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Differential unemployment levels/rates of minorities?

Code:
RED55
Key Area:
Employment
Strand(s):
Discrimination
01/03/2012 - 19:18
Short Answer

There are no statistics for minority employment as the statistics available only take in to account nationality and not membership of specific ethnic or religious groups. The unemployment rates when sorted into nationalities do show differential unemployment levels however.

Qualitative Info

The unemployment rates divided by nationality are as follows (‘000’s):

·        Irish nationals: 268.9

·        Non-Irish nationals: 45.8

·        United Kingdom: 9.5

·        EU15 excl. Irl. & UK: 1.3

·         EU15 to EU27 States: 24.7

·         Other:10.3

-From the Quarterly National Household Survey conducted by the Central Statistics Office (2011, q3)

Data
Groups affected/interested Migrants, Refugees, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Linguistic minorities, Majority, Asylum seekers, Africans/black people, National minorities
Type (R/D)
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas Employment - labour market, Health and social protection, Political discourse -parties - orgs, Political participation, Anti-discrimination, Integration - social cohesion, Daily life
External Url http://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/releasespublications/documents/labourmarket/2011/qnhs_q32011.pdf
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