The answers of the 10 questions, which are most relevant to the cultural attitudes of the respondents, have been compared in the following way. The distribution (in %) of all kinds of answers of each of the three major ethnic groups has been compared with the distribution of the answers of the other two; analogically have been compared the distributions of the answers of the children from the two major religions and also of the six schools, where the survey was made.
The maximum and the minimum of the answers to each question among
the three ethnicities, resp. among the two religions and among the six
schools have been highlighted. The discrepancy between the maximum and
minimum in each of the three categories of answers are according to the
methodology of the survey considered as indicative of the cultural differences
among the students, belonging to different, resp. ethnicities, religious
communities and schools. E.g. the discrepancy between the % of the Bulgarian
children, who answer that they go to school because their parents send
them, and the % of the Roma children, who give the same answer, is indicative
of the level of cultural difference in this respect among the students,
belonging to different ethnicities. The fact that the discrepancy between
the 44.3 % of the Sliven minority (ghetto) school and the 13.7 % of the
Shumen mixed school is much greater than the discrepancy between the 38.1
% of the Roma and the 19 % of the Bulgarian students (let alone the difference
between 29.5 % for the Christian children and the 24.1 % for the Moslems)
is interpreted as an evidence that the cultural difference in the motivation
to go to school is greater between these two schools, than between the
Roma and the Bulgarian children, or between the religious categories of
students. From this follows that the pedagogical intervention to improve
this motivation should conform to a much greater variability in this respect
among the concrete schools, than among the ethnic or religious categories
of students. This means that a generalizing approach, adapted to the needs
of e.g. the Roma students in general, would not be adequate at many of
the schools where Roma children study. In other words, an individualizing
approach, using a diagnostical instrument for every concrete group of students,
has better chances to select methods of intercultural education, that are
most adequate for the respective situation.
Why do you go to school?*
| My parents send me | Its interesting | To prepare myself for life | My friends are there | Education is important | Other | |
| Bulgarian | 19 % | 52.3% | 70.7% | 27% | 77.6% | 5.7% |
| Roma | 38.1% | 52.4% | 69% | 26.2% | 78.6% | 4.8% |
| Turkish | 32.4% | 52.1% | 59.2% | 45.1% | 47.9% | 7% |
| Christian | 29.5% | 52.6% | 76.9% | 28.8% | 73.7% | 7.7% |
| Islamic | 24.1% | 53.7% | 53.7% | 37% | 55.6% | 9.3% |
| Sliven mixed school (Bulg.+Roma) | 17.4% | 55.1% | 71% | 20.3% | 81.2% | 1.4% |
| Sliven minority | 44.3% | 52.5% | 70.5% | 68.9% | 50.8% | 6.6% |
| Sliven-Turkish village | 33.3% | 33.3% | 44.4% | 55.6% | 44.4% | 0% |
| Shumen mixed (Bulg.+Turk.) | 13.7% | 49% | 63.7% | 27.5% | 81.4% | 9.8% |
| Shumen minority | 34.6% | 69.2% | 63.5% | 19.2% | 73.1% | 5.8% |
| Shumen Pomak village | 30% | 20% | 70% | 10% | 30% | 0% |
How do you enter school?
| With interest | Scared | Unwillingly | Expecting to meet friends | Other | |
| Bulgarian | 68.6% | 4.6% | 5.7% | 14.3% | 6.9% |
| Roma | 64.3% | 2.4% | 9.5% | 14.3% | 9.5% |
| Turkish | 59.2% | 7% | 5.6% | 21.1% | 7% |
| Christian | 68.8% | 5.1% | 6.4% | 13.4% | 6.4% |
| Islamic | 53.7% | 5.6% | 6.4% | 24.1% | 13% |
| Sliven mixed school (Bulg.+Roma) | 73.9% | 2.9% | 7.2% | 7.2% | 8.7% |
| Sliven minority | 63.9% | 6.6% | 0% | 29.5% | 0% |
| Sliven-Turkish village | 33.3% | 11.1% | 33.3% | 11.1% | 11.1% |
| Shumen mixed (Bulg.+Turk.) | 55.3% | 7.8% | 7.8% | 20.4% | 8.7% |
| Shumen minority | 78.8% | 1.9% | 3.8% | 7.7% | 7.7% |
| Shumen Pomak village | 70% | 0% | 0% | 20% | 10% |
What is it most important for you to get from your teacher?
| Understanding and advice | Knowledge | Other | |
| Bulgarian | 24.3% | 70.5% | 5.2% |
| Roma | 40.5% | 54.8% | 4.8% |
| Turkish | 37.1% | 61.4% | 1.4% |
| Christian | 28.6% | 66.9% | 4.5% |
| Islamic | 24.1% | 74.1% | 1.9% |
| Sliven mixed school (Bulg.+Roma) | 22.4% | 74.6% | 3% |
| Sliven minority | 50% | 43.3% | 6.7% |
| Sliven-Turkish village | 77.8% | 22.2% | 0% |
| Shumen mixed (Bulg.+Turk.) | 23.3% | 71.8% | 4.9% |
| Shumen minority | 11.8% | 86.3% | 2% |
| Shumen Pomak village | 50% | 50% | 0% |
What bothers you most at school?
| The difficult lessons | The teacher is not helpful enough | The other children treat me badly | School discipline | Other | Nothing bothers me at school | |
| Bulgarian | 25.3% | 1.1% | 8% | 9.2% | 3.4% | 52.9% |
| Roma | 31% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 11.9% | 7.1% | 45.2% |
| Turkish | 35.2% | 5.6% | 9.9% | 18.3% | 2.8% | 28.2% |
| Christian | 25.6% | 1.3% | 8.3% | 12.8% | 1.9% | 50% |
| Islamic | 44.4% | 3.7% | 1.9% | 7.4% | 5.6% | 37% |
| Sliven mixed school (Bulg.+Roma) | 21.7% | 1.4% | 11.6% | 0% | 4.3% | 60.9% |
| Sliven minority | 25% | 6.7% | 21.7% | 16.7% | 5% | 25% |
| Sliven-Turkish village | 22.2% | 0% | 0% | 22.2% | 0% | 55.6% |
| Shumen mixed (Bulg.+Turk.) | 29.1% | 1% | 1% | 9.7% | 1.9% | 57.3% |
| Shumen minority | 35.3% | 2% | 2% | 25.5% | 5.9% | 29.4% |
| Shumen Pomak village | 40% | 0% | 0% | 10% | 10% | 40% |
Do you think that the knowledge and skills acquired at
school will be useful for you in your adult life?
| Yes | No | I dont know | |
| Bulgarian | 90.3% | 1,7% | 8% |
| Roma | 90.5% | 4.8% | 4.8% |
| Turkish | 71.8% | 2.8% | 25.4% |
| Christian | 92.4% | 1.9% | 5.7% |
| Islamic | 81.5% | 1.9% | 16.7% |
| Sliven mixed school (Bulg.+Roma) | 95.7% | 0% | 4.3% |
| Sliven minority | 70.5% | 11.5% | 18% |
| Sliven-Turkish village | 33.3% | 0% | 66.7% |
| Shumen mixed (Bulg.+Turk.) | 91.3% | 1% | 7.8% |
| Shumen minority | 86.5% | 3.8% | 9.6% |
| Shumen Pomak village | 90% | 0% | 10% |
How can the knowledge and skills acquired at school serve
you in your adult life?
| For getting a profession | For a better understanding of the world | Other | |
| Bulgarian | 61.5% | 28.8% | 9.6% |
| Roma | 64.9% | 32.4% | 2.7% |
| Turkish | 46% | 54% | 0% |
| Christian | 63.6% | 30.1% | 6.3% |
| Islamic | 50% | 47.7% | 2.3% |
| Sliven mixed school (Bulg.+Roma) | 63.6% | 31.8% | 4.5% |
| Sliven minority | 52.4% | 47.6% | 0% |
| Sliven-Turkish village | 0% | 100% | 0% |
| Shumen mixed (Bulg.+Turk.) | 65.2% | 27.2% | 7.6% |
| Shumen minority | 47.7% | 38.6% | 13.6% |
| Shumen Pomak village | 66.7% | 33.3% | 0% |
What do you like to do most?
| Play/entertainment | Study | Play/entert. + study | Other | |
| Bulgarian | 52.9% | 22.7% | 21.5% | 2.9% |
| Roma | 47.6% | 35.7% | 9.5% | 7.1% |
| Turkish | 62.9% | 14.3% | 8.6% | 14.3% |
| Christian | 50.3% | 23.9% | 20.6% | 5.2% |
| Islamic | 56.6% | 20.8% | 17% | 5.7% |
| Sliven mixed school (Bulg.+Roma) | 32.4% | 36.8% | 27.9% | 2.9% |
| Sliven minority | 72.1% | 13.1% | 0% | 14.8% |
| Sliven-Turkish village | 66.7% | 11.1% | 0% | 22.2% |
| Shumen mixed (Bulg.+Turk.) | 54% | 16% | 28% | 2% |
| Shumen minority | 61.5% | 25% | 7.7% | 5.8% |
| Shumen Pomak village | 50% | 40% | 0% | 10% |
What do you dream of?
| Object in the immediate environment | Object in the future | Food | Future status | Profession | Future relationship | Combination | Other | Of nothing | |
| Bulgarian | 2.3% | 11.5% | 1.1% | 27.6% | 28.2% | 3.4% | 12.1% | 13.2% | 0.6% |
| Roma | 0% | 12.5% | 0% | 17.5% | 47.5% | 2.5% | 7.5% | 12.5% | 0% |
| Turkish | 2.9% | 5.7% | 2.9% | 14.3% | 51.4% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 18.6% | 1.4% |
| Christian | 1.9% | 10.8% | 2.5% | 25.5% | 37.6% | 3.2% | 11.5% | 7% | 0% |
| Islamic | 0% | 5.8% | 0% | 13.5% | 53.8% | 1.9% | 0% | 25% | 0% |
| Sliven mixed school (Bulg.+Roma) | 2.9% | 5.8% | 1.4% | 37.7% | 29% | 4.3% | 13% | 5.8% | 0% |
| Sliven minority | 0% | 8.6% | 5.2% | 15.5% | 36.2% | 1.7% | 3.4% | 29.3% | 0% |
| Sliven-Turkish village | 0% | 0% | 0% | 11.1% | 44.4% | 0% | 0% | 44.4% | 0% |
| Shumen mixed (Bulg.+Turk.) | 0% | 10.7% | 0% | 25.2% | 37.9% | 2.9% | 10.7% | 10.7% | 1.9% |
| Shumen minority | 8% | 22% | 0% | 12% | 40% | 4% | 8% | 6% | 0% |
| Shumen Pomak village | 0% | 11.1% | 0% | 0% | 44.4% | 0% | 0% | 44.4% | 0% |
How do you imagine yourself after 10 years?
| Profession | Married | Status | Other | Cant imagine | |
| Bulgarian | 12.4% | 5.9% | 71.6% | 4.7% | 5.3% |
| Roma | 25% | 25% | 47.5% | 2.5% | 0% |
| Turkish | 16.9% | 14.1% | 60.6% | 5.6% | 2.8% |
| Christian | 19.9% | 11.3% | 58.9% | 5.3% | 4.6% |
| Islamic | 14.8% | 11.1% | 66.7% | 3.7% | 3.7% |
| Sliven mixed school (Bulg.+Roma) | 18.5% | 10.8% | 66.2% | 4.6% | 0% |
| Sliven minority | 28.8% | 13.6% | 50.8% | 6.8% | 0% |
| Sliven-Turkish village | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Shumen mixed (Bulg.+Turk.) | 7.9% | 3% | 76.2% | 3% | 9.9% |
| Shumen minority | 14% | 24% | 54% | 6% | 2% |
| Shumen Pomak village | 0% | 0% | 90% | 10% | 0% |
Which places of interest would you like to visit?
| In the immediate surroundings | In Bulgaria | Abroad | Combination | |
| Bulgarian | 9.9% | 19.3% | 60.2% | 10.5% |
| Roma | 7.3% | 24.4% | 63.4% | 4.9% |
| Turkish | 12.3% | 35.4% | 35.4% | 16.9% |
| Christian | 5.2% | 21.4% | 61.7% | 11.7% |
| Islamic | 22% | 20% | 44% | 14% |
| Sliven mixed school (Bulg.+Roma) | 2.9% | 11.6% | 75.4% | 10.1% |
| Sliven minority | 19.3% | 45.6% | 31.6% | 3.5% |
| Sliven-Turkish village | 0% | 11.1% | 11.1% | 77.8% |
| Shumen mixed (Bulg.+Turk.) | 9.1% | 19.2% | 55.6% | 16.2% |
| Shumen minority | 12.2% | 22.4% | 63.3% | 2% |
| Shumen Pomak village | 28.6% | 57.1% | 0% | 14.%3 |