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Social Report 2004

Introduction

Tamás Kolosi, István György Tóth and György Vukovich

Part I: Social indicators, social structure

Hungarian Society Reflected in Indicators(Erzsébet Bukodi, István Harcsa and György Vukovich)

• Key Processes of Structural Transformation and Mobility in Hungarian Society since the Fall of Communism (Tamás Kolosi and Péter Róbert)


• Income Composition and Inequalities, 1987–2003 (István György Tóth)


• Poverty in Hungary on the Eve of Entry to the EU
• (András Gábos and Péter Szivós)

  Part II: Demographic processes and welfare system

• Hungarian Population Characteristics in the EU Context
• (Gabriella Vukovich)
  Fertility Decline, Changes in Partnership Formation and Their Linkages (Zsolt Spéder)


• Lifestyle and Well-being in the Elderly Population
• (Edit S. Molnár)


• Effects of Intergenerational Public Transfers on Fertility: Test on Hungarian Data
• (Róbert Iván Gál and András Gábos)


• Housing Conditions and State Assistance, 1999–2003
• (János Farkas, József Hegedüs and Gáborné Székely)


• Educational Performance and Social Background in International Comparison
• (Péter Róbert)

  Part III: Labour market and household economics

• Labour Market Trends, 2000–?2003
• (Gábor Kézdi, Hedvig Horváth, and Péter Hudomiet)
  Business Expectations of the Largest Exporters at the Beginning of 2004 (István János Tóth)


• Low Participation among Older Men and the Disincentive Effects of Social Transfers: The Case of Hungary
• (Orsolya Lelkes and Ágota Scharle)


• Overeducation, Undereducation and Demand
• (Péter Galasi)


• The Labour Market and Migration: Threat or Opportunity?
• (Ágnes Hárs, Bori Simonovits and Endre Sik)
  General Characteristics of Household Consumption with Focus on Two Fields of Expenditure (Anikó Bernát and Péter Szivós)

  Part IV: Information society

• Digital Inequality and Types of Info-communication Tool Use
• (Róbert Angelusz, Zoltán Fábián and Róbert Tardos)


• The Spread of Information Technology: Objective and Subjective Obstacles
• (Tibor Dessewffy and Zsófia Rét)
  The Development of Electronic Commerce in Hungary and in Countries of the European Union (László Szabó)
  E-government in Hungary Today (Teréz N. Vajdai)

  Part V: Minority and Majority in Hungary

• Is Prejudice Growing in Hungary
• (Zsolt Enyedi, Zoltán Fábián and Endre Sik)


• The Income Situation of Gypsy Families
• (Béla Janky)
  Residential Segregation and Social Tensions in Hungarian Settlements (Marianna Kopasz)


• The Social Position of Immigrants
• (Irén Gödri and Pál Péter Tóth)

  Part VI: Political Behaviour, Social Attitudes

  Trends in Party Choice after the Change in Government (István Stumpf)
  Public Support for EU Accession in Hungary (Gergely Karácsony)


• National Identity in Hungary at the Turn of the Millennium
• (György Csepeli, Antal Örkény, Mária Székelyi and János Poór)


• The Individual and Social Components of Insecurity
• (György Lengyel and Lilla Vicsek)

Language Editor: Clive Liddiard-Maár
Project Editor: Ildikó Nagy
ISSN 1419-9793
Published by TÁRKI, Budapest 2004

Social Report 1998

Edited by: Tamás Kolosi, István György Tóth, György Vukovich
  Project co-ordinator: Ildikó Nagy
ISSN 1419-9793
Published by TÁRKI, Budapest

Table of Contents

CONTRIBUTORS

INTRODUCTION

     Tamás Kolosi – István György Tóth – György Vukovich

SOCIAL INDICATORS

The Hungarian Society Reflected by Facts
     György Vukovich – István Harcsa

SOCIAL STRUCTURE

System Change and Social Structure
     Tamás Kolosi – Matild Sági 
The Social Milieu of Material-Welfare Status Groups.
     Zoltán Fábián – Péter Róbert – Péter Szivós
Some Elements of the Hidden Economy in Hungary Today
     Endre Sik – István János Tóth
Winners and Losers: Transformational Outcomes in a Comparative Context
     Roland Habich – Zsolt Spéder

SCHOLARS; SOLDIERS, PRIESTS, AND CIVIL SERVANTS

Employment and Wages in the Public Sector
     Gábor Kézdi
The Hungarian Army: Professional Soldiers and Conscripts
     László Zoltán Kiss
Material Circumstances and Mobility within the Hungarian Academic Elite
     Erzsébet Bukodi Priest and Religious Orders
     Miklós Tomka – Edit Révay

SOCIAL NETWORKS

Changing Patterns of Social Network Resources in the Nineties
     Róbert Angelusz – Róbert Tardos
About Friends
     Fruzsina Albert – Beáta Dávid

WELFARE SYSTEMS

Welfare Support and Poverty: The Experiences of Hungary and the Other Visegrád Countries
     Michael F. Förster – Péter Szivós – István György Tóth
State of Health of the Population
     Lehmann Hedvig – Gábor Palonyi
Voluntary Mutual Benefit Pension Funds
     Róbert Iván Gál
Ulysses in Hospital: Patient Channel in Health Care and the General Practitioner as a Gatekeeper
     Iván Csaba – Róbert Iván Gál
Public Education in the Nineties
     Judit Lannert

ELECTIONS

Voting Behaviour
     Gábor Tóka
Territorial Distribution of Election Results
     József Mészáros István Szakadát

ATTITUDES, EXPECTATIONS

Attitudes Toward Work: Longitudinal and International Comparisons
     Márton Medgyesi – Péter Róbert
Xenophobia and Opinions About the Roma
     György Csépéti – Zoltán Fábián – Endre Sik
Anomie and Stratification at the Beginning of the Nineties
     Zsolt Spéder – Borbála Paksi – Zsuzsanna Elekes
Saving Norms and Economic Behavior
     György Lengyel
Report from The Fairy Garden: National Identity Models of Romanian Hungarians and Romanians
     György Csepeli – Antal Örkény – Mária Székelyi – Gábor Csere
Justice and Legitimacy: Post-transformation Trends in Eastern Europe
     Antal Örkény – Mária Székelyi

Social Report 1990

Edited by: Rudolf Andorka, Tamás Kolosi, György Vukovich

  Title of the Hungarian original: Társadalmi Riport 1990
TÁRKI 1992
445 pages
Paper: ISBN 9637869 05 0
Published by TÁRKI, Budapest

PREFACE

I. HUNGARY REFLECTED BY FACTS

1. POPULATION AND FAMILY by Rudolf Andorka and István Harcsa
2. EDUCATION by Rudolf Andorka and István Harcsa
3. ECONOMY by Antal Gyulavári
4. EMPLOYMENT by Rudolf Andorka and István Harcsa
5. THE INCOME OF THE POPULATION by Rudolf Andorka and István Harcsa
6. CONSUMPTION by Rudolf Andorka and István Harcsa
7. HOUSING by Ágnes Vajda and János E. Farkas
8. HEALTH by György Vukovich
9. TIME STRATEGIES AND WAY OF LIFE by Rudolf Andorka, Béla Falussy and István Harcsa
10. CULTURE by Rudolf Andorka and István Harcsa 
11. ENVIRONMENT by György Vukovich
12. DEVIANT BEHAVIOUR by Rudolf Andorka and István Harcsa

II. SOCIAL PROCESSES

ECONOMIC STRUCTURE by László Bogár
THE LABOUR MARKET: FIVE REASONS TO BE PESSIMISTS by János Köllő
SMALL ENTREPRENEURS OF THE 1980'S by Teréz Laky and László Neumann
CRISIS, EXPECTATIONS, ENTREPRENEURIAL INCLINATION by György Lengyel
SOCIAL STRUCTURE by Rudolf Andorka
BASIC DATA ABOUT THE SOCIAL DISTRIBUTION OF KNOWLEDGE STYLES IN HUNGARY IN THE EIGHTIES by Róbert Angelusz and Róbert Tardos
SOCIAL MOBILITY by Péter Róbert
BELIEFS ABOUT INEQUALITY IN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE by Tamás Kolosi
THE INEQUALITIES OF MATERIAL LIVING CONDITIONS by János Szántó and Gábor Tóka
SOME THOUGHTS ON POVERTY AND THE CONCEPT OF SUBSISTENCE MINIMUM by Júlia Szalai
A BRIEF REPORT ON HOMELESSNESS IN HUNGARY, 1990 by Péter Győri
OPINIONS ABOUT SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND SOCIAL POLICIES IN HUNGARY by István György Tóth
FRIENDSHIPS by Ágnes Utasi
FAMILY RELATIONS by László Cseh-Szombathy
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HEALTH OF HUNGARIAN POPULATION IN THE 1980'S (ON THE BASIS OF POPULATION SURVEYS) by József Ujvári
TRANSYLVANIAN REFUGEES IN HUNGARY by Endre Sik
RELIGION AND RELIGIOSITY by Miklós Tomka
STATISTICAL DATA ON THE CANDIDATES OF THE 1990 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS by Ágnes Vajda and János E. Farkas
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF VOTERS by Tamás Kolosi, Róbert Kovács and Gábor Tóka
PUBLIC OPINION CONCERNING THE PROCESS OF THE RÉGIME'S CHANGE by Ágnes Bokor