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Understanding the effect of ethnic density on mental health — multi-level investigation of survey data from England
Author(s)	Jayati Das-Munshi, Laia Becares, Michael E Dewey
Journal title	British Medical Journal, vol 341, no 7778, 23 October 2010
Pages	p 871
Source	www.bmj.com BMJ2010;341;c4670
Keywords	Ethnic groups ; Mental disorder ; Mental health [elderly] ; Correlation ; England.
Annotation	Living in areas of higher own-group ethnic density has been associated with decreased risk of health problems for some ethnic minority groups, and with reduced discrimination. In this summary of a UK study published on bmj.com, the authors confirmed that for all minority ethnic groups combined and for Bangladeshi and Irish groups in particular, ethnically dense areas may protect residents of the same ethnicity from common mental disorders. Higher own-group ethnic density was also associated with improved social support and reduced experiences of discrimination for some groups, but these associations did not account for observed ethnic density effects. The study is based on findings from a nationally representative survey of 4281 participants of Irish, black Caribbean, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and white British ethnicity aged 16-74 randomly sampled from 892 areas across England. (RH)
Accession Number	CPA-101104206 A
Classmark	TK: E: D: 49: 82 *
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