Transcript Measures of immigrant stocks in the UK Emma Wright Office for National Statistics, UK.

Measures of immigrant
stocks in the UK
Emma Wright
Office for National Statistics, UK
Overview
• Analysis of origin and ancestry of UK Population
focuses on:
• Country of birth
• Ethnicity
Outline of presentation
• Data requirements within the UK
• UK data sources
• Recent results
• Future work
Data requirements in the UK
• Ethnicity data required at national and local level:
– picture of ethnic groups over time
– promote equal opportunities
• Analysis in the past was based on country of birth
and parents’ countries of birth
BUT less relevant as later generations born in UK
• Question on ethnicity first included on the Census
in 1991 (Great Britain only).
• Following further development, a revised question
was included on all the UK Censuses in 2001.
UK Ethnic Group Classification (1)
Level 1
Level 2
WHITE
British
Irish
Other white background
MIXED
White and Black Caribbean
White and Black African
White and Asian
Other Mixed background
ASIAN OR
ASIAN BRITISH
Indian
Pakistani
Bangladeshi
Other Asian background
UK Ethnic Group Classification (2)
Level 1
Level 2
BLACK or
BLACK BRITISH
Caribbean
African
Other Black background
CHINESE or
OTHER ETHNIC
GROUP
Chinese
Other ethnic group
NOT STATED
Data Sources
• Census
– Country of Birth
– Ethnicity (since 1991)
• Labour Force Survey
– Country of Birth, Ethnicity AND
– Nationality
• General Household Survey
– Country of Birth AND
– Parents’ country of birth
UK Population by Ethnic Group
Ethnic Group
Population
Per Cent
White
Mixed
Asian/Asian British
Black/Black British
Chinese
Other ethnic groups
54.2m
0.7m
2.3m
1.1m
0.2m
0.2m
92.1
1.2
4.0
2.0
0.4
0.4
All minority groups
Total population
4.6m
58.8m
7.9
100.0
Census, April 2001
UK Ethnic Minority Population
Other ethnic
groups
Chinese (5%)
(5%)
Mixed
(15%)
Asian or
Asian British
(50%)
Black or
Black British
(25%)
Census, April 2001
UK Overseas-born Population
In 2001, 8.3 per cent of the UK population were born
overseas, almost double that in 1951 (4.2 per cent).
Only 53 per cent of the overseas-born population was
White (compared to 96 per cent of those born in the UK).
million
UK Overseas-born population by Ethnic Group
3.0
2.0
1.0
0.0
White
Mixed
Asian/Asian
British
Black/Black
British
Chinese/Other
Census, April 2001
UK Overseas-born Population
Overseas born population by major country of birth group
Irish Republic
Other EU
Rest of Europe
Africa
Asia
North & South America
Oceania
Other
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
million
Census, April 2001
Second generation migrants
Parents’ country of birth
Population
%
2nd generation migrants:
5.6m
10.6
3.4m
2.2m
6.4
4.2
Both parents born in UK
Missing data
46.8m
0.2m
89.0
0.4
All people born in UK
52.6m
100.0
One parent born outside UK
Both parents born outside UK
General Household Survey, 2001 (Great Britain)
Results: UK Population in 2001
Ethnicity
• 4.6 million people (7.9%) belonged to non-White ethnic
groups.
(2001 Census)
Country of Birth
• 4.9 million people (8.3%) were born overseas, of whom
just under half belonged to non-White ethnic groups.
(2001 Census)
2nd Generation Migrants
• 5.6 million people (10.6%) estimated to have have
been born in the UK but have at least one overseasborn parent.
(General Household Survey, 2001)
Future work
• National Statistics Quality Review on International
Migration statistics recommended:
– work to reconcile stock and flow data on the UK’s
international migrants;
– investigation of data and methods to estimate the stock
of unauthorised migrants in the UK;
– consideration of the inclusion of both nationality and
year of entry to the UK on future UK Censuses.
• A full user consultation on the questions and
classifications to be used for the 2011 Census in
England & Wales (starts May 2005).