romani identity. In this sense, as Flecha and Gómez (2004) point out, you can trust people’s interpretations as long as there is an atmosphere of trust and equality.6

The results can be seen in Table 1. On average, only 10.5 per cent of the interviewees do not identify themselves as Roma. The differences between a sample produced by experts and interviewers and a sample chosen with the collaboration of Romani organizations cannot go unnoticed. For example, in Romania, in the study carried out by Ladányi and Szelényi, only 31 per cent of the people interviewed classified themselves as being Roma; in the UNDP research (see Table 1) the figure reached 95 per cent.

Table 1. Questions in relation to Romani identity

Country

Percentage of people who feel they are Roma

Percentage ascribed in the census as Roma

Percentage ascribed in the census as being members of the majority society

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