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
A village on the ethnic periphery 135 gence from any of these criteria I considered the whole household a mixed household (Table 8). Table 8: Ethnic structure of households Households Number% Total 278 100,00 Hungarian 188 67,63 Slovak 20 7,19 Mixed 70 25,18 If we deduct those households which are inhabited by a single Hungarian-speaking person from the total number of the Hungarian households (188-96=92 and we do similarly in the case of the Slovak households (20-9=11) we obtain a more realistic picture. The proportion numbers alter significantly (Table 9). Table 9: The ethnic structure of households without “one-member households’’ Households Number% Total 173 100,00 Hungarian 92 53,18 Slovak 11 6,36 Mixed 70 40,46 Thus, if we sum the Slovak and mixed marriages (81), the proportion between this category and the Hungarian households turns out to be 46% to 53%. The increasing number of persons choosing Slovak as the language of instruction for their children’s education (described above) here becomes clear. However, the most striking influence of mixed marriages is indicated by the parental request for a Slovak class in the local kindergarten (occurred in 2000). In addition to this wish and the following opening of a Slovak class, the proportion of children in kindergarten and in grades 1-4 of the elementary school is remarkable, too (Table 10).
