TÁRKI Social Report Reprint Series No 24. Irén Gödri and The Social Position

The study analyses the social position of immigrants in Hungary from neighbouring countries on the basis of a survey carried out among those who were granted immigrant status in 2001. In the first place the social position of the examined group is investigated along the dimensions of education, position in the labour market (economic activity and occupational mobility), social relations and some aspects of subjective satisfaction. On the basis of objective indicators of social position it can be deduced that, for the group as whole, migration has brought about positive changes in their position. Nev-ertheless on individual level downward mobility could also be observed. At the same time the subjective assessment of their own position is better than that of the Hungarian population at large. Authors