Mixed Marriages in the Polish Catholic Migrant Community: An Analysis from the 2004 EU Enlargement to Brexit
Artykuł naukowy w czasopiśmie recenzowanyCzasopismo: JOURNAL OF FAMILY ISSUES (ISSN: 0192-513X)
Współautorzy: Roch Dunin-Wąsowicz, Jarosław Kozak
Rok wydania: 2026
Strony od-do: 1-27
Streszczenie: This paper examines the prevalence and characteristics of religiously mixed marriages among Polish migrants in England and Wales, focusing on unions between Catholics and partners from other religious backgrounds. Despite strong cultural and religious ties, Polish Catholics marry outside their faith more frequently than those in Poland and at rates comparable to the general UK population. The analysis draws on over 25,000 church marriage records from 2007 to 2020, collected by the largest Polish organization in Britain. Findings show that 11.5% of marriages were religiously mixed: 59.2% involved a Catholic and a baptized non-Catholic, while 40.8% included a Catholic and a non-Christian or nonbeliever. These results suggest a tendency to marry within historically dominant European religions but also reveal a notable level of social openness within the Polish Catholic migrant community.
Słowa kluczowe: marriage, immigration/migrant families, culture/race/ethnicity, cross-national religion
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X2614299
Cytowanie w formacie Bibtex:
@article{1,
author = "Stanisław Fel and Roch Dunin-Wąsowicz and Jarosław Kozak",
title = "Mixed Marriages in the Polish Catholic Migrant Community: An Analysis from the 2004 EU Enlargement to Brexit",
journal = "JOURNAL OF FAMILY ISSUES",
year = "2026",
pages = "1-27"
}
Cytowanie w formacie APA:
Fel, S. and Roch Dunin-Wąsowicz and Jarosław Kozak(2026). Mixed Marriages in the Polish Catholic Migrant Community: An Analysis from the 2004 EU Enlargement to Brexit. JOURNAL OF FAMILY ISSUES, 1-27.