Table 1 Polish and Lithuanian return migrant respondents from the UK (n = 740)—descriptive statistics.
Poles | Lithuanians | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | |||
Female | 73.9 (387) | 68.6 (142) | 72.4 (529) |
Male | 26.2 (137) | 31.4 (65) | 27.6 (202) |
Age (mean) | 36.4 | 34.8 | 35.9 |
Has a British legal status including citizenship, permanent residency, settled or pre-settled status | 32.6 (171) | 35.8 (77) | 33.5 (248) |
Years since return to LT/PL (mean) | 2.05 | 3.28 | 2.9 |
Education | |||
Lower than BA | 36.9 (191) | 34.6 (74) | 35.8 (265) |
BA | 21.9 (113) | 40.2 (86) | 26.9 (199) |
Higher than BA | 41.2 (213) | 25.2 (54) | 36.1 (267) |
Employment status after return to the country of origin | |||
Employed | 70.6 (326) | 71.7 (137) | 70.9 (463) |
Inactive | 7.8 (36) | 10.0 (19) | 8.4 (55) |
Unemployed | 21.7 (100) | 18.3 (35) | 20.7 (135) |
Years spent in the UK | |||
Over a year, but less than five years | 39.8 (209) | 35.8 (77) | 38.6 (286) |
More than five years, but less than ten years | 27.2 (143) | 38.1 (82) | 30.4 (225) |
More than ten years | 33.0 (173) | 26.0 (56) | 30.9 (229) |
Returned to city/town of previous residence (ref: no) | 73.1 (384) | 66.5 (143) | 71.2 (527) |
Owns property in LT/PL (ref: no) | 53.1 (279) | 42.3 (91) | 50.0 (370) |
Reason for return: family-related (ref: no) | 54.7 (287) | 41.86 (90) | 50.9 (377) |
Reason for return: missing home country (ref: no) | 36.4 (191) | 51.6 (111) | 40.8 (302) |
Difficulties after return: lack of a social network/friends (ref: no) | 23.3 (50) | 23.2 (122) | 23.2 (172) |
Difficulties after return: feeling different from others (ref: no) | 29.3 (154) | 27.9 (60) | 28.9 (214) |
Prefers health and education services/benefits in the home country (mean, scale 0–12) | 2.05 | 1.7 | 1.9 |