RT Review
T1 Gender and refugee integration: a quantitative analysis of integration and social policy outcomes
JF Journal of social policy
VO 46
IS 2
SP 211
OP 213
A1 Cheung, Sin Yi
A1 Phillimore, Jenny
A2 Phillimore, Jenny
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1873393946
AB The population of refugees in the UK is expanding and will expand further given the UK Government's response to the European refugee crisis. This paper breaks new ground by undertaking a gender analysis of integration outcomes across a range of areas, namely social networks, language proficiency, health, education, employment and housing, that are highly relevant for social policy. Using the UK's only longitudinal survey on refugees, we conduct secondary data analysis to examine the factors associated with integration outcomes. We find significant gender differences in language, self-reported health, ability to budget for household expenses and access to formal social networks and quality housing, with women generally faring worse than men and some inequalities enduring or intensifying over time. We call for the recording of refugee outcomes in institutional monitoring data to enable inequalities to be identified and addressed. The findings also enable the identification of social policy areas in which a gender sensitive approach might be necessary.
K1 Rezension
DO 10.1017/S0047279416000775