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More than a third of babies born in England and Wales are non-white
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 12:22 PM on 29th August 2008
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Change: 64.4% are white British
More than one in three babies born in England and Wales are non-white,
according to new Government figures.
The first-ever Government breakdown of births by ethnicity show just
64.4 per cent of the 649,371 babies born in 2005 were recorded as
White British.
And of those white British children, only half were born to married
parents.
Nearly nine per cent are listed as Asian, five per cent as black, 3.5
per cent as mixed and 2.4 per cent as 'other ethnic group'.
The figures, released by the Office for National Statistics, also
reveal significant differences in the age and marital status of
mothers in the various ethnic groups.
Nearly all Asian babies are born to married parents, compared with
just one third in the Caribbean group and just over half in the
British category.
The number of births registered by single mother?s was also highest
for those who recorded as Caribbean at 20.5 per cent followed African
(13 per cent) and white British (seven per cent).
In each of the three Asians groups - Asian or Asian British Indian,
Pakistani and Bangladeshi - less than 1.5 per cent of births were
registered by the mother alone.
There is also a wide difference how old mothers are when they give
birth age among the different ethnic groups.
For those aged under 20, there was a five-fold difference between
Indians (1.6 per cent) and Caribbeans (9.5 per cent).
Half of all births in the white British and African groups were to
women aged below 30 compared to 68 per cent of births in the Pakistani
and 71 per cent in the Bangladeshi groups.
The figures are contained in Health Statistics Quarterly bulletin
which was published yesterday.
They provide the first-ever snapshot of Britain?s ethnic make-up at
birth.
Previously, the most widely-used yardstick of country?s racial fabric
was the 2001 Census.
MPs and race relation groups gave a mixed reception to the statistics
today.
Tory MP David Davies says the diverse ethnic birth rate could pose
problems if the various communities do not integrate.
He said: ?My worry has nothing to do with people?s skin colour but
whether those people are integrating and accepting the customs and
cultures of this country.
?The issue is one of integration which is now more important than ever
that those large number of people with different coloured skin join in
with British society.
?Many of the people included in the figures will be black British or
black Asian through and through from the third and fourth generations
who are setting an example of integration to other ethnicities.
?The problem comes when large numbers of people of all ethnicities who
are not willing to use the language, who are abusing our system and
who are demanding that laws are changed to accommodate them.?
Distribution of all births by ethnic group, 2005
White British 418,052 (64.4 per cent)
White Irish 2,231 (0.3 per cent)
Any other White background 31,231 (4.8 per cent)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5,778 (0.9 per cent)
White and Black African 3,535 (0.5 per cent)
White and Asian 5,139 (0.8 per cent)
Any other mixed background 8,154 (1.3 per cent)
Asian or Asian British Indian 16,053 (2.5 per cent)
Pakistani 24,290 (3.7 per cent)
Bangladeshi 8,241 (1.3 per cent)
Any other Asian background 7,481 (1.2 per cent)
Black or Black British Caribbean 7,517 (1.2 per cent)
African 19,756 (3.0 per cent)
Any other Black background 5,428 (0.8 per cent)
Chinese 2,320 (0.4 per cent)
Any other ethnic group 12,912 (2.0 per cent)
Not stated 70,303 (10.8 per cent)
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 12:22 PM on 29th August 2008
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Change: 64.4% are white British
More than one in three babies born in England and Wales are non-white,
according to new Government figures.
The first-ever Government breakdown of births by ethnicity show just
64.4 per cent of the 649,371 babies born in 2005 were recorded as
White British.
And of those white British children, only half were born to married
parents.
Nearly nine per cent are listed as Asian, five per cent as black, 3.5
per cent as mixed and 2.4 per cent as 'other ethnic group'.
The figures, released by the Office for National Statistics, also
reveal significant differences in the age and marital status of
mothers in the various ethnic groups.
Nearly all Asian babies are born to married parents, compared with
just one third in the Caribbean group and just over half in the
British category.
The number of births registered by single mother?s was also highest
for those who recorded as Caribbean at 20.5 per cent followed African
(13 per cent) and white British (seven per cent).
In each of the three Asians groups - Asian or Asian British Indian,
Pakistani and Bangladeshi - less than 1.5 per cent of births were
registered by the mother alone.
There is also a wide difference how old mothers are when they give
birth age among the different ethnic groups.
For those aged under 20, there was a five-fold difference between
Indians (1.6 per cent) and Caribbeans (9.5 per cent).
Half of all births in the white British and African groups were to
women aged below 30 compared to 68 per cent of births in the Pakistani
and 71 per cent in the Bangladeshi groups.
The figures are contained in Health Statistics Quarterly bulletin
which was published yesterday.
They provide the first-ever snapshot of Britain?s ethnic make-up at
birth.
Previously, the most widely-used yardstick of country?s racial fabric
was the 2001 Census.
MPs and race relation groups gave a mixed reception to the statistics
today.
Tory MP David Davies says the diverse ethnic birth rate could pose
problems if the various communities do not integrate.
He said: ?My worry has nothing to do with people?s skin colour but
whether those people are integrating and accepting the customs and
cultures of this country.
?The issue is one of integration which is now more important than ever
that those large number of people with different coloured skin join in
with British society.
?Many of the people included in the figures will be black British or
black Asian through and through from the third and fourth generations
who are setting an example of integration to other ethnicities.
?The problem comes when large numbers of people of all ethnicities who
are not willing to use the language, who are abusing our system and
who are demanding that laws are changed to accommodate them.?
Distribution of all births by ethnic group, 2005
White British 418,052 (64.4 per cent)
White Irish 2,231 (0.3 per cent)
Any other White background 31,231 (4.8 per cent)
Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5,778 (0.9 per cent)
White and Black African 3,535 (0.5 per cent)
White and Asian 5,139 (0.8 per cent)
Any other mixed background 8,154 (1.3 per cent)
Asian or Asian British Indian 16,053 (2.5 per cent)
Pakistani 24,290 (3.7 per cent)
Bangladeshi 8,241 (1.3 per cent)
Any other Asian background 7,481 (1.2 per cent)
Black or Black British Caribbean 7,517 (1.2 per cent)
African 19,756 (3.0 per cent)
Any other Black background 5,428 (0.8 per cent)
Chinese 2,320 (0.4 per cent)
Any other ethnic group 12,912 (2.0 per cent)
Not stated 70,303 (10.8 per cent)
