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282 Stefan Sutaj local press (Bacová 1992; Jurová 1992, 1993a, 1993b, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999). Hungarian minority in Slovakia - Slovak minority in Hungary Presently, our Institute has two partners in Hungary. The first, the Research Institute of Slovaks in Hungary, located in Békéscsaba, initiated a joint research project, “Survey of the Slovak intelligentsia in Hungary.” This sociological survey, implemented in 1998-1999, focused on ethnic identity of persons belonging to the Slovak intelligentsia in Hungary, as well as on perceptions of position and other aspects of ethnic and social life among members of the Slovak minority in Hungary. The survey was conducted in every region where Slovaks live. The research sample consisted of 408 respondents, and the results will be included in a joint final report.9 A companion publication that will present the overall results is expected to be published by the end of 2002.10 Another project in which Institute researchers11 have participated is the “Survey of the Slovak family in Hungary." In 2001, our Institute signed a cooperation agreement with the Institute for Ethnic Research, MAV12, in Budapest; the survey of the Slovak family has been conducted in close collaboration with their research group. This survey was initiated by the Slovak Research Institute in Békéscsaba as a continuation of an earlier project investigating ethnic identity of Slovak intelligentsia in Hungary. The newly established Institute for Ethnic Research in Budapest expressed interest in enlarging this survey to include families belonging to other minority groups in Hungary. Understanding the present state and perspectives for the development of ethnic consciousness among ethnically homogenous and heterogeneous families required deeper insight into the phenomenon of ethnicity. A study of the social and demographic parameters of families proved very helpful, since data about the structure of families also illuminated internal social differences on the level of ethnicity and shed light onto processes of assimilation. The following institutes
