Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: the spatial mobility and immobility of Britain's ethnic population, 1971-81.

Abstract

Data from the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys Longitudinal Study are used to chart the broad outlines of interregional migration in the United Kingdom. The study concerns the movements of West Indians and Asians between 1971 and 1981. These migration patterns are compared with those of Vietnamese refugees, whose distribution was deliberately shaped by government intervention. The factors determining the migration patterns identified are assessed.