THE SPATIAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC PATTERNS OF MINORITY ETHNIC-GROUPS IN GREAT-BRITAIN

This paper considers the manner in which people from minority ethnic groups relate to the spatial and socio-economic organisation of Great Britain. It presents a classification of local authority districts based on 1981 and 1991 Census data and explores the distribution of nine minority ethnic groups across the eight types of district identified. The socio-economic characteristics of minority ethnic groups in each cluster are then examined in order to determine the types of locality in which minority ethnic groups fare relatively well or badly