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Economic activity in the South-Asian population in Britain: the impact of ethnicity, religion, and class

Khattab, N; Johnston, R; Modood, T; Sirkeci, I

Authors

N Khattab

R Johnston

T Modood

I Sirkeci



Abstract

This paper expands the existing literature on ethnicity and economic activity in Britain by studying the impact of religion and class. It argues that while the class location of the different South-Asian groups is important in determining their labour market outcomes, it does not operate independently from ethnicity; rather it is highly influenced by ethnicity in the process of determining the labour market participation of these groups. We use data obtained from the 2001 UK Census on Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi men and women aged between twenty and twenty nine. Our findings confirm that class structure of the South-Asian groups is highly ethnicized, in that the ethno-religious background and class are interwoven to the extent that the separation between them is not easy, if not impossible.

Citation

Khattab, N., Johnston, R., Modood, T., & Sirkeci, I. (2011). Economic activity in the South-Asian population in Britain: the impact of ethnicity, religion, and class. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 34(9), 1466-1481. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2010.541473

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 2, 2010
Online Publication Date Feb 15, 2011
Publication Date Feb 15, 2011
Deposit Date Nov 11, 2022
Journal Ethnic and Racial Studies
Print ISSN 0141-9870
Publisher Routledge
Volume 34
Issue 9
Pages 1466-1481
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2010.541473
Publisher URL https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2010.541473


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