How persistent is demographic variation between ethnic groups? The case of household size in England and wales

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 201-221

  Catney, Gemma ^a   Simpson, Ludi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adults and children; Convergence; Ethnic group; Household size

Indexed keywords

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; CONVERGENCE; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ETHNIC GROUP; IMMIGRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84898056049     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.1762     Document Type: Article

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