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1956 Handbook Volume 3 - (Excerpts)
Number of Emigrants & repatriates
|
The Hungarian Border crossed |
Number |
|
To Austria (till 6 April 1957) |
174 704 |
| To Yugoslavia (till 26 May 1957) |
19 181 |
|
Total |
193 885 |
|
Legal repatriations (till end of May 1957) |
11 447 |
|
Total emigrants |
182 438 |
From the 182,438 emigrants the KSH (Central Statistics
Office) only kept details for 151,731.
The following statistics are based on their details.
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Details by age groups
|
Age groups |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Under 15 |
21 196 |
14,0 |
|
15 to 39 |
109 299 |
72,0 |
|
40 to 59 |
17 392 |
11,5 |
|
Over 60 |
1 124 |
0,7 |
|
Unknown |
2 720 |
1,8 |
|
Total |
151 731 |
100,0 |
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Details by residence
|
Last permanent |
Emigrants |
|
Residence |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Budapest |
80 977 |
53,4 |
|
Other |
70 754 |
46,6 |
|
Total |
151 731 |
100,0 |
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Details by occupation
|
Occupation |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Labourer* |
65 082 |
63,5 |
|
Intellectual |
25 971 |
25,4 |
| Farm worker** |
7 312 |
7,1 |
|
Others |
4 109 |
4,0 |
|
Total |
102 474 |
100,0 |
* Including self employed, trade and craftsmen, excluding farm workers.
** Including self employed, family members and collective farm workers.
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Breakdown details of the Intellectual workers.
|
Occupation |
Number |
Percentage |
| Engineer & Technical |
9 347 |
36,0 |
|
Doctor |
730 |
2,8 |
|
Teacher |
1 280 |
4,9 |
|
University Professor, Researcher |
261 |
1,0 |
|
Accountant,Lawyer |
292 |
1,1 |
| Agriculturist, Veterinary | 360 |
1,4 |
|
Artist |
1 108 |
4,3 |
| Other higher education |
293 |
1,1 |
| Health worker |
1 128 |
4,4 |
|
Administration worker |
11 172 |
43,0 |
|
Total |
25 971 |
100,0 |
Origin: Unpublished data from the KSH (Central Statistics Office) about the emigration following the fall of the 1956 Revolution. Regio, 1991/4.
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My grateful thanks to the Authors of the above documents.
N.B. This is my own translation for illustration
purposes only. I could not find an English version.
I am not an professional translator and I would like
to ask you to over look any translation inaccuracies
if applicable. The figures are the original.
The Author.
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