SARs Ethnicity Guide (PDF)
For an overview of ethnicity in the SARs, including measurement issues and definition changes between 1991 and 2001.

SARs Use Example 1: Ethnicity
Looking at age, household type and employment with the Household SARs for 1991 and 2001. This page contains example analyses with an explanation of how they were produced.

Ethnicity Research Using the 2001 SARs

•  Bagguley, P. & Hussain, Y. (2007) The Role of Higher Education in providing opportunities for Young South Asian Women. In Bristol : the Policy Press, report for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, pp. 56.

•  Finney, N. & Simpson, L. (2008) 'Internal migration and ethnic groups: Evidence for Britain from the 2001 Census,' Population, Space and Place, 14, 63-83.

•  Heath, A. & Cheung, S. Y. (2006) Ethnic Penalties in the Labour Market: Employers and Discrimination. In Research Report, vol. 341: Department for Work and Pensions.

•  Khattab, N., Sirkeci, I., Modood, T. & Johnston, R. (2006) A multilevel analysis of returns to education in labour market among ethno-religious minorities in England and Wales. In European Population Conference 2006. Liverpool.

•  Simpson, L. & Finney, N. (2009) Spatial Patterns of Internal Migration: Evidence for Ethnic Groups in Britain. Population Space and Place 15, 37-56.

•  Simpson, L., Purdam, K., Tajar, A., Fieldhouse, E., Gavalas, V., Tranmer, M., Pritchard, J. & Dorling, D. (2006) Ethnic minority populations and the labour market: an analysis of the 1991 and 2001 Census. London: The Department of Work and Pensions.

•  Stillwell, J., Hussain, S. & Norman, N. (2008) The internal migration propensities and net migration patterns of ethnic groups in Britain. Migration Letters 5, 135-150.

External Links:

•  Census Definitions Volume 2001

•  Consultation on 2011 Census Ethnicity, Religion and Language Questions