Table
3-4
Former Yugoslavia
(Sample Size: 329 Adults and 46 Youth)
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Language
and Ethnicity
- 96%
of respondents from former Yugoslavia report a Slavic mother tongue.
Other mother tongues include Ukrainian, German, Italian and Danish.
- 6%
of respondents cannot speak any English.
- The
majority of respondents use a Slavic language at home (95%). English
is used at home by 3% of respondents while the remaining few use
other European languages in the home.
- 37%
of respondents indicate Yugoslav/Bosnian as their ethnicity, 27%
indicate they are Serbian and 15% are Croatian. Other ethnic origins
include Muslim (8%), Ukrainian (6%), Hungarian, Slovakian, Albanian,
Slovenian, Turk and Balkan.
- Countries
of origin include: Croatia, Yugoslavia, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina
and Ukraine.
-
Time
of Arrival
- Most
of the former Yugoslavians are recent arrivals to Alberta. 6% arrived
in 1992-93, 57% arrived in 1994/95 and 37% arrived in 1996/97.
-
Refugee
Camp Experience
- 26%
of former Yugoslavians report having spent time in a refugee camp.
- The
mean number of months spent in a refugee camp is 17.
-
Demographic
Characteristics and Family Status
- 53%
of the sample is female, 47% is male.
- The
mean age of adults is 37.5 years, the mean for youth is 17.0 years.
- 12%
of the sample is aged 15-21; 20% of the sample is aged 22-30; 42%
of the sample is 31-40; 18% are aged 41-50; and 7% are over age
51.
- 82%
of the adult refugees are married or living in a common-law relationship,
6% are widowed or divorced and 11% are single.
- The
average household size for former Yugoslavians is 3.4.
- 90%
indicate they had left some family members behind.
- Upon
their arrival to Canada, 18% say they had family members already
in Canada.
- 30%
of the former Yugoslavians are currently living in Calgary, 22%
are living in Edmonton, 7% are living in Red Deer, 12% are living
in Lethbridge, 11% are in Medicine Hat, 3% are living in Grande
Prairie and Fort McMurray while 16% are living elsewhere in Canada.
-
Education
and Occupation Prior to Arrival (Adult Refugees only)
- 10%
report having completed less than high school; 28% have completed
high school; 9% have completed some post-secondary education; and
52% have completed post-secondary education.
- The
mean number of years of completed formal education in their home
country is 13.4.
- 77%
report having had some formal job training in former Yugoslavia.
- 89%
indicate having a paying job in former Yugoslavia.
- 13%
report no occupation prior to arrival; 48% were managers or professionals;
17% reported clerical or service occupations; and 22% reported blue-collar
jobs.
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