IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/urbstu/v54y2017i11p2540-2560.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Socio-spatial factors associated with ethnic inequalities in districts of England and Wales, 2001–2011

Author

Listed:
  • Kitty Lymperopoulou

    (University of Manchester, UK)

  • Nissa Finney

    (University of St Andrews, UK)

Abstract

This paper explores the changing geography of ethnic inequality in England and Wales drawing on data from the 2001 and 2011 censuses. Specifically, we use the 2011 Office for National Statistics (ONS) area classification to examine how ethnic inequalities within local areas with different demographic and socio-economic characteristics have changed over time. Local ethnic inequalities are examined through a set of indicators which capture differences in housing, health, employment and education between ethnic minority groups and the White British in local authority districts in England and Wales. The results suggest that ethnic inequalities are widespread and persistent, and highlight the different ways in which inequalities manifest for particular ethnic groups in different localities. Ethnic inequality in housing and employment is severe for most ethnic minority groups, particularly in large urban areas that have been traditional settlement areas for ethnic minorities. However, inequalities increased most over the decade 2001–2011 in rural and coastal areas that have low ethnic diversity levels and small ethnic minority populations. The paper considers these findings in relation to theories of service provision and racism, ethnic density, and immigrant adaptation.

Suggested Citation

  • Kitty Lymperopoulou & Nissa Finney, 2017. "Socio-spatial factors associated with ethnic inequalities in districts of England and Wales, 2001–2011," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 54(11), pages 2540-2560, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:54:y:2017:i:11:p:2540-2560
    DOI: 10.1177/0042098016653725
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0042098016653725
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/0042098016653725?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Xiaoqi Feng & Robin Flowerdew & Zhiqiang Feng, 2015. "Does neighbourhood influence ethnic inequalities in economic activity? Findings from the ONS Longitudinal Study," Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press, vol. 15(1), pages 169-194.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Neli Demireva & Anthony Heath, 2017. "Minority Embeddedness and Economic Integration: Is Diversity or Homogeneity Associated with Better Employment Outcomes?," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 5(1), pages 20-31.
    2. Zwysen, Wouter & Longhi, Simonetta, 2016. "Labour market disadvantage of ethnic minority British graduates: university choice, parental background or neighbourhood?," ISER Working Paper Series 2016-02, Institute for Social and Economic Research.
    3. Wouter Zwysen & Simonetta Longhi, 2016. "Employment and Earning Gaps in the Early Career of Ethnic Minority British Graduates: the Importance of University Choice, Parental Background and Area Characteristics," RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series 1615, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM).
    4. Malcolm Brynin & Mohammed Shamsul Karim & Wouter Zwysen, 2019. "The Value of Self-Employment to Ethnic Minorities," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 33(5), pages 846-864, October.
    5. Neli Demireva, 2019. "Receiving Country Investments and Acquisitions: How Migrants Negotiate the Adaptation to Their Destination," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 7(4), pages 18-27.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:54:y:2017:i:11:p:2540-2560. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/urbanstudiesjournal .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.