British Election Study Ethnic Minority Survey, 2010

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P>&nbsp;<br><i>British Election Study Ethnic Minority Survey, 2010 </i> is a distinct survey with a separate sample and fieldwork to that of the main BES. While the main BES survey is a source of robust data at the national level, it cannot provide substantial interview numbers for some subgroups. In particular it has not been possible to conduct a thorough investigation of the political views and behaviours of Britain's ethnic minority populations through the main survey alone. A boost of ethnic minority respondents was carried out as part of the 1997 BES (SN 3891) but nothing since that point. As a result of this the ESRC agreed to fund a survey of ethnic minorities to be conducted immediately after the 2010 general election. The primary focus was on the five main ethnic minority groups - people of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Black Caribbean and Black African background. However, the research was intended to be complementary to the main BES and a large number of items are shared between the two surveys to enable comparative analysis. <br>
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Further information may be found on the ESRC <a href="http://www.esrc.ac.uk/my-esrc/grants/RES-062-23-1953-A/read" title="British Election Study Ethnic Minority Survey">British Election Study Ethnic Minority Survey</a> award webpage.<br>
<br><br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>The main topics include attitudes towards political issues in the election; ethnic and religious identity and group consciousness; attitudes to integration, integration policies and multiculturalism; voting; war in Afghanistan; traditional dress; discrimination, prejudice and social distance; ethnic social capital and mobilisation.<br>