Understanding recent internal migration of small cultural groups in England and Wales

Sapiro, Philip ORCID: 0000-0002-9587-3263 (2016) Understanding recent internal migration of small cultural groups in England and Wales. JOURNAL OF ETHNIC AND MIGRATION STUDIES, 42 (15). pp. 2580-2601.

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Abstract

Taking advantage of the *availability of 2011 England and Wales census microdata, and recognising the importance of internal migration in shaping the size and nature of communities, this paper seeks to identify and quantify the underlying determinants of internal migration of small cultural groups. The Jewish group is one of the longest present minority groups in Britain. Three other groups (Arab, Chinese, and Sikh), which have been present in significant numbers for a much shorter period, are also examined. Multivariate binary logistic regression has been applied to data extracted from the 2011 safeguarded microdata files, to understand whether, having controlled for the variables identified, there remain residual unexplained differences between Jewish, other smaller group, and general migration levels. The study shows that the initial wide variation in migration propensity between these cultural groups is partly explained by compositional differences between groups, but that even after controlling for individual-level socio-demographic characteristics, regional location and distance of migration, cultural differences in migration behaviour remain. Overall, the study shows that there are fewer differences between Jewish and white British migration levels than for the other three groups, for whom a small but significant ‘cultural group penalty’, inhibiting migration propensity, remains.

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Uncontrolled Keywords:	Internal migration, census, religion, ethnic group, England and Wales
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	27 Oct 2016 11:44
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 07:27
DOI:	10.1080/1369183X.2016.1169918
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3004122