Family formation in multi-cultural Britain: three patterns of diversity
Family formation in multi-cultural Britain: three patterns of diversity
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多元文化英国的家庭形成：多样性的三种模式
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2000
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R. Berthoud
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R. Berthoud
英国少数民族群体的家庭结构与白色人口的家庭结构进行了比较。加勒比地区的低结婚率和高单亲率被认为是采用了“现代个人主义”。南亚人的高结婚率被认为是坚持“老式价值观”。即使在亚洲人中，巴基斯坦人和孟加拉国人在妇女经济活动率低和家庭规模大方面也很突出。所有群体都在朝着同一个方向发展：加勒比人领先于白色趋势，南亚人落后于它。非技术性摘要在过去的30年里，英国和其他北欧国家的白色人的家庭生活模式变得越来越多样化。据说家庭关系正在从“老式价值观”转向“现代个人主义”。不同的少数群体在这两个极端都有很强的代表性。加勒比共同体家庭生活的主要特点是结婚率低。加勒比人比白色人更不可能与伴侣生活在一起;那些有伴侣的人不太可能与他们结婚;那些已婚的人更有可能分居或离婚。在英国出生的加勒比人中，有伴侣的男性中有一半与白色女性生活在一起;有伴侣的女性中有三分之一与白色男性生活在一起。1本文是作为社会和经济研究所微观社会变化研究中心ESRC资助项目的一部分撰写的。它最初是提交给由选举和社会趋势研究中心（CREST）组织的社会变革和少数民族会议。感谢John Haskey、Tariq Modood和Karen Rowlingson对草案提出的广泛而有价值的意见。
The family structures of ethnic minority groups in Britain are compared with those of the white population. Caribbeans’ low rates of marriage and high rates of single parenthood are characterised as adopting ‘modern individualism’. South Asians’ high rates of marriage are characterised as adhering to ‘old-fashioned values’. Even among Asians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis stand out in terms of low rates of economic activity among women, and large family sizes. All groups are moving in the same direction: Caribbeans ahead of the white trend, South Asians behind it. Some of the patterns observed are associated with child poverty. Non-technical summary Patterns of family life have become increasingly diverse over the past thirty years among white people in Britain and other North European countries. Family relationships are said to be moving away from “old fashioned values” towards “modern individualism”. Different minorities are strongly represented at both ends of the spectrum. The key feature of family life in the Caribbean community is the low rate of marriage. Caribbeans are less likely to live with a partner than white people; those who have a partner are less likely to have married them; those who have married are more likely to separate or divorce. Among British-born Caribbeans, half of men with a partner live with a white woman; a third of women with a partner live with a white man. The rate of mixed partnership is increasing rapidly for men (though not for women). 1 This paper was written as part of the ESRC-funded programme of the Research Centre on Micro-Social Change at the Institute for Social and Economic Research. It was originally presented to a conference on Social Change and Minority Ethnic Groups organised by the Centre for Research on Elections and Social Trends (CREST). Thanks to John Haskey, Tariq Modood and Karen Rowlingson for extended and valuable comments on a draft.