Romanian Migration to the Community of Madrid (Spain): Patterns of Mobility and Return

Table 1

The Predominant profile in the four Romanian communities surveyed in the CAM.

	Arganda del Rey	Coslada	Alcalá de Henares	Torrejón de Ardoz
Age	Older: 28% compared to an average of 22%		Youth: 54% compared to an average of 45%
Marital status		Married but separated 4% compared to an average of 2%	Singles: 42% compared to an average of 32%	They live in couples: 25% compared to an average of 17%
Education	University			Secondary
Language skills	Good		Very good
Occupation		Domestic service: 29% compared to an average of 23%		Careers: 30% versus 23%
Religion	Pentecostales: 10% compared to 4% of total sample	Adventist: 28% versus 9% of total sample	Orthodox: 91% versus 79% of total sample	Orthodox: 86% versus 79% of total sample
Attendance at religious services	Monthly	Weekly	Reduced
% of cohabiting
% of cohabiting				Big
The approximate time of arrival		1995–2001		2007-2008
Intensity of relations with Romanians
Connections with Spain			Intense	Weak
			Largely	lesser extent

Source: Prepared by the 2008-2009 survey.