Journal Article

Composition, Concentration and Deprivation: Exploring their Association with Social Cohesion among Different Ethnic Groups in the UK

Bécares, Laia, Stafford, Mai, Laurence, James, Nazroo, James

2011

Overview

Although studies in the US have shown an association between the ethnic residential composition of an area and reports of decreased social cohesion among its residents, this association is not clear in the UK, and particularly for ethnic minority groups. The current study analyses a merged dataset from the 2005 and 2007 Citizenship Survey to assess the evidence for an association between social cohesion and ethnic residential concentration, composition and area deprivation across different ethnic groups in the UK. Results of the multilevel regression models show that, after adjusting for area deprivation, increased levels of social cohesion are found in areas of greater ethnic residential heterogeneity. Although different patterns emerge across ethnic groups and the measure of social cohesion used, findings consistently show that it is area deprivation, and not ethnic residential heterogeneity, which erodes social cohesion in the UK.

• Publisher: SAGE Publications,Longman Group,Sage Publications Ltd
• Subject: Acculturation - history / Bgi / Prodig / Citizenship / Cohesion / Core samples / Cultural Diversity / Deprivation / Ethnic diversity / Ethnic Groups / Ethnic Groups - education / Ethnic Groups - ethnology / Ethnic Groups - history / Ethnic Groups - legislation & jurisprudence / Ethnic Groups - psychology / Ethnic minorities / Ethnicity / Heterogeneity / History, 20th Century / History, 21st Century / Human geography / Humans / Minorities / Minority & ethnic groups / Minority Groups / Neighborhoods / Population geography and social geography / Regression analysis / Residence Characteristics - history / Residential areas / Residential buildings / Respect / Social capital / Social Change - history / Social Cohesion / Social conditions & trends / Social Conformity / Social geography / Social Identification / Social surveys / Socioeconomics / Statistical significance / Statistics as Topic - economics / Statistics as Topic - education / Statistics as Topic - history / Surveys / United Kingdom / United Kingdom - ethnology / United States / United States of America / Urban areas / Urban policy / White people