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Elias, Peter and Purcell, Kate (2012) Higher Education and Social Background. In: Understanding society : findings 2012. Colchester: Institute for Social and Economic Research, pp. 23-24. ISBN 9781858711638
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Official URL: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/research/pu...
Abstract
Understanding Society: Findings 2012 paints a complex and fascinating portrait of a society suffering the effects of the deepest recession since the early 1990s and in which young people have been hard hit.
Published in February 2012, it draws mainly on information gathered during the first two years of the survey (2009-2010), including some early glimpses at the longitudinal information from households which have completed two interviews.
Findings include:
- People, particularly men, rely heavily on their partners or wives for social support
- The UK is much more diverse in its population make-up than was previously believed
- Young people are, on the whole, well-behaved and happy
- Policies to widen access to higher education appear to have failed
- Perceived employment discrimination among ethnic minorities is extremely low
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