Measuring the health patterns of the ‘mixed/multiple’ ethnic group in Britain
Data quality problems, reporting issues, and implications for policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12594698 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P J Aspinall (0000-0002-8209-579X, University of Kent, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 359-371 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-25 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Social Research Methodology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1364-5579 • E-ISSN: 1464-5300 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13645579.2017.1399623 |
| OpenAlex | W2769499179 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 22 |
The ‘mixed’ group, officially recognised in the 2001 Census, is one of the most rapidly growing ethnic groups in Britain. Although ‘mixed’ categorisation was added to ethnic coding in NHS datasets, our knowledge of health patterns for this population is meagre. Data quality problems remain a key obstacle, including poor reproducibility of the data and constraints on reporting due to sparse data bias. The consequent minimal and indicative evidence base has focused mainly on risky health behaviours, mental health and generic measures of self-rated health, as it has in the U.S.A. and Canada. There is negligible information on the main underlying causes of death, such as neoplasms, heart disease and stroke. Consideration should be given to pooling data across multiple years of health and general purpose surveys to enable reporting for the four ‘mixed’ categories and adjustment for mediating factors and relevant confounders, such as measures of socio-economic status
Business · Census · Confounding · Data quality · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Mental health · Political science · Pooling · Population · Psychiatry · Sociology · Computer Science · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
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| Citations per year | 0.38 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |