Di Cristo, N and Hickman, J (2014) The world in One City: Immigrant Integration in Liverpool. The International Journal of Civic, Political and Community Studies, 11 (3). pp. 15-28. ISSN 2327-0047

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Abstract

This exploratory study focuses on immigrant women who have been living in Liverpool since 2001. Its aim is to identify the difference - if any – between a subjective perception of integration of the respondents and the findings derived from an objective evaluation of their integration based on the collected data. The foreign women contacted had arrived from all over the world and the extensive questionnaire addressed a breadth of aspects relating to the individuals and their relation to the host community. The intention of the study is not to examine exclusionary or inclusionary practices at play in Liverpool. A wide variety of texts on immigration/migration was consulted and it was noted that literature has generally neglected the importance of immigrant women’s integration into the host society, a gap this study attempts to fill. Purposive sampling, defined as a non-probability sampling procedure was used for the composition of the sample (Saunders et al, 2007). Data were gathered by mean of a questionnaire. The different sections related to demographic information, education, identity, and religion. A number of questions required the knowledge and practice of the local cultural approaches to daily life; in this way, focus was put on the lived experience of the respondents. To avoid bias, responses collected from the questionnaires were evaluated by using a purposely created mathematical tool (see page 6) which facilitated the formulation of an objective measurement of integration. The findings have shown a marked difference between the subjective perception of integration and the objective outcome. It is therefore possible to speculate that immigrant women in Liverpool are generally not integrated within the wider society of the city. Furthermore, the findings have shown that the knowledge of English, the level of education and the length of residence are useful indicators of integration.

Item Type:	Article
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Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Divisions:	Liverpool Business School
Publisher:	Common Ground Publishing LLC
Related URLs:	http://ijhcpc.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.249/prod.61
Date Deposited:	04 Feb 2015 10:46
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2021 14:43
DOI or ID number:	10.13140/2.1.2727.3600
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/359

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