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Social Support Networks and Loneliness Among Elderly Jews in Russia and Ukraine
Author(s):
Iecovich, Esther; Barasch, Miriam; Mirsky, Julia; Kaufman, Roni; Avgar, Amos; Kol-Fogelson, Aliza
Date:
2004
Topics:
Age and Generational Issues, Ageing and the Elderly, Main Topic: Other, Post-1989, Social Capital, Surveys,
Networks
Abstract:
The collapse of the Soviet Union had devastating consequences for the lives of its population, especially for older adults, many of whom became impoverished and were left with no social support. Using data from a survey of 2,579 elderly Jews in two of the largest countries of the former Soviet Union, Russia and Ukraine, we examine variables that affect their feeling of loneliness. Unmarried and childless elderly persons reported the highest feelings of loneliness. Married elderly persons who maintained frequent contact with their children felt least lonely. Moreover, married and unmarried elderly persons who did not maintain frequent contact with relatives or friends were lonelier than those who maintained such contact. The characteristics of social networks were significantly correlated with loneliness. The findings also showed that Jews in Ukraine had fewer social networks and felt lonelier compared to Jews in Russia.
When networks tell just half the story: Social networks, language and social identity among Russian German and Russian Jewish migrants in Germany
Author(s):
Irwin, Vera
Editor(s):
Isurin, Ludmilla; Riehl, Claudia Maria
Date:
2017
Topics:
Main Topic: Demography and Migration, Russian-Speaking Jews, Integration, Immigration, Interviews,
Networks
, Language
Abstract:
The theoretical framework of social network analysis predicts that a stronger co-ethnic network in migrant settings will support language maintenance, while a looser inter-ethnic network will weaken it. This assumption was tested by analyzing 78 interviews with Russian Jewish and Russian German migrants. Surprisingly, despite tighter co-ethnic networks, the Russian German sample displayed clearer signs of language shift, including a relaxed attitude towards L1 loss among children. At the same time, despite more diverse networks and stronger orientation to acquiring L2, the Russian Jewish group demonstrated a higher emphasis on L1 maintenance, also for younger migrants.
These findings suggest the existence of additional factors overriding the effects of the social network structure, mainly the need to negotiate a post-migrant identity both within the host society and within the Russian-speaking migrant population. By accepting German as an in-group code and promoting it among younger community members, Russian Germans reclaimed their historically German identity. The Russian Jewish community favored additive bilingualism with full maintenance of L1 as a way to establish distinctiveness from the Russian German group. These findings suggest that the effects of the social network were intertwined with ongoing identity negotiations and distinct ideologies affecting communities’ linguistic choices.
Caucasus Jews and their Neighbors: Social Network in a Multi-Ethnic Society
Author(s):
Bram, Chen
Editor(s):
Özgür, Ergün
Date:
2009
Topics:
Main Topic: Identity and Community, Diaspora, Mountain Jews, Language,
Networks
, Jewish Identity, National Identity, Ethnicity, Ethnography, Jewish - Non - Jewish Relations, Jewish - Muslim Relations
Neighbourhood, community and residential change decisions in the Dublin Jewish community
Author(s):
Waterman, Stanley
Date:
1983
Topics:
Geography, Cities and Suburbs, Residential Patterns, Residential Mobility, Jewish Neighbourhoods, Friendship,
Networks
, Main Topic: Demography and Migration
Abstract:
The Dublin Jewish community has undergone numerical decline over the past thirty years. At the same time, there have been substantial changes in the residential locations of members of the community. This paper investigates the significance of the neighbourhood and the community in residential change decisions through an examination of social visiting patterns, friendship and family networks and the perception and importance of having Jewish neighbours. The results show that although contacts with non-Jewish neighbours have increased, there is still a tendency to choose residential locations close to other community members. While there is still a tendency to move to higher status suburbs in south-cast Dublin, there is an opposing trend back towards the area of second settlement in the south-west of the city.
Migrantennetzwerke im Zeitverlauf — Junge russische Juden in Berlin
Translated Title:
Migrant networks over time - Young Russian Jews in Berlin
Author(s):
Schütze, Yvonne
Date:
2003
Topics:
Russian-Speaking Jews, Immigration,
Networks
, Longitudinal Studies, Statistics, Surveys, Acculturation, Russian Emigration, Main Topic: Demography and Migration
Abstract:
Soziale Beziehungen zu Einheimischen gelten in der Migrationssoziologie als eine zentrale Dimension des Akkulturationsprozesses. Auf der Basis einer Langzeitstudie über junge russisch-jüdische Migranten wird die Entwicklung sozialer Beziehungen zu Deutschen über drei Befragungszeitpunkte verfolgt. Dazu wurden aus Leitfadeninterviews Handlungsstrategien (Integration, Separation, Assimilation, Marginalität) rekonstruiert und unabhängig davon die Anzahl deutscher Netzwerkmitglieder mittels eines Network Questionnaire erhoben. Im Ergebnis zeigt sich erstens ein enger Zusammenhang zwischen Handlungsstrategien und der Anzahl tatsächlich genannter Netzwerkmitglieder. Zweitens wird deutlich, dass über die Hälfte der Migranten bei einer einmal eingeschlagenen Handlungsstrategie geblieben sind, während die anderen mehrheitlich von Separation zu Integration gewechselt haben. Hieraus folgt, dass zur Beschreibung von Akkulturationsprozessen eine Kategorisierung nach Handlungsstrategien sich nur dann empfiehlt, wenn mehrere Befragungszeitpunkte gegeben sind.