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

Khattab, N, Johnston, R, Modood, T and Sirkeci, I ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2334-7424 2011, 'Economic activity in the South-Asian population in Britain: the impact of ethnicity, religion, and class' , Ethnic and Racial Studies, 34 (9) , pp. 1466-1481.

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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.

Item Type:	Article
Schools:	Schools > Salford Business School
Journal or Publication Title:	Ethnic and Racial Studies
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
ISSN:	0141-9870
Depositing User:	Ibrahim Sirkeci
Date Deposited:	11 Nov 2022 09:38
Last Modified:	11 Nov 2022 09:38
URI:	https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/65536

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