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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kesler Christel
• Schwartzman, Luisa Farah

Titel

From Multiracial Subjects to Multicultural Citizens: SocialStratification and Ethnic and Racial Classification among Children of Immigrantsin the United Kingdom 1

Ist Teil von

• The International migration review, 2015-09, Vol.49 (3), p.790-836

Ort / Verlag

Thousand Oaks: SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This study examines how immigrant parents’ geographic origins correspond to theiradult children's ethnic and racial self-classification; whether discrepanciesare associated with socioeconomic status; and the implications of these patternsfor assessing socioeconomic inequality. Using linked British census data, weidentify immigrants’ children in 1971 and examine how they ethnically/raciallyself-classify in 2001. We find that fluidity in classification varies acrossgroups, but higher educational attainment is consistently associated with lesswhite British classification. Therefore, grouping immigrants’ children byethnic/racial self-classification underestimates socioeconomic disadvantage forthese groups. However, grouping by parental birthplace overlooks variation inracialization and disadvantage among children of immigrants from the samecountry of origin.