THE NUMBER AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE ROMA POPULATION IN HUNGARY – IN THE LIGHT OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES
Journal Title: FOLIA GEOGRAPHICA - Year 2016, Vol 58, Issue 2
Abstract
Measuring the number of ethnic minorities is one of the greatest chal- lenges on the field of demography and ethnic geography. This is especially true for Roma whose census number does not coincide with estimated number by external observers. Several datasets and surveys are available to count the number of Roma people in Hungary, however they resulted in different numbers. The present study targets to overview these surveys, their approach and method and aims to provide a brief summary about the recent survey of the University of Debrecen based on the personal and electronic questioning of local representatives about the number of Roma. This study is also an attempt to show regional distribution of Roma popula- tion in Hungary. As a result, the estimated number of the Hungarian Roma commu- nity is 876,000 that is one of the highest values published so far and exceeds census number almost 3 times. The spatial patterns of Roma show their intense segregation, peripheralization and the phenomenon of ethnic change primarily in north-east and South Transdanubia.
Authors and Affiliations
István PÁSZTOR, János PÉNZES, Patrik TÁTRAI, Ágnes PÁLÓCZI
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