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Other Projects in This Theme:

• Black Africans in Britain: Integration or segregation?
• Ethnic differences in diet, physical activity and obesity
• Ethnic group population change and integration
• Ethnic Variation in Criminological Experiences: A Single and Multilevel Statistical Analysis of British Crime Survey Data, 2001-2006
• Estimating segregation and diversity of ethnic groups over time in England and Wales, 1991-2001
• Exploring the Goodhart Thesis at the Local Scale: Neighbourhood Social Heterogeneity and Perceptions of Quality of Life in the British Crime Survey
• Exploring the movement of people from different ethnic groups into or out of wards with high or low density of their own ethnic group
• Neighbourhoods and the creation, stability and success of mixed-ethnic unions
• Racial discrimination and health: exploring the possible protective effects of ethnic density
• Understanding the labour market impact of immigration in Britain
• What happens when international migrants settle? Ethnic group population trends and projections for UK local areas
• Demographic characteristics and projections of ethnic minority and religious groups

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• School of Social Policy, Sociology & Social Research, University of Kent

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Abstract:

“Black Africans” are an increasingly important group in terms of their numbers – some 485,000 were enumerated in Great Britain in the 2001 Census - and rapid growth rate. In London (where 80% live), the population of 387,700 in 2001 is projected to increase to 512,000 in 2011 and 581,600 in 2021, a 50% increase over two decades. Amongst refugees and asylum seekers, the Congo, Somalia, and Zimbabwe are now major contributor countries, many in these communities encountering significant language difficulties on settling in the UK, substantial poverty, and financial and other stresses related to being in dislocated, transnational families.

Against this background this programme of research will use data from the 2001 Census, government surveys, NHS, and local education authorities to address the following questions: ‘To what extent are “Black Africans” integrating with wider British society in terms of demographic profile, socio-economic position, patterns of residence, and civic engagement?’ ‘What are the current trends and likely patterns to emerge in the next decade or two?’ ‘How can UK policy makers and practitioners address their needs?’ The research will endeavour to focus on the substantial diversity of “Black Africans” in terms of ethnicity, national origins and identity, religion, language, channels of migration, and socio-economic position.

Department:

School of Social Policy, Sociology & Social Research, University of Kent

Duration:

April 2008- April 2009

Grant Type:

Small Research Grant

Publications

Aspinall, P. and Mitton, L. (Forthcoming) The migration history, demography, and socio-economic position of the Somali community in Britain, In Somalia: Economic, Political & Social Issues, Nova Science Publishers, New York.

Mitton, L. and Aspinall, P. (2010) Black Africans in England: A diversity of integration experiences, Chapter 9 in Stillwell, J. and van Ham, M. (eds.) Ethnicity and Integration Understanding Population Trends and Processes Volume 3, Springer, Dordrecht.In press

Presentations

Mitton, L. and Aspinall, P. (2009) Black Africans in England: Integration or segregation?, Black Africans in Britain and Ireland seminar, London, 25 September.

Mitton, L. (2009) Black Africans in England: Integration or segregation?, Royal Geographical Society Conference, Manchester, 25-28 August.

Mitton, L. and Aspinall (2009) UPTAP workshop, Leeds, 24-25 March.

 

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