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Smith D P, Edwards R, Caballero C, 2011, "The geographies of mixed-ethnicity families" Environment and Planning A 43(6) 1455 – 1476
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The geographies of mixed-ethnicity families

Darren P Smith, Rosalind Edwards, Chamion Caballero

Received 23 July 2010; in revised form 28 January 2011

Abstract. This paper examines the underresearched residential geographies of mixed-ethnicity families. Analyses of 2001 Great Britain Census data reveal uneven patterns, with different concentrations of mixed-ethnicity families in distinct locations. The findings suggest that distributions of mixed-ethnicity families are not aligned with respective minority ethnic groups. The concentration of mixed-ethnicity families within ethnically diverse neighbourhoods is, in part, substantiated. The discussion disrupts media representations of mixed ethnicity and assumptions of the marginalisation of deprived, mixed-ethnicity families, making a contribution to theoretical debates of processes of sociospatial segregation, ethnicity, and neighbourhood change.

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