Identifying the Major Traits of Ethnic Clustering in England and Wales from the 2011 Census
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چکیده
Ethnicity has long been a major subject in the realm of social research in the UK. It describes an umbrella of characteristics that are based on the premise that groups of people who have their roots in common ancestry, religion, nationality, language and territory share similar traits and culture (Bulmer, 1996). The definition, measurement and classification of ethnicity has attracted on-going debate in amongst researchers due to its multidimensional, subjective and complex nature (Mateos et al., 2009).
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