Sociology- Migration
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- Created on: 13-03-19 14:54
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- Migration
- What?
- immigration- Refers to movement into a society
- Emigration- Refers to movement out
- Net migration- The difference between the numbers of immigrants and the number of emigrants
- Immigration
- From1900- WW2 1939, the largest immigrant group were the Irish,followed by Eastern and Central European Jews
- Very few immigrants were non-white
- During the 50s, black immigrants from the Caribbean began to arrive in the UK
- 60s and 70s= South Asian immigrants from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
- By 2011, ethnic minority groups accounted for 14% of the population
- A series of immigration and nationality acts from 1962 to 1990 placed severe restrictions on non-white immigration
- From1900- WW2 1939, the largest immigrant group were the Irish,followed by Eastern and Central European Jews
- Emigration
- From 16th c until 1980s, the UK was almost always a net exporter of people
- Since 1900s, emigrants have gone to USA,Canada,Australia,New Zealand and South Africa
- Push factors such as economic recession and unemployment at home
- Pull factors such as higher wages or better opportunities abroad
- The impact of migration on UK population structure
- Population size- The UK population is currently growing, partly as a result of immigration
- Net migration is high- More immigrants than emigrants
- Births exceeding deaths-- Births to UK mothers remain low, births no non uk born mothers are higher and account for 25% of all births
- Age structure- Immigration lowers the average age of the population both directly and indirectly
- Directly- Immigrants are generally younger
- Indirectly- Being younger,immigrants are more fertile and have more babies
- The dependency ratio
- Immigrants are more likely to be of working age and this helps lower the dependency ratio and many older migrants return to their country of origin
- As the immigrants are younger they are more likely to have children thus increasing the ratio
- The longer a group is settled in the country, the closer their fertility rate comes to the the national average, reducing their overall impact on the dependency ratio
- What?
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