The release of formal restrictions on the free movement of Central and Eastern Europeans that started with the end of the Cold War and the eastward enlargement of the European Union in the 2000s have led to new migration flows in Europe. In the Netherlands, in absolute terms, Poles forn the largest group amongst emigrants from the Central and Eastern European countries which acceded to the European Union in 2004.
The Families of Poles in the Netherlands (FPN) survey was designed to create a database for studying various aspects of Polish migrant family life, including family formation, generational interdependencies, perceived family obligations, and life outcomes. The survey is based on the questionnaire of the Generations and Gender Survey (GGS), covering a wide range of topics such as fertility, partnerships, the transition to adulthood, economic activity, caregiving, and attitudes.
As the GGS has been also carried out in the Netherlands and Poland, linking the FPN to the Dutch and Polish GGS data permits a comparison of the Polish migrant population in the Netherlands, Poles in Poland and the Dutch in the Netherlands, and it provides a unique opportunity to unravel the role of migration in shaping family life. To study the determinants of family solidarity and migration choices, following changes in respondents’ situations over time is necessary. Therefore, the FPN has a panel character – the second wave of the survey conducted in 2017 and the data is also available for download.
The datasets can be downloaded from the GGP Data Portal.
