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Exploring The Determinants Of Unhappiness For Ethnic Minority Men In Britain
Author(s) -
Shields Michael A.,
Wailoo Allan
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
scottish journal of political economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1467-9485
pISSN - 0036-9292
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9485.00241
Subject(s) - ethnic group , harassment , unemployment , demographic economics , white (mutation) , population , demography , sociology , political science , geography , gender studies , psychology , social psychology , economic growth , economics , biochemistry , chemistry , gene , anthropology
This paper explores the determinants of unhappiness for ethnic minority men living in Britain, and compares these findings with those for White males. Data is drawn from the Fourth National Survey of Ethnic Minorities conducted in 1994, which has the advantage of over–sampling members of Britain’s ethnic minority population. Using this unique data source we are able to provide some of the first evidence of the psychological impact of unemployment, low levels of household income, residing in an ethnic enclave and living in fear of racial harassment for Black Caribbean and South Asian men.