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Interviews were conducted between August 2024 until May 2025 in Slovakia as part of WP5 (Task 5.2), and consisted of structured pre-defined questions. The interviews were conducted in English. The data were collected via KoboCollect application and exported to the xls files, cleaned and harmonised. Open-ended questions (and their recordings) resulted in verbatim script in Word, which are part of this dataset. The individual observations are assigned codes (e.g., SK_01) consisting of a country code and a numerical value. For the close-ended questions, re-coding was done after the observations were ordered from the most recent to the least recent  (based on int_date). These codes (ref_code) will be used for referencing purposes in the written outputs of the project. The interview codes (int_code) were used in the process of data collection and are part of this dataset. The number of observations is as follows: Slovakia (N=34). Some of the variables were generated based on the evidence retrieved from the transcripts of the interview recordings. The newly added variables were indicated in the codebook. Several changes have been made after the questionnaire was piloted. The initial version of the questionnaire included questions no. 26.2, 45, 48, 51, 54, 63, 94. After piloting the questionnaire, these questions were deleted due to their redundancy. The data for these questions are not included in the dataset. Some of the questions in the last section were re-ordered to reflect a better flow and a more logical structure. Some of the questions were reformulated (no. 32, 34, 38-44, 81) with a purpose to make them more understandable and clearer for the respondents. All the changes can be found in the further documentation (Interview protocol).\n\n<h3>Background</h3>\nThis dataset is one of the key components of the PACES project, which aimed to understand how people decide to migrate, stay (or return for migrants). In particular, PACES sought to understand how people perceive major changes in society, how they understand their past-present and future, and how these factors influence their aspirations to stay or migrate. \n\n<h3>Purpose</h3> \nThe data capture African migrants' perceptions of their current place of residence, what they expect in the future, both in society and in their personal lives, how they see migration and their own mobility preferences. This dataset also collects data on African migrants' preferences for and access to social protection. \n\n<h3>Data Collection and Methods</h3>\nThe data in this dataset were collected through semi-structured interviews. \n\n<h3>Research Limitations</h3>\nThe limited number of interviews make this dataset not representative. However, the interviews are in-depth and give participants the opportunity to highlight what is important for them in their lives and what matters in their decisions to stay, migrate or return. \n\n<h3>Data Structure and Relationships Between Files</h3> \nEach row in the Excel files corresponds to a Migrant, for which there is also a corresponding transcript. \n\n<h3>Value of the data for potential reuse</h3> \nThis dataset has high value as it records African migrants'  perspectives on life in Slovakia at a particular point in time. In addition to migration scholars, scholars of Slovak social history and migration researchers may be interested in these records. \n\n<h3>Results</h3>\nAt the moment, this dataset has been used for writing academic publications. \n\n<h3>Conclusion</h3>\nThis dataset has important value but its in-depth nature makes it difficult to anonymise the data without losing meaning. For this reason, this dataset is closed access. Moreover, the African community in Slovakia is particularly small and the data included in the dataset can potentially lead to identification of individuals who had participated in research and thus breach their anonymity. \n\n<br><br>\n<h4>Access status:</h4> \n<code>Closed Access </code> <br>\n\n<h4>Data availability:</h4> \n<code>The dataset is not accessible. </code><br>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;   The repository record provides metadata only about the dataset. <br>"},"dsDescriptionDate":{"typeName":"dsDescriptionDate","multiple":false,"typeClass":"primitive","value":"2026-08-25"}}]},{"typeName":"subject","multiple":true,"typeClass":"controlledVocabulary","value":["Social Sciences"]},{"typeName":"keyword","multiple":true,"typeClass":"compound","value":[{"keywordValue":{"typeName":"keywordValue","multiple":false,"typeClass":"primitive","value":"migrant decision-making"}},{"keywordValue":{"typeName":"keywordValue","multiple":false,"typeClass":"primitive","value":"African migration"}},{"keywordValue":{"typeName":"keywordValue","multiple":false,"typeClass":"primitive","value":"Slovakia"}},{"keywordValue":{"typeName":"keywordValue","multiple":false,"typeClass":"primitive","value":"lived experiences"}},{"keywordValue":{"typeName":"keywordValue","multiple":false,"typeClass":"primitive","value":"social transformation"}}]},{"typeName":"topicClassification","multiple":true,"typeClass":"compound","value":[{"topicClassValue":{"typeName":"topicClassValue","multiple":false,"typeClass":"primitive","value":"migration"}}]},{"typeName":"publication","multiple":true,"typeClass":"compound","value":[{"publicationRelationType":{"typeName":"publicationRelationType","multiple":false,"typeClass":"controlledVocabulary","value":"IsReferencedBy"},"publicationCitation":{"typeName":"publicationCitation","multiple":false,"typeClass":"primitive","value":"Kováčová, L., Kureková, L.M., Papcunová, J., & Zemeníková, T. 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