1. Migration As the Process of Care Exclusion Joanna Bielecka-Prus, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland [1] [1] Opracowanie w ramach projektu polsko - norweskiego – POLFAMIGRA Polish famale migrants and their familie a study of care deficyt.

2. Context Political: Poland as a member of EU (2004); Demographic: low fertility rate -0,4; 1.32 children born/woman. Labour force: 18.22 million (2013 est.) Social: unemployment rate 14% Economic: average wage: average wage/month: 2730 PLN (896$) Minimal wage/month: 1240 PLN (407$) Gini Index: 34.1 (growing) EU: 30.6; Norway: 25,0

3. Polish migrantion

4. Main directions

5. Research background Changes in family structure Significant role of grandparents Moral and legal obligations towards parents Stigmatization of mother leaving children behind Weak state support for parents (Moskal, 2012, Krzyżowski & Mucha 2012).

6. Research question Is there a deficit of care (over the elderly and children) in a situation of female migration? In what areas? How will female migrants will participate in organizing care for their parents when they are unable to live on their own?

7. Research methods Stage 1. A survey on female migrants will be conducted. Snowball sampling method have been employed. The criterion of sample selection will be having elderly parents/grandparents (65+) or underage children left behind. Stage 2. Stage 2 will contain partially structured interviews with migrants’ parents/grandparents aged 65+ in Poland, migrants’ children aged 12+ (junior high school and high school age) (N=50) and interviews with children care givers (N=50), social workers (20 interview) and school masters (10 interviews) and priests (20 interviews). Stage 3. In the final stage in-depth interviews (N=50) with female migrants in Norway will be conducted.

8. Quantitative research: female in Norway Research in the process: N=162

9. First coming to Norway %

10. Reasons of leaving Poland %

11. How long have you been in Norway? %

12. Age of women

13. Education

14. What do they do in Norway? %

15. Type of work

16. OccupationWork in Norway

17. Marital status

18. Number of children average = 1,82

19. Age of children

20. Who do the children ask for help?

21. Who helps?

22. Living members of the family %

23. Types of problems %

24. % Do female help?

25. Ways of helping in health problems

26. Ways of helping in emotional problems %

27. Housework problems %

28. Help with housework

29. Institutional help with housework

30. State institutions Local Community Family

31. Conclusons Typical Polish migrants in Norway: male and between 25 and 39 years old. A traditional male breadwinner. Women involved in migration chains Temporary migrants No significant changes in family roles High level of mistrust to Polish institutions Problem of stigmatization and gender discourse: I do not want to be involved in any gender. Leave my alone, go away satan New area of deficit