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2) Calculations for years required for population stock in diverse wards to match flow:

than enough to account for the effects of diverse contexts captured in most studies. In
our data, for instance, the difference in white opposition to immigration between the most
and least diverse quintile of wards is approximately 15 percent.
3) Multi-level regression on 'reduce immigration' (with ward contextuals), White UK-born only (Model 3 is presented in the article)
|
|
Model 1 |
Model 2 |
Model 3 |
Model 4 |
|
Income |
-.041 (.008) *** |
-.040 (.009) *** |
-.041 (.009) *** |
-.012 (.009) |
|
No qualifications |
.357 (.071) *** |
.363 (.076) *** |
.376 (.077) *** |
.183 (.079) * |
|
Middle class (ref: upper class) |
.413 (.063) *** |
.415 (.066) *** |
.413 (.067) *** |
.224 (.069) ** |
|
Lower supervisory class (ref: upper class) |
.713 (.089) *** |
.703 (.095) *** |
.701 (.096) *** |
.398 (.099) *** |
|
Working class (ref: upper class) |
.475 (.065) *** |
.446 (.069) *** |
.45 (.07) *** |
.117 (.074) |
|
Private renter (ref: home owner) |
-.195 (.071) ** |
-.144 (.076) |
-.147 (.076) |
-.164 (.079) * |
|
Age |
.003 (.001) ** |
.003 (.002) |
.003 (.002) |
-.004 (.002) * |
|
London (ref: all other regions) |
-.616 (.076) *** |
-.028 (.12) |
-.197 (.148) |
-.205 (.146) |
|
Resident over 10 years (ref: less than 10 years) |
.127 (.048) ** |
.129 (.051) * |
.119 (.052) * |
.080 (.053) |
|
Couple (ref: single) |
.171 (.047)** |
.157 (.05) ** |
.154 (.05) ** |
.145 (.052) ** |
|
All friends are from the same ethnic group |
|
|
|
.345 (.054) *** |
|
Frequency of mixing with other ethnic groups |
|
|
|
-.024 (.003) *** |
|
English national identifier |
|
|
|
.257 (.080) ** |
|
Tabloid newspaper (ref: all other news sources) |
|
|
|
.568 (.054) *** |
|
Importance of nation to self-identity |
|
|
|
.626 (.058) *** |
|
Do not trust people in general |
|
|
|
.619 (.051) *** |
|
Ward: minority share of population |
|
-011 (.002) *** |
-.017 (.003) *** |
-.009 (.003) ** |
|
Ward: Carstairs Index of Multiple Deprivation |
|
.045 (.011) *** |
.049 (.011) *** |
.016 (.011) |
|
Ward: population density |
|
-.007 (.001) *** |
-.007 (.001) *** |
-.005 (.001) *** |
|
Ward: population churn |
|
|
|
|
|
Local Authority: minority share of population |
|
|
.011 (.004) ** |
.010 (.004) ** |
|
Random effects |
|
|
|
|
|
Variance Intercept ward |
|
.200 (.035) *** |
.148 (.037) *** |
.131 (.038) *** |
|
Variance intercept Local Authority |
|
|
.049 (.021) ** |
.035 (.020) |
|
N |
|
14145 |
13616 |
13436 |
4) Models of Shift in Share of Minorities in Ward of Residence for Movers, 1991-2012, England and Wales
|
|
Model 1 |
Model 2 |
Model 3 |
|
|
Away (0) v Toward (1) Diversity |
Change in ward minority share on 1-5 scale |
Change in ward minority share (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lagged % minority population in ward |
-0.08 (0.02)*** |
-0.07 (0.01)*** |
-0.42 (0.05)*** |
|
White (individual) |
0.72 (0.50) |
0.39 (0.21) |
0.86 (0.73) |
|
White x minority % population in ward |
-0.06 (0.02)** |
-0.05 (0.01)*** |
-0.19 (0.05)*** |
|
Religious (non-religious ref.) |
0.06 (0.16) |
-0.03 (0.07) |
0.13 (0.23) |
|
Labour voter (Conservative ref.) |
-0.38 (0.02) |
-0.19 (0.08)* |
-0.45 (0.28) |
|
Liberal voter |
-0.08 (0.25) |
0.03 (0.09) |
0.11 (0.31) |
|
Non-voter |
0.22 (0.24) |
-0.04 (0.09) |
-0.21 (0.46) |
|
Gay rights wrong (disagree ref) |
0.11 (0.18) |
-0.01 (0.07) |
0.13 (0.24) |
|
Cohabitation wrong (disagree ref.) |
-0.09 (0.30) |
0.08 (0.10) |
0.25 (0.33) |
|
British citizenship best (agree ref.) |
0.04 (0.28) |
0.00 (0.15) |
-0.30 (0.45) |
|
Britain history shame (agree ref.) |
-0.23 (0.27) |
-0.03 (0.10) |
0.06 (0.37) |
|
English identifier |
-0.11 (0.14) |
-0.04 (0.06) |
-0.26 (0.20) |
|
British identifier |
-0.16 (0.15) |
-0.04 (0.07) |
-0.16 (0.23) |
|
Low trust (high trust ref.) |
-0.16 (0.16) |
-0.15 (0.06)* |
-0.62 (0.20) |
|
Traditional family values |
-0.27 (0.19) |
-0.05 (0.07) |
-0.09 (0.24) |
|
Left/right scale |
0.05 (0.16) |
0.07 (0.07) |
0.23 (0.23) |
|
Class is not important to identity |
0.22 (0.15) |
0.08 (0.06) |
0.32 (0.19) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pseudo R2 |
0.56 |
0.25 |
|
|
Adjusted R2 |
|
|
0.61 |
|
N |
2253 |
7041 |
7041 |
*p<.05,**p<.01,***p<.001. Source: BHPS 1991-2008; Understanding Society 2009-12. Controls for age, sex, class, education, income, employed, marital status, children, tenure, ward population density (present and lagged) and ward deprivation quintile (present and lagged) are included in the model but not reported in the table. Note that attitudinal variables presented here are not limited to whites. All attitudinal interactions with white are insignificant.
5) Selection of Relevant YouGov Survey Questions, August 2013. For survey methodology, see http://yougov.co.uk/publicopinion/methodology/.
[1]{single}Do you think the number of immigrants coming to Britain nowadays
should be increased, reduced or should it remain the same?
<1> Increased a lot
<2> Increased a little
<3> Remain the same
<4> Reduced a little
<5> Reduced a lot
<6> Don’t know
[2a]Local Council Wards in the UK have a population of about 10,000 to
30,000 people. Have you moved Local Council Ward to live somewhere new at any
time in the past ten years?
<1> No
<2> Yes
<3> Don’t know
[2b if 2a ==2]As far as you know, did the last Local Council Ward in
which you lived have…?
<1> More people from an ethnic minority background than the ward I live in now
<2> Fewer people from an ethnic minority background than the ward I live in now
<3> About the same number of people from an ethnic minority background than the
ward I live in now
<4> Don’t know
[3a]Thinking about YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD, how comfortable or uncomfortable do
you feel about the number of people from ethnic minorities who live there?
<1> Very comfortable
<2> Fairly comfortable
<3> Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable
<4> Fairly uncomfortable
<5> Very uncomfortable
<6> Don’t know
[3b if not 3a in [4,5]]{single order=randomize}Which of the following
statements best describes your views about the number of people from ethnic
minorities living in YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD?
<1 fixed> I will always be comfortable with the number of people from ethnic
minorities living in my neighbourhood
<2> If the number of people from ethnic minorities increases I might feel
uncomfortable at some point
<3> If the number of people from ethnic minorities decreases I might feel
uncomfortable at some point
<4 fixed> Don’t know
[3d if 3b == 2]When do you think you would start to feel uncomfortable
about the number of people from ethnic minorities living in your neighbourhood?
Would it be when people from ethnic minorities made up roughly . . .?
<1> More than three quarters (over 75%) of all people in your neighbourhood
<2> Three quarters of all people (75%) in your neighbourhood
<3> Two thirds of all people (66%) in your neighbourhood
<4> Half of all people (50%) in your neighbourhood
<5> One in every four people (25%) in your neighbourhood
<6> One in every six people (17%) in your neighbourhood
<7> One in every ten people (10%) in your neighbourhood
<8> One in every twenty people (5%) in your neighbourhood
<9> One in every fifty people (2%) in your neighbourhood
<10> One in every hundred people (1%) in your neighbourhood
<11> Fewer than one in every hundred people (less than 1%) in your neighbourhood
<12> I am uncomfortable with any people from ethnic minorities living in my
neighbourhood
<13> Don’t know
How comfortable or uncomfortable do you think you would feel if the following
people you may come into contact with were from an ethnic minority?
-[6_g1 if not 1 in 5] Next door neighbour
-[6_g2 if not 2 in 5] Boss at work
-[6_g3 if not 3 in 5] Doctor
-[6_g4 if not 4 in 5] Friend
-[6_g5 if not 5 in 5] Work colleague
-[6_g6 if not 6 in 5] spouse/partner
-[6_g7 if not 7 in 5] House cleaner
-[6_g8 if not 8 in 5] Child’s teacher
-[6_g9 if not 9 in 5] Babysitter
-[6_g10] The Prime Minister
<1> Very comfortable
<2> Fairly comfortable
<3> Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable
<4> Fairly uncomfortable
<5> Very uncomfortable
<6> Don’t know
6) Appendix I. Distribution of continuous variables used in Citizenship multilevel models
|
Variable |
Mean |
Standard deviation |
Min |
Max |
Observations |
|
Ward MNE population |
11.62 |
14.26 |
94.67 |
.86 |
16282 |
|
LA MNE population |
13.30 |
14.06 |
1.97 |
82.41 |
16282 |
|
Carstairs Deprivation |
.54 |
3.04 |
-4.94 |
14.06 |
16282 |
|
Population density |
24.66 |
24.57 |
.05 |
24.68 |
16282 |
|
Mixing scale |
18.83 |
9.78 |
1 |
48 |
15606 |
|
Age |
52.38 |
18.55 |
17 |
95 |
16282 |