ethnic group population change and integration

Introduction to UPTAP Fellowship researchNissa Finney, UPTAP Workshop 18-19 March 2008

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how are ethnic group populations changing?

“flight” isn’t coloured

Indian Concentration

White population

Indian population

1.2%

0.4%

Source: Census 2001 SMS, for districts in GB

Other Asian Concentration

White population

Other Asian

population

0.8%

0.3%

Source: Census 2001 SMS, for districts in GB

Chinese Concentration

White population

Chinese population

1.2%

0.2%

Source: Census 2001 SMS, for districts in GB

Black Concentration

White population

Black population

1.6%

Source: Census 2001 SMS, for districts in GB

0.1%

suburbansiation&

counterurbanisation

-2

-1.5

-1

-0.5

0

0.5

1

1.5

District type

Net

mig

rait

on

rat

e

White

Non-white

Source: Census 2001 SMS, for districts in GB

White Minorities

estimated net migration

& natural change

population change - (births – deaths)

= net migration

districts8 ethnic groups

males and femalessingle year of age

sub-national areaschange over time

ethnic groupsagesex

natural changeinternational migration

-20

0 20 40 60 80 100

African

Other

Bangladeshi

Pakistani

Chinese

Indian

Caribbean

White

Natural Change 1991 to 2001 as % of 1991 population Net M igration 1991 to 2001 as % of 1991 population

Age in 20019080706050403020100

Net

Mig

rati

on

as

% o

f 19

91 P

op

ula

tio

n240

200

160

120

80

40

0

-40

African

WhiteCaribbean

Bangladeshi

Pakistani

Indian

Chinese

Caribbean emigration

African and Chinese

immigration

retreat?population pressure?

employment?racism?

Why are Chinese moving towards urban areas?

What’s the story behind Caribbean emigration?

Is young White movement into minority concentrations

just student migration?

how wethink about

residential segregation

relationships between residential segregation

&social integration

citizenship surveyand

census

What has ethnic concentration of an area

got to do with ethnic inequalities in that area?

Is a Black individual more likely to be disadvantagedif she lives in a

Black concentration?

Is migration of people of different ethnic groups

increasing or decreasing ethnic inequalities?