Migration and social mobility
The life chances of Britain's minority ethnic communities
1st Edition
Published on 14. November 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
56 pages
978-1-86134-800-5 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing on data from the ONS Longitudinal Survey, this report traces patterns of intergenerational social mobility for children from different ethnic groups growing up in England and Wales. The study focuses on children born between the late 1950s and mid 1970s. Measures of their progress and class position are compared, for the first time, with those of their parents. The report therefore provides a unique insight into 'parent-to-child' class transitions across 'first' (immigrant) and 'second' generations. Taking advantage of the new question on religion in the 2001 Census, the report also asks whether patterns of intergenerational mobility vary by religious affiliation and whether religion can add to our understanding of ethnic group differences. Migration and social mobility is essential reading for all those wishing to know more about the extent and nature of ethnic minority achievement and disadvantage.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 210 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-86134-800-5 (9781861348005)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Lucinda Platt is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Essex. Her research focuses on issues relating to minority ethnic groups and on child poverty. She is the author of Discovering child poverty, published by The Policy Press in January 2005.
Content
Introduction; Origins and destinations: social mobility and the changing social structure of England and Wales; Explaining social class outcomes; Conclusion.