’’’’Creating of educational Creating of educational services for migrant parents,,services for migrant parents,,

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COLEGIUL TEHNIC METALURGIC COLEGIUL TEHNIC METALURGIC

SLATINASLATINA

ROMANIAROMANIA

20122012

1. Survey 1. Survey Migrant parents’ familiesMigrant parents’ families in Olt County in Olt County, , RomaniaRomania

• Romania has 41 counties• Olt County lies in a flat area on the Western part of the

Romanian Plain • Slatina is the capital city with a population of 87,608 (as

of 2007) • In 2011, Olt County had a population of 415,530• Research was conducted during October-November

2012

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2. We found 61 families (5,42%) and this means 83 children left home

1124 persons answered our questionnaire

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- 17 cases (27,86%): both of them are/were away from - 17 cases (27,86%): both of them are/were away from their child/childrentheir child/children

- 21 cases (34,42%): father was or is away from his - 21 cases (34,42%): father was or is away from his child/childrenchild/children

- 23 cases (37,70%): mother was or is away from - 23 cases (37,70%): mother was or is away from her child/childrenher child/children

3. Question No.1 3. Question No.1

Who of parents is away from the child Who of parents is away from the child (children)? Or both of them?(children)? Or both of them?

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Question No.2 Question No.2 Education of parent, who is awayEducation of parent, who is away

• 100% parent/parents doesn’t/don’t have University education

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Question No.3 Question No.3 Time spent away from the child Time spent away from the child

(children)?(children)?

- The shortest time spent away from child/children The shortest time spent away from child/children is 2 weeksis 2 weeks

- The longest time spent away from child/children - The longest time spent away from child/children is 18 yearsis 18 years

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Question No.4Question No.4 Age of child (children) at the time of Age of child (children) at the time of

leavingleaving

• the extremes are: the child was not born at the extremes are: the child was not born at the time of leaving and the child was 18 the time of leaving and the child was 18

years old.years old.

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Question No.5Question No.5Who takes care on child (children), when parent(-s) Who takes care on child (children), when parent(-s)

is (are) away?is (are) away?

-- 9 cases: grandmother 9 cases: grandmother - 7 cases: grandparents - 7 cases: grandparents - 1 case: grandfather - 1 case: grandfather - 1 case : mother and grandmother- 1 case : mother and grandmother- 1 case: father and grandparents- 1 case: father and grandparents- 1 case :father and grandparent- 1 case :father and grandparent- 1 case: relatives- 1 case: relatives

- 1 case: uncle and grandparents- 1 case: uncle and grandparents- 2 cases: no one takes care of the - 2 cases: no one takes care of the childchild- 1 case: Social Services- 1 case: Social Services- 2 case: aunt- 2 case: aunt- 20 cases : mother- 20 cases : mother- 1 case: big brother- 1 case: big brother- 13 cases: father- 13 cases: father

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Question No.6 Question No.6 What is the family current situation?What is the family current situation?

Our respondents understood different this question. Our respondents understood different this question. Therefore:Therefore:

• 19 cases: they answered that they have a good situation, 19 cases: they answered that they have a good situation, without any other commentswithout any other comments

• 4 cases: the parents got divorced4 cases: the parents got divorced• 11 cases: they said that the parent/parents offer financial 11 cases: they said that the parent/parents offer financial

supportsupport• 4 cases: they did not want to answer this question4 cases: they did not want to answer this question

• 18 cases: they said that the parent/parents are abroad and did 18 cases: they said that the parent/parents are abroad and did not offer further informationnot offer further information

• 2 cases: the parent/parents are in Romania but they are 2 cases: the parent/parents are in Romania but they are preparing for leavingpreparing for leaving

• 1 case: the parents are in Romania and did not offer further 1 case: the parents are in Romania and did not offer further informationinformation

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The study was not easy to perform The study was not easy to perform because:because:

• -our school does not have local authority-our school does not have local authority• -our respondents were not very interested -our respondents were not very interested

in answering this kind of questions in answering this kind of questions

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• Thank you very much!Thank you very much!

• COLEGIUL TEHNIC METALURGICCOLEGIUL TEHNIC METALURGIC

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