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| Living arrangements, family structure and social change of Caribbeans in Britain | | Author(s) | Harry Goulbourne, Mary Chamberlain |
| Corporate Author | (Economic and Social Research Council) ESRC Population and Household Change Research Programme, Oxford Brookes University |
| Publisher | Oxford Brooks University, Oxford, October 1999 |
| Pages | 4 pp (Research results number 15) |
| Source | Professor Susan McRae, Programme Director, School of Social Sciences and Law, Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Oxford OX3 0BP. |
| Keywords | Black Caribbean ; Living patterns ; The Family ; Social change ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | The living arrangements of Caribbean people in Britain as manifested through their family, kinship and household patterns are examined. The transgenerational life story, based on interviews with three generations of 60 families originating in Barbados, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago, was the main research approach used. Large scale data sets, such as Caribbean and British censuses and the Labour Force Surveys were also used to provide a general and statistical profile. This general combination of methods yielded important new and comparative data about Caribbean families and communities in both regions. The data enabled the identification of patterns of continuity and change during a period of rapid transformation, including migration, settlement and consolidation of communities, and the forging of new and sometimes complex identities across the Atlantic. Of note in the summarised findings is the meeting of family obligations and responsibilities through the wider kinship network. Policy concerns are raised which are consistent with other research results, one of which is the disproportionately heavy burden placed on female members of families and households. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000414004 P |
| Classmark | TKG: K7: SJ: TMH: 3F |
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