Using the Evidence for Equality National Survey (EVENS), this chapter demonstrates how ethnic minority groups in Britain are subject to material deprivation in residential experience, yet succeed in developing strong local attachment and enriching this during times of crisis. It presents evidence on ethnic inequalities in housing type, overcrowding, multigenerational living, access to greenspace and residential mobility, with attention to variation within Britain and ethnic groups that are absent from other studies (such as Roma and Gypsy Traveller). It finds, for example, that spatial pressure in households is more prevalent among all ethnic minority groups compared to White British people. This is a notable concern for three-generation households, which are particularly common in the Pakistani and Roma ethnic groups. Despite housing deprivation, analyses of local belonging point to community mechanisms and networks of solidarity being mobilised during the COVID-19 pandemic in diverse neighbourhoods.
This volume reports findings from the Evidence for National Equality Survey (EVENS), a comprehensive study of the lives of ethnic and religious minority groups in Britain during the coronavirus pandemic. EVENS was innovative in a number of dimensions, but most importantly in its inclusion of a full range of ethnic minority groups, the breadth of topics that it covered, and the survey and statistical methods it employed. The volume is framed as an enquiry into ethnic inequality and racial justice, and it sets out to describe the patterning of ethnic inequalities across a range of social, economic, health and political outcomes. The design of EVENS, the analyses conducted, and the interpretation of findings offered by authors are all theoretically informed and address core policy concerns. Central to this is an examination of racism, and how the inequalities uncovered, and their amplification during the coronavirus pandemic, was shaped by the ways in which racism operates at structural, institutional and interpersonal levels. It places the findings in the socio-political context of Britain in the period leading up to and through the coronavirus pandemic and discusses the implications of the work for policy development, arguing for fundamental reform of institutions to address the drivers of ethnic inequalities including racism.ePUB and ePDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.This book examines how ethnicity shaped experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Britain.Drawing from the Evidence for Equality National Survey (EVENS), the book compares the experiences of ethnic and religious minority groups and White British people in work and finances, housing and communities, health and wellbeing, policing and politics, racism and discrimination in the UK. Using unrivalled data in terms of population and topic coverage and complete with bespoke graphics, contributors present new evidence of ethnic inequalities and racism, opening them up to debate as crucial social concerns.Written by leading international experts in the field, this is a must-read for anyone interested in contemporary ethnic inequalities and racism, from academics and policy makers to voluntary and community sector organisations.ePUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Drawing from the Evidence for Equality National Survey (EVENS), this book presents new evidence of ethnic inequalities and sheds new light on underlying racisms, opening them up to debate as crucial social concerns.