MIGRATION AND SOCIAL-CHANGE - A LONGITUDINAL-STUDY OF THE SOCIAL-MOBILITY OF IMMIGRANTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES

Data from the OPCS Longitudinal Study is used to examine the social mo bility of 'immigrants' in England and Wales between 1971 and 1981. Thr ee issues are raised: (i) in what respects and to what degree do 'immi grants' differ in their social mobility characteristics from the norm set by the population as a whole?; (ii) in what respects and to what d egree do 'immigrants' differ amongst themselves in their social mobili ty characteristics according to their country of origin?; and (iii) ho w do 'second-generation immigrants' and recently-arrived immigrants di ffer in their social class locations from those who have been in the B ritish labour market for a considerable length of time?