CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Hoór, Dorottya |
|---|---|
| Title | `A Friend in Need...` A Study of the Personal Networks and the Subjective Well-being of High and Low Status Migrants in Budapest |
| Summary | The current thesis empirically investigates the differences in the subjective well-being and the social networks of international migrants in Budapest by employing the mixed methodological tools of survey research, social network analysis and semi-structured interviews. In doing so, it also establishes the categories of high and low status migrants as meaningful analytical categories as it finds major differences in the subjective well-being and in the ego-network features of the two groups. It was found that, on the average, low status migrants report lower life satisfaction and tend to have smaller networks, especially when it comes to ‘close’ contacts. Also, low status migrant have fewer ‘friends’ and weaker ties. Instead, they have more ‘other’ kind of relationships and ‘younger’ ties than high status migrants do. Moreover, lower status migrants also appear to have a denser and less efficient network compared to high-status migrants. The qualitative analysis also revealed the importance of employment and the role of language through its impact on social integration as major factors influencing the subjective well-being of migrants. Lastly, the findings also highlighted the major importance of supportive personal relationships for subjective well-being as well as emphasised the need for adapting different theoretical approaches to migration in order to fully understand the diverse experiences of migrants. |
| Supervisor | Balazs Vedres |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/hoor_dorottya.pdf |
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