Refutación del ser como ser-determinado: caosmos

5.1 Introduction

A total of 235 interviews were carried out between October 2008 and February 2009 with A and A2 migrants who were residing in Nottingham. This chapter presents information about the characteristics of these respondents, including nationality and ethnicity; year of arrival; age and gender; religious beliefs; marital status and number of dependants; and geographical location of respondents.

5.2 Nationality and ethnicity

Table 12 below shows the nationality of the respondents who were interviewed for the study.

Table 12: Nationality of respondents

Nationality No. % Polish 176 75 Czech 18 8 Hungarian 17 7 Slovak 10 4 Latvian 5 2 Estonian 4 1 Lithuanian 4 1 Romanian 1 <1 Total 235 100

As would be expected, the majority of respondents were Polish (75%). This was followed by Czech and Hungarian nationals (8% and 7% respectively), with smaller numbers of people from the remaining A8/A2 countries.

What is important to note is that, albeit in smaller numbers, there are a potentially wide range of nationalities currently residing in Nottingham. The community interviewers were able to access respondents from all national groups, with the exception of Bulgaria and Slovenia. This sample, however, is a reflection of the language skills of community interviewers and the ability to access certain

nationalities, rather than an indication of an absence of particular nationalities. As highlighted in Chapter 2, accessing migrant communities for a study such as this requires a pragmatic approach with regards to sampling and identifying participants. Given the smaller numbers of the other nationalities represented in the sample, this report will look at the sample as a whole, unless referring to specific cases.

With regards to ethnicity, we wanted to identify if any of the respondents were from a Roma background. Taking the sample as a whole, seventeen respondents (7%) indicated that they were Roma. The majority of these respondents were Czech (fifteen respondents); however, it also included one Polish and one Slovak Roma.

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5.3 Year of arrival

Table 13 below shows the year our respondents arrived in the UK.

Table 13: Year of arrival in the UK No. % 2000 2 1 2001 2 1 2002 1 <1 2004 41 17 2005 42 18 2006 71 30 2007 54 23 2008 22 9 Total 235 100

Just over half of all respondents (53%) came to the UK during 2006 or 2007, with just over a third (35%) arriving during 2004 or 2005. As can be seen, a small number of people indicated that they had arrived prior to EU Accession, coming to the UK

between 2000 and 2002 (two were Polish, one was Czech and one was Romanian).

Table 14 below shows the year that people arrived in Nottingham.

Table 14: Year of arrival in Nottingham No. % 2000 1 <1 2004 34 14 2005 37 16 2006 70 30 2007 59 25 2008 31 13 2009 1 <1 No response given 2 1 Total 235 100

As can be seen, just over two third of respondents (68%) arrived in Nottingham between 2006 and 2008, while just under a third (around 30%) arrived prior to that. One respondent had only arrived in Nottingham very recently (2009).

5.4 Age and gender

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Age No. % 17 – 24 40 17 25 – 39 162 69 40 – 49 17 7 50 – 59 12 5 No response given 4 2 Total 235 100

As can be seen, the majority of the sample (86%) were aged 17 – 39, with most respondents falling in the 25 – 39 age range. Just 12% of the sample were over the age of 40, with no one over the age of 60. The sample is similar to the WRS data referred to in Table 8 above, which indicated that the majority of registered workers (80%) were aged 18 – 34.

With regards to gender, 61% of the respondents interviewed were female and 39% were male. The high proportion of female community interviewers offers an

explanation as to the higher proportion of female respondents.

5.5 Religion

We asked respondents about their religious beliefs through an open ended question (see Table 16 below).

Table 16: Religious beliefs

Religion No. % Catholic 176 75 No religious beliefs 31 13 Christian 14 6 Orthodox 5 2 Protestant 1 1 Evangelical 1 1 Buddhist 1 1 Believe in God 1 1 No response given 5 2 Total 235 100

As can be seen, the majority of respondents were Christian (85%). Within this, people made specific reference to being ‘Catholic’, ‘Orthodox’, ‘Protestant’ and ‘Evangelical’. Three quarters of the sample identified themselves as Catholic (75%), while 13% of respondents stated that they had no religious beliefs. One Polish respondent indicated that they were Buddhist.

5.6 Marital status and number of dependants

With regards to the marital status of the respondents, 47% were single; 33% were married; and 20% had a boyfriend or girlfriend. With regards to whether or not their spouse or partner was living with them in Nottingham or had remained in their home country, 88% of respondents indicated that their spouse or partner was currently

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living with them, while 11% stated that they had remained in their home country. A very small number of respondents (1%) stated that their spouse or partner was living somewhere else in the UK.

With regards to the number of respondents who had dependant children (under the age of seventeen), 41% of the sample stated that they had dependant children. Of these respondents, 90% indicated that their children were living with them in

Nottingham while 10% stated that their children were in their home country.

5.7 Location of respondents

Table 17 below indicates which wards respondents were currently living in

Nottingham. The study tried to include only people living within the boundaries of Nottingham city, but inevitably a small number of people living in greater Nottingham have been included in the survey as well.

Table 17: Location of respondents by ward

Ward No. % Dales 32 16 St Ann's 26 13 Berridge 19 9 Mapperley 19 9 Arboretum 16 8 Leen Valley 14 7

Radford and Park 11 5

Bridge 10 5 Sherwood 8 4 Aspley 7 3 Bilborough 5 2 Basford 4 2 Bestwood 4 2 Bulwell 3 1

Dunkirk and Lenton 3 1

Wollaton West 3 1

Clifton North 2 1

Outside Nottingham city 19 9

Total 205 100

Note: this excludes 30 cases (19 respondents did not provide postcodes, 11 postcodes were invalid)

As can be seen, the wards with the largest number of respondents are Dales (which includes the Sneinton area) and St Ann's. This is followed by Berridge (which

includes Forest Fields and part of Hyson Green) and Mapperley. Dales, St Anns and Berridge are wards that contain high levels of private rented accommodation and are areas where new migrants to Nottingham have historically settled on first arrival in the city. The respondents therefore seem to be following typical settlement patterns. It is interesting to note, however, that people are not just concentrated in traditional areas, but are distributed across Nottingham. Movement to different areas can happen as people become more established, and get to know the areas of the city. The areas people live in are also influenced by social networks (see Chapter 10 of this report).

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The location of respondents is also illustrated in Map 1 below (please refer to Appendix 3 for a ward and area map of Nottingham city).

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