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Summary information

Study title

Birmingham Household Survey (Race Relations), 1976

Creator

Social Science Research Council, Research Unit on Ethnic Relations
Rex, J., Social Science Research Council, Research Unit on Ethnic Relations

Study number / PID

1395 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-1395-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


The aim of this project was to compare the experiences in the fields of housing, education and employment of first generation West Indians and Asians with indigenous residents in areas of high immigrant concentration in Birmingham.
Main Topics:

Topics covered include household composition, educational background, occupational and employment details, opinions of local area and housing circumstances.

Topics

MinoritiesCommunity, urban and rural lifeSociety and culture

Keywords

AGEAPPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENTASIANSATTITUDESBLACK PEOPLEBRITISH POLITICAL PARTIESCASTECHILDREN (ELSST)MIXED RACECOMMUNITIESCOMMUTINGCRIMINAL DAMAGE
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Methodology

Data collection period

01/06/1976 - 01/09/1976

Country

England

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Families/households
Subnational
Council tenants
Immigrants
Minority groups
Urban residents

Universe

Householders in four wards known as Handsworth, excluding certain outer enumeration districts, and persons on Birmingham Council housing lists, during 1976.

Sampling procedure

Proportionate stratified sample based on enumeration districts, with non-random selection within districts to obtain sample of 300 West Indians, 300 Asians and 300 Indigenous rsidents. A further 200 respondents, 100 black and 100 white, were selected purposively from Council housing lists.

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1980

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.

Related publications

  • Ratcliff, R. (1980) Racism and reaction: a profile of Handsworth: RKP.
  • Tomlinson, S. and Rex, J. (1979) Colonial immigrants in a British city: a class analysis: RKP.