largely result of migration britian has a number of distinctive ethnic groups
the largest are those of south asian and afro caribbean. chinese and irish are also regarded as ethnic groups
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largely result of migration britian has a number of distinctive ethnic groups
minority ethnic groups have also been seen to add diversity of family types in britain.
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labour force survey?
black caribbean households are four times as likely to consist of a lone parent with dependent children than other ethnic groups. chinese households have exceptionally high percentage of single people but very low percentage of lone parents
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labour force survey?
british asian households have an exceptionally high percentage of couples with dependent children. white households have the highest percentage of households without dependent children
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what the census found?
found significant differences between ethnic groups nd their families and households. for example 10.3% of white british but just 2.5%of Bangladeshi households were headed by unmarried cohabitation couple.
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studies of asian families bhatti?
used interviews to study asian families they found strong emphasis on family loyalty and on trying to maintain family practices. izzat the principle of family honour was taken very seriously and mothers saw their family roles as the important duty
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studies of asian families bhatti?2
fathers usually took on the traditional breadwinner role.
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studies of afro caribbean families?
the policy studies institute found british afro caribbean households had fewer long term partnerships than other groups, were more likely to have children outside marriage and have above average rates of divorce.
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mary chamberlain?
found that brothers sisters uncles and aunts play more important roles in afro caribbean families than in white British families. siblings often play a significant part in bringing up younger siblings
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tray reynolds?
argues that despite the large number of female headed households amongst black caribbean families in britain, in reality diversity is the main charac†eristic of family life in this group.
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largely result of migration britian has a number of distinctive ethnic groups
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minority ethnic groups have also been seen to add diversity of family types in britain.
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