Print Email Facebook Twitter A Longitudinal Study of Migration Propensities for Mixed Ethnic Unions in England and Wales (discussion paper) Title A Longitudinal Study of Migration Propensities for Mixed Ethnic Unions in England and Wales (discussion paper) Author Feng, Z. Van Ham, M. Boyle, P. Raab, G.M. Faculty OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment Date 2012-02-01 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 choices of households in terms of the ethnic mix of destination neighbourhoods. Our study addresses this research gap and examines the tendencies of migration 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. Subject mixed ethnic unionsmigrationdeprivationethnic concentrationlongitudinal analysis To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:96d95026-41be-484d-963e-aa20b2afac5e Publisher Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Source IZA Discussion Paper 6394 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights (c) 2012 The Author(s) Files PDF 282791.pdf 238.42 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:96d95026-41be-484d-963e-aa20b2afac5e/datastream/OBJ/view