Conventional explanations of neighbourhood ethnic transitions consider what drives differential growth in ethnic group populations without regard to household composition. We enrich these nonhousehold approaches by using consistent Census data on neighbourhoods and households for England and Wales for 2001, 2011 and 2021 to analyse connections between mixed-ethnicity households and neighbourhood ethnic diversity. We employ a neighbourhood typology of ethnic diversity that identifies neighbourhoods as either low- or moderate-diversity, or high-diversity, where no single ethnic group is in the majority. We focus particularly on White-majority and highly diverse neighbourhoods given the dominance of the former in residential spaces in England and Wales, and because they are the principal source of transitions to highly diverse neighbourhoods. Mixed-ethnicity households have become an increasingly important feature of the ethnic diversification of England and Wales; by 2021, almost 15% of multiperson households were mixed, a growth from 12% in 2011 and 9% in 2001. We find that higher levels of neighbourhood ethnic diversity are associated with higher shares of mixed-ethnicity households. In high-diversity neighbourhoods, for example, around 30% of multiperson households (nearly a quarter of a million households) were ethnically mixed in 2021. Levels of household mixing in moderate-diversity White neighbourhoods were considerably higher than in low-diversity White neighbourhoods. The same is found for diversifying neighbourhoods. Neighbourhoods that become more ethnically diverse were typically home to higher rates of mixed-ethnicity households. Stably moderately diverse White neighbourhoods also had a higher proportion of mixed households. Studies of neighbourhood transition that focus on individuals in neighbourhoods may be missing important processes operating in the intimate spaces of the home. Including this intermediate scale of analysis adds to our understanding of neighbourhood ethnic mixing and processes of integration.

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英格兰和威尔士混合种族家庭的变化和邻里转型


对邻里族裔变迁的传统解释考虑的是推动族群人口差异增长的因素，而不考虑家庭构成。我们使用 2001 年、2011 年和 2021 年英格兰和威尔士社区和家庭的一致人口普查数据来分析混合种族家庭与社区种族多样性之间的联系，从而丰富了这些非家庭方法。我们采用种族多样性的邻里类型学，将邻里识别为低或中等多样性，或高多样性，其中没有任何一个种族群体占多数。我们特别关注白人占多数和高度多元化的社区，因为前者在英格兰和威尔士的住宅空间中占据主导地位，并且因为它们是向高度多元化的社区过渡的主要来源。混合种族家庭已成为英格兰和威尔士种族多元化的一个日益重要的特征；到 2021 年，近 15% 的多人家庭是混血家庭，比 2011 年的 12% 和 2001 年的 9% 有所增长。我们发现，社区种族多样性水平越高，混血家庭的比例越高。例如，在高度多元化的社区，到 2021 年，约 30% 的多人家庭（近 25 万户家庭）是种族混合的。中等多元化的白人社区的家庭混合水平远高于低多元化的白人社区。多元化的社区也存在同样的情况。种族更加多元化的社区通常拥有更高比例的混合种族家庭。稳定适度多元化的白人社区的混合家庭比例也较高。 针对邻里个体的邻里转变研究可能会忽略在家庭私密空间中运作的重要过程。包括这种中等规模的分析增加了我们对邻里种族混合和融合过程的理解。