Knies, Gundi, Nandi, Alita and Platt, Lucinda 
ORCID: 0000-0002-8251-6400
(2016)
Life satisfaction, ethnicity and neighbourhoods: is there an effect of neighbourhood ethnic composition on life satisfaction?
Social Science Research, 60.
110 - 124.
ISSN 0049-089X
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Abstract
Immigrants and ethnic minorities tend to have lower life satisfaction than majority populations. However, we have only a limited understanding of the drivers of these gaps. Using a rich, nationally representative data set with a large sample of ethnic minorities and matched neighbourhood characteristics, we test whether first and second generation minorities experience lower life satisfaction once accounting for compositional differences and whether, specifically, neighbourhood deprivation impacts their wellbeing. We further investigate whether a larger proportion of own ethnic group in the neighbourhood improves satisfaction. We find life satisfaction is lower among ethnic minorities, and especially for the second generation, even controlling for individual and area characteristics. Neighbourhood concentration of own ethnic group is, however, associated with higher life satisfaction for Black Africans and UK born Indians and Pakistanis. The effect for Black Africans may stem from selection into areas, but findings for Indians and Pakistanis are robust to sensitivity tests.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00490... |
| Additional Information: | © 2016 The Authors |
| Divisions: | Social Policy |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Apr 2016 10:30 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Apr 2024 20:06 |
| Projects: | ES/L009153/1 |
| Funders: | Economic and Social Research Council, NORFACE |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/66274 |
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