Social inequalities experienced by children of immigrants across multiple domains of life: a case study of the Windrush in England and Wales

Wallace, Matthew; Wilson, Ben; Darlington-Pollock, Frances

Abstract

It is well known that children of immigrants experience inequality. Less is known about
how inequalities compare across multiple life domains and multiple generations.
We conduct a case study of England and Wales, focussing on children of Caribbean
immigrants (the ‘Windrush generation’). We use large‑scale census data to compare
inequalities across five domains of life—education, employment, occupation, hous‑
ing, and health—separately for women and men across three distinct generations:
the one‑point‑five generation, second‑generation, and two‑point‑five generation. The
children of the Windrush generation experience social inequality in all life domains,
relative to comparable groups of the White British population, although there is consid‑
erable variation according to sex and generation. Men of all generations are uniformly
disadvantaged; children of the Windrush are more disadvantaged if they belong to the
two‑point‑five generation. Inequality is pervasive, persistent, and strongly indicative of
segmented adaptation.

Citation

Wallace, M., Wilson, B., & Darlington-Pollock, F. (2022). Social inequalities experienced by children of immigrants across multiple domains of life: a case study of the Windrush in England and Wales. Comparative Migration Studies, 10(18), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-022-00293-1

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 1, 2022
• Publication Date: 2022-12
• Deposit Date: Aug 27, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 20, 2024
• Journal: Comparative Migration Studies
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 18
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-022-00293-1