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Focus on Ethnicity and Identity paints a picture of the ethnic groups in the UK today. It includes information on their characteristics, lifestyles and experiences, placing particular emphasis on comparing and contrasting the main groups.
The 2001 Census revealed that the UK today is more culturally diverse than ever before. The 4.6 million people from a variety of non-White backgrounds are not evenly distributed across the country, tending to live in the large urban areas. The different groups share some characteristics but there are often greater differences between the individual ethnic groups than between the minority ethnic population as a whole and the White British people.
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 Population Size7.9% from a non-White ethnic group |
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Age/sex Distribution Non-White groups are younger |
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| Geographic Distribution 45% of non-White people live in London |
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Inter-ethnic Marriage 2% of marriages are inter-ethnic |
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| Households Asians have largest households |
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Religion 7 in 10 identify as White Christian |
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| Identity 9 in 10 of Mixed group identify as British |
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Education Chinese pupils have best GCSE results |
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| Labour Market Non-White unemployment highest |
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Employment Patterns Pakistanis most likely to be self-employed |
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| Health Asians have worst self-reported health |
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Care 1 in 10 White and Indian people provide unpaid care |
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| Smoking and Drinking Bangladeshi men have highest smoking rates |
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Victims of Crime Highest risk for Mixed race people |
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Housing Indians most likely to own their own house |
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Geographic diversity Brent the most ethnically diverse area |
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About this series
Each overview in the Focus on series combines data from the 2001 Census and other sources to illustrate its topic, and provide links to further information. The online overviews will be followed up with more comprehensive analysis in fuller reports.
Updated 15 December 2006
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