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Bangladeshi immigration to the United Kingdom: Older people’s support networks in the sending and receiving countries

Vanessa Burholt Orcid Logo, G Clare Wenger, Anne Scott, Basha Yahya, Sibhani Roy

Quality in Ageing, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 18 - 30

Swansea University Author: Vanessa Burholt Orcid Logo

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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 elder...

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Published: 2000
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title Bangladeshi immigration to the United Kingdom: Older people’s support networks in the sending and receiving countries
spellingShingle Bangladeshi immigration to the United Kingdom: Older people’s support networks in the sending and receiving countries
Vanessa Burholt
title_short Bangladeshi immigration to the United Kingdom: Older people’s support networks in the sending and receiving countries
title_full Bangladeshi immigration to the United Kingdom: Older people’s support networks in the sending and receiving countries
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Sibhani Roy
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description <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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