Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/91678 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
ISER Working Paper Series No. 2014-04
Publisher: 
University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), Colchester
Abstract: 
In this note we take a first look at how the UK born identify across different dimensions (ethnicity, religion, political beliefs and region), to what extent the strength of attachment across these prescribed and elective identities strengthen or substitute each other and how these associations vary by ethnic and ethno-religious groups. For this analysis we make use of the new identity measures in the second wave of the UK longitudinal household survey, Understanding Society. We find that ethnic minorities report stronger religious and ethnic identities than the majority, political beliefs are stronger for those with stronger ethnic identity and both these are correlated with regional identities.
Subjects: 
identity
ethnicity
religion
political beliefs
regional identity
JEL: 
J15
Z12
Z13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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