Muslims in the 2001 Census of England and Wales: Gender and economic disadvantage

The article presents new data for the Muslim population of Britain from the 2001 Census. It uses the cross tabulations of ethnicity by religion to back-project the growth of the Muslim population from 21,000 in 1951 to 1.6 millions in 2001. It examines the social, economic, demographic and geographi...

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Published inEthnic and racial studies Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 629 - 655
Main Author Peach, Ceri
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Colchester Taylor & Francis Group 01.07.2006
Taylor & Francis
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Subjects
Arab people
Britain
census
Censuses
Cultures and civilizations
Demography
Ethnic groups. Acculturation. Cultural identity
Ethnicity
Gender relations
Human ecology and demography
Islam
Muslims
Population
Race relations
Religion
Segregation
Sex discrimination
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomic status
Sociology
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Wales
United Kingdom > UK
Labor Market
Census
Sexual Role
Islam
Social Differentiation
Population
Britain
Woman
segregation
Ethnic group
Muslim
religion
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Summary:The article presents new data for the Muslim population of Britain from the 2001 Census. It uses the cross tabulations of ethnicity by religion to back-project the growth of the Muslim population from 21,000 in 1951 to 1.6 millions in 2001. It examines the social, economic, demographic and geographic characteristics of the population. Although Muslims are often represented as a homogenous group, there are considerable internal differences, so that the characteristics of the population as a whole do not apply to all groups within. The 2001 Census shows that two-thirds of British Muslims are ethnically Pakistani, Indian and Bangladeshi, but one-third comes from diverse European, African, North African, Middle Eastern and other Asian sources. Nevertheless, Muslim gender roles emerge as a critical differentiator of socio-economic vulnerability. Taken as a whole, the Muslim population is young and rapidly growing; its socio-economic profile is depressed, marked by the exceptionally low participation rate of women in the formal labour market, and by high concentration in areas of multiple deprivation.
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ISSN:0141-9870
1466-4356
DOI:10.1080/01419870600665284