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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Sociology</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Sociology</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Социология</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-2272</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2408-8897</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumamba</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">39936</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-2272-2024-24-2-445-459</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">QEJFTN</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Contemporary society: the urgent issues and prospects for development</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Современное общество: актуальные проблемы и перспективы развития</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Leave or stay: Serbian and Bulgarian university students’ attitudes determining the decision</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Уехать или остаться: установки сербского и болгарского студенчества, определяющие этот выбор</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Miltojević</surname><given-names>V. D.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Мильтоевич</surname><given-names>Весна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор социологических наук, профессор факультета охраны труда</p></bio><email>vesna.miltojevic@znrfak.ni.ac.rs</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Mantarova</surname><given-names>A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Мантарова</surname><given-names>Анна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru">доктор социологических наук, профессор</bio><email>anna.mantarova@abv.bg</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Petrović</surname><given-names>J. S.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Петрович</surname><given-names>Ясмина</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор социологических наук, профессор кафедры социологии факультета философии</p></bio><email>jasmina.petrovic@filfak.ni.ac.rs</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">University of Niš</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Нишский университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of BAS</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Институт философии и социологии БАН</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2024-06-30" publication-format="electronic"><day>30</day><month>06</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><volume>24</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 24, NO2 (2024)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 24, №2 (2024)</issue-title><fpage>445</fpage><lpage>459</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2024-07-09"><day>09</day><month>07</month><year>2024</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2024, Miltojević V.D., Mantarova A., Petrović J.S.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2024, Мильтоевич В., Мантарова А., Петрович Я.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Miltojević V.D., Mantarova A., Petrović J.S.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Мильтоевич В., Мантарова А., Петрович Я.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/sociology/article/view/39936">https://journals.rudn.ru/sociology/article/view/39936</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">Migrations of the highly educated population are common for the less developed countries of Southeast Europe. Bulgaria and Serbia are faced with the problem of intensive economic migrations of their young and educated citizens. The article starts with the general assumption that social and personal problems are a predictor of the youth’s migratory intentions and questions whether the perception of social and personal problems differs in the Serbian and Bulgarian samples and how this perception affects the students’ intention to leave their home country in search of opportunities for a better life. The article is based on the data on the university students’ attitudes towards the most relevant issues of their cities of residence and their personal lives, and on their plans regarding internal and external migration. The survey was conducted in October-December 2022 on a sample of 587 respondents (307 students from Serbia and 280 students from Bulgaria). In both countries, students define corruption as the biggest problem, then come difficulties with finding a job, but there are statistically significant differences between the two subsamples concerning what they consider their biggest problems. For Serbian students, the biggest personal problem is finding a job, while for Bulgarian students it is rather corruption. The assessment of personal and social difficulties in their countries (cities of residence), primarily the difficulty of finding a job in their profession, motivates and makes students change their city of residence and/or move to another country. 1 out of 9 students plans to leave the native country, but there is a significantly higher share of Serbian students who consider leaving their country to find a job permanently, while thoughts about temporary migrations are almost equally distributed in the two subsamples. 60 % of students think of internal migration, but Serbian students more often compared to Bulgarian students (70 % vs 49 %).</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Эмиграция высокообразованных когорт - распространенная черта менее развитых стран Юго-Восточной Европы. Болгария и Сербия давно столкнулись с проблемой интенсивного миграционного оттока своих самых молодых и образованных граждан. Авторы начинают статью с общего предположения, что социальные и личные проблемы (как их трактуют и оценивают потенциальные мигранты) позволяют предсказывать миграционные намерения молодых поколений, и задаются вопросом, насколько различается восприятие социальных и личных проблем студенческой молодежью в сербском и болгарском обществе, а также насколько это восприятие определяет намерение студентов покинуть родную страну в поисках возможностей лучшей жизни. Статья основана на эмпирических данных, полученных в ходе социологического опроса студентов об их отношении к наиболее релевантным для современного общества жизненным проблемам в городах их постоянного проживания и в частной сфере, а также об их планах в отношении внутренней и внешней миграции. Социологический опрос был проведен в октябре - декабре 2022 года на выборке в 587 респондентов (307 студентов из Сербии и 280 студентов из Болгарии). Исследование показало, что в обеих странах студенты считают коррупцию важнейшей социальной проблемой, за ней следуют трудности в поиске работы (трудоустройстве), однако наблюдаются статистически значимые различия между двумя странами в том, как варьируют позиции важнейших проблем в условном студенческом рейтинге. Для сербских студентов важнейшая личностная проблема - поиск работы, тогда как болгарских студентов в большей степени беспокоит проблема коррупции. Оценивая личностные и социальные затруднения, с которыми они сталкиваются в своих странах (городах постоянного проживания), студенты упоминают, прежде всего, минимальные шансы трудоустройства по специальности, что мотивирует и даже заставляет их переехать в другой город или даже в другую страну. 1 из 9 опрошенных планирует покинуть родную страну, однако в Сербии существенно выше доля тех, кто хотел бы уехать на постоянное место жительства, найдя в эмиграции работу, тогда как различные соображения относительно временного отъезда примерно одинаково распределены в двух страновых выборках. 60 % опрошенных допускают для себя возможность внутренней миграции, однако среди сербских студентов таковых значительно больше, чем в болгарской выборке (70 % против 49 %).</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Serbia</kwd><kwd>Bulgaria</kwd><kwd>students</kwd><kwd>migrations</kwd><kwd>permanent and temporary migrations</kwd><kwd>unemployment</kwd><kwd>corruption</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Сербия</kwd><kwd>Болгария</kwd><kwd>студенты</kwd><kwd>миграции</kwd><kwd>постоянная и временная миграции</kwd><kwd>безработица</kwd><kwd>коррупция</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">The article was prepared as a part of the research project “Personal and institutional strategies for preventing and managing risks: Specifics and determinants” funded by the Bulgarian Science Fund (Agreement KP-06 Н55/9) and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (Agreements No. 451-03-68/2022-14/ 200148 and No. 451-03-66/2024-03).</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Ardarenko M. 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