Appendix A: Informants

Number of interviews: 27; taped: 21, not taped: 6

Interviews with married couples: 3 (counted as one)

Interviews with one person only: 24

ethnic origin:

Greek-Cypriots: 25; Turkish-Cypriots: 2

sex:

women: 17; men: 8

social background:

refugees: 9; non-refugees: 18

education:

higher education: 7; no higher education: 16

I am not sure about the level of education of 4 informants.

jobs:

busdriver: 4; cook: 4; farmer: 3; retired: 3; office-employee: 2; librarian: 2; salesperson: 2; teacher: 1; architect: 1; hairdresser: 1; housewife: 1; florist: 1; owner of kafenion: 1; tour guide: 1; travel agent: 1; chambermaid: 1; student: 1

political position:

cypriocentric: 8; hellenocentric: 6; cyprio/helleno- & helleno/cypriocentric: 5;

8 informants have either no clear political position or I am not aware of it.

age groups:

20-29: 4

30-39: 3

40-49: 7

50-59: 6

60-69: 5

70+   : 2                        

As explained in Chapter One and the Introduction to Chapter Two, this traditional categorization of age groups makes little sense in the Greek-Cypriot context. Rather, I distinguish three age groups on the basis of people's personal experiences and memories:

First age group: people with personal memories reaching back further than the 1960s (born between 1914 and 1956): 19

Second age group: people with personal memories reaching back to the 1960s only (born in the 1960s): 4

Third age group: people with no personal memories of the time before 1974 (born in the 1970s): 4

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