title: Population review: (8). The ethnic minority and overseas-born populations of Great Britain.
abstract: This article gives a brief history of immigration into Britain this century as an introduction to a description of the size and main characteristics of the different ethnic minority populations living in Britain today. Using data from the 1991 Census-the first to include a question on ethnic group-the article covers the demographic background and main features of Britain's present-day ethnic minority populations and provides an introduction to the wealth of analyses which has followed the release of ethnicity data from the 1991 Census.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haskey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D019352:Censuses; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005191:Family Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011156:Population Density; D011158:Population Growth; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D006113:United Kingdom