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A longitudinal study of migration propensities for mixed-ethnic unions in England and Wales

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Date
2013
Author
Feng, Z.
van Ham, M.
Boyle, P.
Raab, G.M.
Keywords
Mixed-ethnic unions
Migration
Deprivation
Ethnic concentration
Longitudinal analysis
GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography
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Abstract
Most studies investigating residential segregation of ethnic minorities ignore the fact that the majority of adults live in couples. In recent years there has been a growth in the number of mixed-ethnic unions that involve a minority member and a white member. To our knowledge, hardly any research has been undertaken to explicitly examine whether the ethnic mix within households has an impact on the residential mobility of households in terms of the ethnic mix of destination neighbourhoods. Our study addresses this research gap and examines the tendencies of mobility among mixed-ethnic unions in comparison with their co-ethnic peers. We used data from the Longitudinal Study for England and Wales. Our statistical analysis supports the spatial assimilation theory; ethnic minorities move towards less deprived areas and to a lesser extent also towards less ethnically concentrated areas. However, the types of destination neighbourhood of minority people living in mixed-ethnic unions varied greatly with the ethnicity of the ethnic minority partner.
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Feng , Z , van Ham , M , Boyle , P & Raab , G M 2013 , ' A longitudinal study of migration propensities for mixed-ethnic unions in England and Wales ' , Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies , vol. 40 , no. 3 , pp. 384-403 . https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2013.830885
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Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2013.830885
ISSN
1369-183X
Type
Journal article
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© 2013 Taylor & Francis. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies on 06/09/2013, available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1080/1369183X.2013.830885
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This research was funded by the ESRC under the Understanding Population Trends and Processes (UPTAP) programme (Award Ref: RES-163-25-0045).
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/6292

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