social mobility

• Platt


  Researched intergenerational social mobility of ethnic minorities over time
• Of those with higher occupation attainment in the 1st generation, Indians were able to maintain these achievements in the next generation, in contrast the relative occupational position of Caribbeans has slipped by 1991 (Platt)
• The occupational position of women from the ethnic minority communities was more dependent on their origins than it was for men (Platt)
• Caribbeans, Black Africans, Indians, Chinese & others experienced upward occupational mobility relative to the White UK-born, after origins had been taken into account (Platt)
• The Pakistani & Bangladeshi groups performed less well in terms of occupational achievement (Platt)
• Some diversity existed with South Asian groups in patterns of educational performance; eg, in the Indian groups, Hindus outperformed Sikhs (Platt)
• Sedghi (Journalist): 'Social mobility'
• Reports that despite levels of educational attainment improving significantly for ethnic minorities, they are still facing barriers to social mobility & job opportunities (Sedghi)
• Ethnic minority groups outperforming their white British peers in obtaining 5 or more GCSEs at grade A*-C (Sedghi)

  • Chinese
  • Indian
  • Irish
  • Bangladeshi
  • black African
• Increased educational success of ethnic minority groups (Sedghi)

  Growth in the number of ethnic minorities in professional & managerial employment
• Ethnic minorities are still facing 'significant barriers to enjoying the levels of social mobility of their British peers' (Sedghi)
• Sedghi (Journalist) - Social mobility

  Key findings:Black African & black Caribbean women have experienced a 15-20% fall in full-time employment rates over the past decade.39% of Bangladeshi women & 35% of Bangladeshi men work part-time, double the levels of 2 decades ago.
• Heath & Li - Social mobility

  Found that: '43% of white men & 45.6& of white women moved up to a higher socio-economic class than their father, & in contrast 1st-generation black African, Indian & Pakistani & Bangladeshi groups had significantly lower upwards mobility rates. Just 34.3% of 1st-generation Pakistani & Bangladeshi men & 27.6% of Pakistani & Bangladeshi women moved up from the socio-economic class of their father'.