Self-identification structure in Opole Silesia and the Kashubia: A comparative analysis

Data from surveys made in 2005/6 in small towns in two ethnically mixed regions - Opole Silesia and Kashubian Pomerania - are compared on issue of the local/ethnic/regional/national/European identification. Two regional profiles are different. In Silesia, there are two oppositions that account for most of identifications: Slesian versus non-Silesian and Polish versus non-Polish with some Silesians considering themselves Poles. In Kashubia almost all Kashubians consider themselves Poles but differ from non-Kashubian Poles. European identity is the least important, while local one is next to it with national and ethnic dominant.