ETHNICITY NON-IDENTIFICATION IN 2011 CENSUS IN BULGARIA
Abstract
In this paper we present results of secondary data analysis aimed at understanding the ethnic non-identification problem in the 2011 Census in Bulgaria. Using cluster analysis and analysis of associations we study the levels of dependency between specific sense of ethnic belonging and the absence of ethnic self-identification, expressed through refusal to answer the ethnicity question in Census 2011. Our analysis reveals that the relation between ethnic identity and lack of ethnic self-identification is mediated through the specific ethno-demographic structure within the respective municipality as well as, to a minor extent, by the administrative organization at district level. One of the factors of non-response to the ethnicity question in Census 2011 is the problematic ethnic identity among several ethno-demographic groups, including: the Bulgarian Muslims or ‘pomaks’ (almost entirely); other small compact (within the municipality) ethnic groups other than the three main ones in the country (partially); and those who had identified as Turks in municipalities with predominantly Turkish population in 2001 (a small portion of them).
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