The experience of separation and family relations the perception of emigrants by their children Cover Image

Doświadczenie rozłąki emigracyjnej a relacje rodzinne. Sposób postrzegania emigrantów zarobkowych przez ich dzieci
The experience of separation and family relations the perception of emigrants by their children

Author(s): Natasza Doiczman-Łoboda
Subject(s): Family and social welfare, Migration Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: the experience of separation;economic emigration;migration family; youth

Summary/Abstract: The research included the characteristics of immediate family members made by the children of economic migrants. In the research, the respondents defined as children of economic migrants were defined as individuals who, in their adolescence (early or late), experienced separation from their parents, caused by one or both parents leaving for work abroad in the European Union. The biographical method was used in the research. There were 84 respondents in total, and the data obtained in the interviews was considered complete, with a high degree of content diversification. The conducted research shows that with the passage of time for all family members, except for the emigrant, his arrival home becomes a commonplace event. This has clear consequences visible in the relations between family members, which are presented in the article. Due to the multithreaded, broad and especially emotional material that was obtained in the research, this publication contains many examples of individual interpretations of their own life situation for the children of emigrants.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 76
  • Page Range: 5-21
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish