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Patterns of ethnic migration and settlement are pertinent issues in today’s society. This chapter presents evidence from a recently completed ESRC-funded research study which examined the movement of different ethnic groups towards wards where their own ethnic group has a relatively high or low concentration at the ward level. The chapter provides an overview of the main theories and hypotheses concerning these trends both abroad and in Britain and contributes to current understandings of patterns of residential settlement for white and minority groups. The results challenge some assumptions about the migration of minority ethnic groups which supports recent evidence showing dispersal for ethnic groups from settlement areas at the district level. Analyses are presented for the whole of England and Wales and for London.
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The author is very grateful to the ESRC for funding this research as part of its programme ‘Understanding Population Trends and Processes’ (UPTAP) grant reference RES-163-25-0036. The author would like to thank the editors of this book volume for their helpful comments on this chapter – particularly Professor John Stillwell, University of Leeds, for his encouragement and support in his role as director of the UPTAP programme. The author is also appreciative of the helpful advice on the quintile analysis given by Professor Ludi Simpson and Dr. Nissa Finney, both from the University of Manchester, and for all the support with the research on which this chapter reports from Charlie Owen and Professor Ann Phoenix, Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education.
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Simon, A. (2010). Do Ethnic Groups Migrate Towards Areas of High Concentration of Their Own Group Within England and Wales?. In: Stillwell, J., van Ham, M. (eds) Ethnicity and Integration. Understanding Population Trends and Processes, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9103-1_7
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