The Assimilation of Irish Immigrants in England

Hornsby-Smith, Michael P.; Dale, Angela

doi:10.2307/590499

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“…The high mortality of the second generation implies that these structural factors remain in place. Evidence exists, however, for structural assimilation as higher levels of upward occupational and educational mobility for second generation Irish compared with the English have been shown for both men and women 13. We also found higher proportions of second generation Irish (men 30%, women 39%) in a non-manual social class than all longitudinal study members (men 25%, women 26%).…”

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Patterns of mortality in second generation Irish living in England and Wales: longitudinal study

Harding¹,

Balarajan²

1996

BMJ

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Objective-To examine the mortality of second generation Irish living in England and Wales.Design-Longitudinal study of 1% of the population of England and Wales (longitudinal study by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (now the Office for National Statistics)) followed up from 1971 to 1989.Subjects-3075 men and 3233 women aged 15 and over in 1971.Main outcome measures-Age and sex specific standardised mortality ratios for all causes, cancers, coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, and injuries and poisonings. Deaths were also analysed by socioeconomic indicators.Results-786 deaths were traced to men and 762 to women. At working ages (men, aged 15-64; women, 15-59) the mortality ofmen (standardised mortality ratio 126) and women (129) was significantly higher than that of all men and all women. At ages 15-44, relative disadvantages were even greater both for men (145) and for women (164). Mortality was raised for most major causes of death. Significant excess mortality from cancers was seen for men ofworking age (132) and for women aged 60 and over (122). At working ages mortality of the second generation Irish in every social class and in the categories of car access and housing tenure was higher than that of all men and all women in the corresponding categories. Adjusting for these socioeconomic indicators did not explain the excess mortality.Conclusion-Mortality of second generation Irish men and women was higher than that of all men and all women and for most major causes of death. While socioeconomic factors remain important, cultural and lifestyle factors are likely to contribute to this adverse mortality. IntroductionThe Irish born population in England and Wales, estimated at 2% of the population (just over 750 000), is the largest migrant group.' The health needs of these

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Patterns of mortality in second generation Irish living in England and Wales: longitudinal study

Harding¹,

Balarajan²

1996

BMJ

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“…The history of migration to the UK from different origins is considerable (e.g. Coleman et al 2002 ; Daley 1998 ; Foner 2009 ; Hornsby-Smith and Dale 1988 ; Horsfield 2005 ; Murphy 1995 ; Peach 2006 ; Rendall and Ball 2004 ; Rendall and Salt 2005 ; Walvin 1984 ). Historically, the largest group of immigrants to the UK have come from Ireland, but since 2001 they have been replaced by Indians as the largest foreign-born group (ONS 2012b ).…”

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Understanding How Immigrant Fertility Differentials Vary over the Reproductive Life Course

Wilson

2019

Eur J Population

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Studies of immigrant fertility differentials indicate that foreign-born women have more children than native-born women, at least for some origin groups. Yet little is known about variation in cumulative fertility differentials over the life course, including the extent to which this variation develops into completed fertility differentials. This research responds with an analysis of cumulative fertility differentials in the UK for a cohort of women born between 1942 and 1971. Findings are consistent with age-specific patterns that have been documented for immigrant groups in the UK, but underline the importance of taking a cohort perspective, which helps to distinguish between the tempo and quantum of fertility. Immigrants have significantly higher completed fertility than UK-born natives if they were born in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Jamaica, or Western and Central Africa, but the profile of their cumulative fertility differentials—versus the UK-born—varies considerably over the life course, especially by age at migration. For example, women from Bangladesh and Pakistan have similar levels of cumulative fertility at age 40, but very different age patterns of cumulative fertility from ages 20–40. There is a consistent pattern of relatively delayed Pakistani fertility at early ages, especially for those arriving at later ages, but the same is not true for women from Bangladesh. Overall, these results imply that researchers should beware of variation in cohort fertility over the life course—with respect to both the quantum and tempo of fertility—when analysing immigrant childbearing, in addition to variation by origin and age at arrival.

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“…The conclusions drawn are as follows: Irish third-level graduates are getting into occupations appropriate to their levels of education; however, those with second level education are not achieving occupation level that might be expected of them. NESC (1991) also report the type of second generation assimilation found by Hornsby-Smith and Dale (1988).…”

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Irish Migration: Characteristics, Causes and Consequences

Barrett

1999

SSRN Journal

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The Assimilation of Irish Immigrants in England

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Patterns of mortality in second generation Irish living in England and Wales: longitudinal study

Patterns of mortality in second generation Irish living in England and Wales: longitudinal study

Understanding How Immigrant Fertility Differentials Vary over the Reproductive Life Course

Irish Migration: Characteristics, Causes and Consequences

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