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Bangladeshi immigration to the United Kingdom: Older people’s support networks in the sending and receiving countries
Vanessa Burholt 
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G Clare Wenger,
Anne Scott,
Basha Yahya,
Sibhani Roy
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G Clare Wenger,
Anne Scott,
Basha Yahya,
Sibhani Roy
Quality in Ageing, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 18 - 30
Swansea University Author:
Vanessa Burholt
Abstract
<p>The Bangladeshi Migrants Pilot Study establishes the feasibility of applying the methods used in studying the informal support networks of older people in the majority population of Britain, specifically the Wenger support networks typology, to the elders of an immigrant group, and to elder...
| Published in: | Quality in Ageing |
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| Published: |
2000
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa6895 |
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<p>The Bangladeshi Migrants Pilot Study establishes the feasibility of applying the methods used in studying the informal support networks of older people in the majority population of Britain, specifically the Wenger support networks typology, to the elders of an immigrant group, and to elders who have remained in the region of origin. The sample consists of Bangladeshis aged 55+ in Tower Hamlets, London, United Kingdom (N=98), and Sylhet in Bangladesh (N=51) (see <em>Table 1</em>). The paper provides an ethnohistory of Bangladeshi immigration to the United Kingdom, a comparison of the support networks of Bangladeshis living in Sylhet and Tower Hamlets, and a comparison of support networks of Bangladeshis with rural and urban dwellers in the United Kingdom. The Practitioners Assessment of Network Typology (PANT) algorithm produces support network types in 99% of cases and demonstrates that the instrument is applicable in different cultures. Results show little difference between the support networks of Bangladeshis in Sylhet compared with London. There are significant differences between support networks of the Bangladeshi samples and the rural and urban United Kingdom samples.</p> |
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| College: |
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
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2 |
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18 |
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30 |