Focus on Ethnicity and Religion

by Office for National Statistics

• ISBN13: 9781403993281
• ISBN10: 1403993289
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-20
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This report uses Census data to illustrate the ethnic and religious diversity of Great Britain and the relationship between these two important aspects of identity. It provides a readable introduction to the subject, presenting information on key demographic, geographic, household and labour market differences between the main ethnic and religious groups; considering factors that contribute to these differences; and illustrating changes between 1991 and 2001. It is aimed at a wide audience including policy makers, researchers, students and members of the general public. Book jacket.

Author Biography

The OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS (ONS) is the government department that provides UK statistical and registration services. ONS is responsible for producing a wide range of key economic and social statistics which are used by policy makers across government to create evidence-based policies and monitor performance against them. The Office also builds and maintains data sources both for itself and for its business and research customers. It makes statistics available so that everyone can easily assess the state of the nation, the performance of government, and their own position.

Table of Contents

List of tables, figures and maps	p. vi
List of contributors	p. xiii
Acknowledgements	p. xiv
Introduction	p. xv
Measurement and classification
Introduction	p. 2
Measurement and classification of individuals	p. 2
Measurement of ethnicity	p. 3
Measurement of religion	p. 3
Census classification of ethnic group in 1991 and 2001	p. 4
2001 Census ethnic group classification across the United Kingdom	p. 6
2001 Census religious group classification across the United Kingdom	p. 7
Producing statistics for Great Britain	p. 7
Ethnic group statistics	p. 7
Religious group statistics	p. 7
Ethnic and religious classification of households	p. 9
Ethnic classification of households	p. 10
Sources of ethnic diversity in households	p. 11
Religious classification of households	p. 12
Notes and references	p. 14
Appendix tables	p. 15
Population
Introduction	p. 20
The size and distribution of ethnic and religious groups in Great Britain	p. 20
Profiling ethnic populations: demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the main ethnic groups	p. 23
White British population	p. 25
White Irish population	p. 27
Indian population	p. 28
Pakistani population	p. 30
Bangladeshi population	p. 31
Black Caribbean population	p. 32
Black African population	p. 34
Chinese population	p. 35
Notes and references	p. 37
Appendix	p. 39
Appendix tables	p. 40
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