Aj. Fielding, MIGRATION AND SOCIAL-CHANGE - A LONGITUDINAL-STUDY OF THE SOCIAL-MOBILITY OF IMMIGRANTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES, European journal of population, 11(2), 1995, pp. 107-121
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?