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Ethnic Residential Segregation and Assimilation in British Towns and Cities: a comparison of those claiming single and dual ethnic identities

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  • RON JOHNSTON

    (School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, UK)

  • MICHAEL POULSEN

    (Department of Human Geography, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.)

  • JAMES FORREST

    (Department of Human Geography, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.)

Abstract

There is considerable public debate over the degree of residential segregation of members of ethnic minority groups in British urban areas. Some claim that this is increasing, others that with economic and social assimilation members of those minority groups are increasingly moving away from the ar-eas of initial concentration. The implication is that the more assimilated are also the least segregated. To test whether this is the case, data from the 2001 British census are used to explore whether those who claim a mixed or dual ethnic identity – and who are assumed to be more assimilated than those who identify with one of the minority groups only – are less segregated residentially. The evidence overwhelmingly sustains that argument that they are.

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  • Ron Johnston & Michael Poulsen & James Forrest, 2006. "Ethnic Residential Segregation and Assimilation in British Towns and Cities: a comparison of those claiming single and dual ethnic identities," Migration Letters, Migration Letters, vol. 3(1), pages 11-30, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:mig:journl:v:3:y:2006:i:1:p:11-30
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    1. Ron Johnston & James Forrest & Michael Poulsen, 2002. "Are there Ethnic Enclaves/Ghettos in English Cities?," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 39(4), pages 591-618, April.
    2. Ludi Simpson, 2004. "Statistics of Racial Segregation: Measures, Evidence and Policy," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 41(3), pages 661-681, March.
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