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Poverty and ethnicity in the UK

Platt, Lucinda2007
Book
Subject: A comprehensive account of the dramatic variations in poverty rates for ethnic groups across the UK and the reasons they occur, using research carried out since 1991, with particular emphisis on the most recent evidence. The author looks at the 2001 Census returns; employment and unemployment rates by gender and ethnicity; inequality; child poverty; social security benefits; qualifications; regional variations and ethnic group distributions; policy implications and religious affiliations; family structure and kinship. Figures and tables are included.
Imprint:
Bristol : Policy, 2007.
Collation:
xiii, 134 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Published for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-125) and index.
ISBN:
9781861349897 (pbk)1861349890 (pbk)
Dewey class:
362.8'4'00941WE.5.01PLA362.5
Local class:
WE.5.01/PLA
Language:
English
BRN:
1430269
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