CEEYouth: The comparative study of young migrants from Poland and Lithuania in the context of Brexit. Combining public statistics, web survey and asynchronous interviewing
ENThis Working Paper introduces the theoretical considerations and empirical design of the ongoing research project, entitled: CEEYouth: The comparative study of young migrants from Poland and Lithuania in the context of Brexit, which is carried out by the Youth Research Center at the SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities and by the Public Policy and Management Institute (PPMI) in Vilnius, lasting from 2018 to 2021. It captures the life pathways of the young migrants (aged 19 to 34) from the new EU Member States, namely Poland and Lithuania living in the present-day Great Britain. Given the floating political climate, with a culmination of the approaching, yet still unknown form of Brexit, it influences social, economic and institutional areas of living. Young migrants are particularly exposed to the consequences of this unravelling events. The main goal of the project is threefold: (1) to uncover the social anchors of migrating youth; (2) to verify their awareness of the social risks, and (3) to track their coping strategies in the context of Brexit. The data is collected both at the individual (e.g. well-being, sense of belonging) and at the social (e.g. changes in the policies and living conditions) levels of analysis. The comparison of migrants from the same Central European region, yet different ethnic groups, but usually put in the analyses into the same ‘box’ might contribute to the better understanding of the experiences of young people facing the the Brexit and other unfolding structural events.The project will apply an innovative and comprehensive mixed method research design (MMR) combining qualitative and quantitative data which involves; secondary data analysis (public statistics from Labour Force Surveys: Polish, Lithuanian and British); where also non-migrants are captured; a dedicated exploratory web survey (CAWI) and asynchronous interviews lasting 24 months with young mobile Poles and Lithuanians. The MMR relies on the component composite design (Caracelli & Greene, 1997), balancing the qualitative and quantitative items (Creswell, 2009; Mason, 2006). Keywords: mixed method research (MMR), asynchronous interviews, web survey (CAWI), secondary data analysis, young migrants from Poland and Lithuania, Brexit. [From the publication]
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