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1 Population, language, ethnicity and socio economic aspects of education Michelle vonahn, Ruth Lupton and Dick Wiggins

2 The aim of the fellowship is to increase understanding of the potential of administrative data on language and ethnicity to contribute to the effective design, delivery and evaluation of public services.

3 Updating Multilingual Capital Published 2000 using data from 1999 Ward and borough level maps of language spoken at home

4 London s diversity 307 language categories in PLASC data English or believed to be English range from 25.8% in Tower Hamlets to 94.0% in Havering Numbers of languages range from 20 in the City of London to 203 in Newham (29.5% English)

5 PLASC data 1.1m records for pupils in state schools in London Cleaned for missing languages and geography = 1.07m records (3.5% loss) Geographically referenced for mapping Variable data collection with categories of Other than English, Believed to be other than English and Other language used

6 Choice of geography Lower level Super Output Areas About 1500 people per area 4765 LSOAs in London Middle level Super Output Areas About 7500 people per area 983 MSOAs in London

7 EAL pupils, LSOA

8 EAL pupils, MSOA

9 Capturing linguistic diversity By visualisation, with mapping Using Simpson s Diversity Index a measure of richness and equitability The formula for Simpson s Index is: D = where D is Simpson's Diversity Index S is the total number of languages speakers represented in a given area P(i) is the size of the given language speakers as a proportion of the total population in the study area s P(i) i= 1 1 2

10 Newham LSOAs Raw PLASC data (205 categories)

11 Newham LSOAs ONS Census 3 (159 categories)

12 Newham LSOAs ONS Census 2 (59 categories)

13 Newham LSOAs ONS Census 1 (25 categories)

14 Newham LSOAs Multilingual Capital (42 categories)

15 Language classifications Languages in PLASC 2007 PLASC Main code PLASC Subset code MLC language group ONS Level 1 ONS Level 2 ONS Level 3 Acholi ACL Nilotic Nilo-Saharan Eastern Sudanic Acholi Afar-Saho AFA Cushitic Afro-Asiatic Cushitic Afar and Saho Afrikaans AFK Germanic Germanic West Germanic Afrikaans Akan (Fante) AKA AKAF Aframic Niger-Congo Volta-Congo Akan Akan (Twi/Asante) AKA AKAT Aframic Niger-Congo Volta-Congo Akan Akan/Twi-Fante AKA Aframic Niger-Congo Volta-Congo Akan Albanian/Shqip ALB Albanic Albanian Albanian Albanian Alur ALU Nilotic Nilo-Saharan Eastern Sudanic Alur Ambo (Kwanyama) OAM OAMK Bantuic Niger-Congo Volta-Congo Kwanyama Ambo (Ndonga) OAM OAMN Bantuic Niger-Congo Volta-Congo Ndonga Ambo/Oshiwambo OAM Bantuic Niger-Congo Volta-Congo Ndonga Amharic AMR Semitic Semitic Amharic Anyi-Baule AYB Aframic Niger-Congo Volta-Congo Anyin and Baoulé Arabic ARA Semitic Afro-Asiatic Semitic Arabic Arabic (Algeria) ARA ARAG Semitic Afro-Asiatic Semitic Arabic Algerian Arabic (Any Other) ARA ARAA Semitic Afro-Asiatic Semitic Arabic Arabic (Iraq) ARA ARAI Semitic Afro-Asiatic Semitic Arabic Judeo-Iraqi Arabic (Morocco) ARA ARAM Semitic Afro-Asiatic Semitic Arabic Judeo-Moroccan Arabic (Sudan) ARA ARAS Semitic Afro-Asiatic Semitic Arabic Sudanese Arabic (Yemen) ARA ARAY Semitic Afro-Asiatic Semitic Arabic Judeo-Yemeni Armenian ARM Armenic Armenian Armenian Armenian Assyrian/Aramaic ASR Aramaic Afro-Asiatic Semitic Assyrian Azeri AZE Trans-Asia Turkic Azerbaijani Azerbaijani

16 Proof of concept Data matching GP register of patients

17 Proof of concept Data matching LLPG addresses LLPG addresses GP register of patients

18 Proof of concept Data matching Council Tax LLPG addresses LLPG addresses GP register of patients Housing benefit PLASC Electoral Register

19 Proof of concept Exploring the issues of data sharing Legal Technical Identifying data sets that can be linked for understanding differences in socio economic status in relation to language Social housing Housing benefit Council tax benefit

20 Proof of concept Language PLASC is the only source of data for this but doesn t cover all the population (excluded households without children in state schools) Partial data is available for most individual pupils without a specific language code Estimations of language spoken based on surname to be explored Ethnicity PLASC is also the best source for ethnicity, with patchy coverage in administrative data

21 Planned outputs A series of language maps for London Guidance on data linkage Technical issues Data quality Ethical and legal issues Proof of concept for studying socio economic status and language Barriers and obstacles Guidance on how to overcome these Workshops

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