Elisa Barbiano di Belgiojoso

Intentions on desired length of stay among immigrants in Italy

The decision to emigrate from the country of origin may not be a permanent one: migrants can decide to return home or to emigrate to a third country. This phenomenon, established for some time in certain other European countries, has become an important one for Italy only recently.This paper contributes to the knowledge of migrants’ intentions in two ways: on the one hand, it analyses the factors associated with indecision about future plans; on the other, it focuses on the desired length of stay and its relationship with attachments (family, economic, socio-cultural and psychological) to host and home country.We used two logistic regression models: one for migrants’ indecision and the other for migrants’ desired length of stay. The data were collected by survey, coordinated by the ISMU Foundation and conducted in 2008 and 2009 with more than 12,000 migrants living in Italy.According to our results, indecision seems to be associated with an intermediate phase of migration at the early stage of family development in the case of negative balance of the migration experience, while attachment to the host country is associated with longer stay, and no attachments or attachment to the country of origin are associated with shorter stay.

Satisfied after all? Working trajectories and job satisfaction of foreign-born female domestic and care workers in Italy

ABSTRACT Foreign-born women frequently find their first job in the domestic sector. This is usually considered a stepping-stone, but it is rather a definitive condition. We analyse the working trajectory of foreign-born women with a first job in domestic work using sequence analysis and studying their association with job satisfaction by means of logistic regression models. The data were collected as part of the Foreigners’ Job Trajectories project conducted by the ISMU Foundation in Italy in 2009. We found that, after all, domestic and care workers can be satisfied with their job if basic decent working conditions are guaranteed. Particular attention is paid to the high rate of job satisfaction for women with a trajectory from live-out to live-in jobs. Possible explications for job satisfaction are extensively discussed focusing on economic drivers, the agency of domestic workers, and the emotive dimension of domestic and care works.

Surveying immigrants in Southern Europe: Spanish and Italian strategies in comparative perspective

Italy and Spain, as countries of recent immigration and high irregularity rates, have struggled to adapt their statistical system, especially their population registers, to adequately reflect the presence of an increasing number of immigrants in their territory. The population registers of the two countries have adapted differently to these changing realities: Spain introduced significant improvements in Padrón which have increased its coverage and accuracy. This is still not the case in Italy, making it necessary to resort to non-random sampling methods. The paper discusses the methodological implications of these differences and evaluates different methodological solutions based on both random and non-random sampling methods in both countries.

Reti sociali e senso di appartenenza nel contesto migratorio. Un’indagine in Lombardia

Il presente contributo indaga il ruolo delle reti sociali amicali, familiari e lavorative degli immigrati sul sentimento di appartenenza all’Italia. L’analisi si basa sull’indagine 2013 effettuata in Lombardia dall’Osservatorio Regionale per l’Integrazione e la Multietnicita della regione Lombardia (Orim) su un campione di 4.000 stranieri o immigrati provenienti da paesi a forte pressione migratoria. I risultati mostrano con evidenza il ruolo cruciale delle reti sociali, in particolare quello della componente bridging, nel creare senso di appartenenza tra gli stranieri che vivono in Lombardia. Gli stranieri che provano il maggior senso di appartenenza all’Italia sono persone che hanno nella propria rete amicale una buona presenza di italiani se non addirittura una prevalenza di questi rispetto agli stranieri e che dichiarano di condividere appieno le norme sociali e i valori che caratterizzano la societa italiana e ne regolano la vita quotidiana.