Transformations of Roma's marriage patterns after migration from Slovakia to the Czech Republic

Abstract

The article is based on the analysis of data from the Slovak and Czech localities inhabited by the Roma. The authors present a model of the patterns which prevailed in the choice of the marital partner in the oldest generation, living in the Slovak Roma settlements and their transformations since the end of WWII when a part of the inhabitants migrated to the territory of what is now the Czech Republic.

Keywords

• Roma
• marriage patterns
• transformation of marriage patterns
• migration
• Slovakia
• Czech Republic