How Gender and Ethnicity Intersect: The Significance of Education, Employment and Marital Status

Kalwant Bhopal

Sociological Research Online, 1998, vol. 3, issue 3, 29-39

Abstract: This paper examines Labour Force Survey (LFS) statistics on economic activity, highest educational qualification, marital status and ethnicity. The paper will specifically explore comparisons within South Asian groups and between other ethnic groups (Afro-Caribbean and white), to investigate whether marriage has a differential impact for different ethnic groups, and if there have been any changes over time (1984-1994). The LFS data indicates that marital status has a differential impact on economic activity and education for different ethnic groups. When controlling for age (25-30), martial status has more impact on Indian and Pakistani/Bangladeshi groups, than it does for Afro-Caribbean and white groups. There are differences between ethnic groups and there are also differences within the South Asian category. Rapid social change is taking place for the 25-30 age cohort, where some South Asian women are becoming highly educated and entering professional occupations. This finding supports recent research carried out on South Asian women in East London (Bhopal, 1997).

Keywords: Education; Employment; Ethnicity; Gender; Marital Status; South Asian Women (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.5153/sro.146

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