Torsello, Davide - Pappová, Melinda: Social Networks in Movement. Time, interaction and interethnic spaces in Central Eastern Europe - Nostra Tempora 8. (Somorja-Dunaszerdahely, 2003)
Interethnic spaces
120 Károly Tóth The questionnaire method was complemented by a couple of interviews as a control for our conclusions.8 With our survey we intended to grasp those processes which remained hidden in the background and through which the roots of the assimilation processes could be revealed. The questions of the data form related to individual households following the house numbers in the village. I asked for the number of household members, their first language (mother tongue), language use within and outside the house and the choice of language of instruction. We divided the data obtained into sections (these sections were: grandparents, parents, children of pre-school age, of elementary school age, of secondary school age, other) (see Table 1). Table 1: Structure of data form House number Total number of persons First language (mother tongue) Grandparents Parents Preschool age children Elementary school age children Secondary school age children Other Hungarian Slovak Mixed Other Language use Within the house Public Choice of language of instruction Kindergarten Element. school High school Technical school Industrial/ trade school University Hungarian Slovak The category “Other” included one-member households with completed education, over age 18. This category was added additionally to the questionnaire, since a significant part of the population did not fall into the already existing categories. Similarly, the "University” category was also added later. In both cases I made a second survey in the beginning of January 2001. In the case of the first language, the “Mixed” category proved to be unnecessary, as the three categories, "Hungarian”, "Slovak" and “Other” fully covered the eventual answers.
