Author: lucindaplatt

Professor of Social Policy and Sociology at London School of Economics and Political Science

Ethnicity and bullying in young people

August 4, 2013

Ethnicity and bullying involvement in a national UK youth sample uses Understanding Society to investigate ethnic differences in bullying involvement (as victim and bully), controlling for potential confounders, including age, gender, economic situation, family structure and parent–adolescent relationships. The article was published in the Journal of Adolescence. Access the article via Professor Dieter Wolke’s Research Gate profile  

Minority groups’ national, ethnic and religious identity

July 29, 2013

Minority groups’ national, ethnic and religious identity: investigating generational change investigates whether minority ethnic groups in Britain show identity assimilation in the second generation. Making use of the Ethnic Minority British Election Survey (EMBES) for 2010, it considers what evidence there is for identity assimilation across generations in Britain, whether there is a substitution of religious for ethnic identities … More Minority groups’ national, ethnic and religious identity

Analysing health-related behaviours

June 4, 2013

A scoping review of statistical approaches to the analysis of multiple health-related behaviours identifies statistical approaches that can be employed to investigate multiple behavioural risk factors including smoking, diet, exercise, and alcohol. Access the abstract and details of the article from the Preventive Medicine journal website

Wage gaps across ethno-religious groups in Great Britain

June 20, 2012

Explained and unexplained wage gaps across the main ethno-religious groups in Great Britain analyses the difference in average wages (the so called ‘wage gap’) of selected ethno-religious groups in Great Britain at the mean and over the wage distribution with the aim of explaining why such wage gaps differ across minority groups. Minorities are distinguished not … More Wage gaps across ethno-religious groups in Great Britain

Developing ethnic identity questions

January 4, 2012

Developing ethnic identity questions for Understanding Society describes the process of development of a series of new ethnic identity questions, designed specifically for inclusion in Understanding Society but with applicability for longitudinal studies further afield. The article details the rationale for the development and the process by which the final set of questions was arrived at, and outlines the … More Developing ethnic identity questions

Interpreting wage gaps of disabled men

January 1, 2012

Interpreting wage gaps of disabled men: the roles of productivity and of discrimination uses the UK Labour Force Survey to investigate wage gaps for disabled men after the introduction of the Disability Discrimination Act. Access the abstract and details of the article from the Southern Economic Journal website Photo credit: World Bank Photo Collection