Study Knies et al. (2014): study GB 2009

Public

16+ aged, general public, United Kingdom, 2009/2010

Survey name

UK-Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS)

Sample

Respondents

N = 32025

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)

Correlate

Authors's Label

Herfindahl Index

Our Classification

Remarks

UK Census-data (2001 and 2011)

Operationalization

Ethnic diversity by Herfindahl index for:
  a) General public
  b) First-generation immigrants
  c) UK-born ethnic minority

The sum of the squares of the group shares where the shares are expressed as fractions. The index can range from zero when all groups are represented with a small number of people to 1 where only one group is represented. The following groups were considered in constructing the index: White British, White Irish, Other White, White and Black Caribbean, White and Black African, White and Asian, Other Mixed, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Other Asian, Caribbean, African, Other Black, Chinese, and Other ethnic group.

Observed Relation with Happiness