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Ethnic Minorities
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Distribution of Poverty between different Social Groups
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Ethnic Minorities
Department of Work and Pensions (2009) two fifths of EM are in poverty
Reasons for high poverty
Unemployment
Racial discimination
5 Lives
Traditional "white" sounding names were replied to in their job offers
9% of Muslim applicants were accepted
Applications for "black" candidates only had 13% success rate
70% of EM live in the 88 most deprived areas
Less job opportunities
Horizontal segregation
Poverty rates for Pakistani and Bangladeshi are 60% and 70%
Flaherty (2004)
Could be because relying on one income because women conform to traditional gender roles
2007/8 52% of black Caribbean people received the lowest grades
More likely to face vertical segregation
ONS (2010) 36% of Bangladeshi/Pakistani have low paid jobs
26% of Black African
23% of Black Caribbean
22% of Indian
Pakistani central in manufactoring
Bangladeshi & Chinese: catering
Caribbean & African: manual
27% of Chinese & 25% of Indian experience higher rates of professional positions
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