ETHNIC + SOCIAL MOBILITY

Question 1

what did Platt research?

Answer 1

• intergenerational mobility in ethnic minorities

Question 2

what did Platt find in her research?

Answer 2

• those with higher occupational attainment in the first generation Indians were able to maintain these achievements in the next generations in contrast the realtive occupational position of Caribbeans slipped since 1991
• position of ethnic women was more dependent than that of men

Question 3

what did Platt find about upward social mobility in the 2001 consensus?

Answer 3

• Caribbeans, black Africans Indians and Chinese experienced more upward occupational mobility than whites however Pakistani and Bangladeshi still performed less well in terms
• religiously indian hindus outperformed Sikhs and Muslims

Question 4

what did Sedghi find about barriers ethnics face?

Answer 4

• despite levels of occupational attainment moving ethnics face barriers to social mobility and opportunities
• found that ethnic students outperform white student
• black women experienced a 15-20% fall in full-time employment while white women are stable
• Indian men had doubled in the last ten years for part-time employment