Irish Catholic Health Disadvantage in the West of Scotland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12286291 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joanne Abbotts (University of Glasgow, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 46 (First Serie |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 131-148 |
| Publication date | 2004-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Scottish Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0966-0356 • E-ISSN: 2053-888X |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3366/scot.2004.0015 |
| OpenAlex | W2087103409 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 27 |
The Irish have been described as an 'invisible minority' in Britain (Pearson et al 1991). With the same skin-colour and language, they are usually assumed to be well assimilated in the general population. The lack of monitoring in official statistics has meant that scant attention could be paid to their equality of opportunity or particular service needs. Until recently, they were not treated as a distinct group coming within the ubiquitous 'white* category. Following pressure from researchers (Walls 2001), this changed at the Census of 2001, in the light of evidence demonstrating their health and socio economic disadvantage. 'Irish* was included as a category in the ethnicity question in Scotland and England and Wales, and Catholic was included as a separate category in Scotland for two questions on religion covering both current belonging and upbringing. This paper reviews the evidence which prompted the inclusion of these categories, and sets it in the context of Irish Diaspora health, by comparing mental and physical health outcomes and mortality of Irish migrants, and their British-born descendants
Disadvantage · Geography · Irish · Political science · Sociology · Global Health Workforce Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Philosophy
Longitudinal study
Cross sectional analysis of mortality by country of birth in england and wales, 1970-92
Morbidity and Irish Catholic Descent in Britain
Birth prevalence of malformations in members of different ethnic groups and in the offspring of matings between them, in Birmingham, England
Socioeconomic deprivation, ethnicity, and stroke mortality in Greater London and south east England
Not Quite Like Home
Can data on Scottish Catholics tell us about descendants of the Irish in Scotland
Life events, ethnicity and perceptions of discrimination in patients with severe mental illness
The mortality of first and second generation Irish immigrants in the U.K
Morbidity and Irish Catholic descent in Britain
Morbidity and Irish Catholic descent in Britain
Regional Mortality and the Irish in Britain
Ethnic inequality in England
Sectarianism at work
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |