PhD Scientific Days 2021

MH_I_P: Mental Health Sciences I. Posters

Roma – non-Roma interethnic romantic relationships in Hungary

Előadó neve

Komolafe, Cinderella

Előadó munkahelye

Semmelweis University Institute of Mental Health

Előadó telefonszáma

06205241014

Előadó e-mail címe

komolafe.cinderella@public.semmelweis-univ.hu

Az előadás címe

Roma – non-Roma interethnic romantic relationships in Hungary

Szerző(k) neve és munkahelye

Cinderella Komolafe, Semmelweis University Institute of Mental Health

Bemutatás módja

Poszter

Szekció

Mental Health Sciences I. Posters

Language of the presentation

Hungarian

Preferred session

Mental Sciences

Összefoglaló szövege

Introduction
Interethnic romantic relationships and marriages are considered as indicators and facilitators of successful social integration (Lieberson-Waters 1988; Meng-Gregory 2005; Hohmann-Marriott-Amato 2008; Song 2009; Song 2016), therefore it is important to examine Roma people with non-Roma partner.
Aim
In our study, we compare the socio-demographic characteristics of those Roma individuals who have at least once had romantic relationship with a non-Roma partner during their lifespan, to those who chose exclusively Roma partners.
Methods
We examined 549 Roma individuals who had already established a romantic relationship. The three main Roma subgroups’ proportion in the sample were similar. Connections were examined with Chi-squared test, Independent sample T-test, and Decision Tree analysis.
Result
Our most important results show that whether a Roma respondent ever had a non-Roma partner in his or her lifespan were significantly related to gender, official marital status, specific Roma subgroup (Romungró, Oláh, Beás), level of education, occupation and type of settlement. The analysis of Decision Tree revealed that those respondents, who live in non-traditional relationships as well as had more than primary school education, had the highest proportion of non-Roma partners.
Conclusion
As the education level of Roma population in Hungary improves in time, presumably the number of Roma – non-Roma relationships and marriages will increase as well.

University and Doctoral School

Semmelweis University, Doctoral School of Mental Health Sciences

Supervisor

Prof. Beáta Dávid Pethesné Ph.D. habil.

Publication of my abstract

I give consent to the publication of my abstract on the website of the congress.

Kind

Szabad

Status

elfogadva

Accepted presentation method

poszter

Előadás fájl jóváhagyás

nem rendelkezett róla

Előadó

6122

Start

10:42

End

10:45

Authors (legacy)

Cinderella Komolafe, Semmelweis University Institute of Mental Health