tabular format in order to bring out the agreement between the findings of the quantitative study and those of the literature review. Figure 6.3: Cross-tabulation of Age and Ethnicity The breakdown of the cross-tabulation of age and ethnicity has been shown in figure 6.3. On it the mean age is shown as skewed towards the older age profile in White British and White Irish. However, Black or Black British shows quite a sizable number of older age profile which in fact stems from the high involvement of those involved in builders cleaning and decorating, a trade which is predominantly taken over by this ethnic group who were noted to have an old age profile. Further analysis of the data in these categories reveal this in details where the professions of those involved are given but as the data on professions / roles are not comprehensive it is not easily evident. c. Ethnicity One of the notable findings from the literature review in chapter 3 is the marked ethnic diversity of BMEs in the UK with London noted as the most diverse city on earth. Again, literature and the interviews (chapter 5) had revealed that ethnic minorities are underrepresented in construction and that among the various ethnicities, differences exist based on the numerous cultural and ethnic characteristics of BMEs. It is therefore worthy to take into account such factors in order to further investigate their impact. Table 6.6 show the ethnicity categorization of the participants of this survey; the classification adopted as in the literature was based on the Equality Act 2010 as amended but due to the size of the respondent base, some of the closely related ethnicities have had to be grouped together as some recorded no score while others were very low on average as are represented in the table with their corresponding frequencies and percentages. Table 6.6: Frequency and percentage of ethnicity respondents’ Frequency Percent Valid Percent Valid White British 17 22.7 22.7 Asian or Asian British 20 26.7 26.7 Black or Black British 19 25.3 25.3 Chinese or other ethnic group 2 2.7 2.7 White Irish 12 16.0 16.0 White 5 6.7 6.7
tabular format in order to bring out the agreement between the findings of the quantitative study and those of the literature review. Figure 6.3: Cross-tabulation of Age and Ethnicity The breakdown of the cross-tabulation of age and ethnicity has been shown in figure 6.3. On it the mean age is shown as skewed towards the older age profile in White British and White Irish. However, Black or Black British shows quite a sizable number of older age profile which in fact stems from the high involvement of those involved in builders cleaning and decorating, a trade which is predominantly taken over by this ethnic group who were noted to have an old age profile. Further analysis of the data in these categories reveal this in details where the professions of those involved are given but as the data on professions / roles are not comprehensive it is not easily evident. c. Ethnicity One of the notable findings from the literature review in chapter 3 is the marked ethnic diversity of BMEs in the UK with London noted as the most diverse city on earth. Again, literature and the interviews (chapter 5) had revealed that ethnic minorities are underrepresented in construction and that among the various ethnicities, differences exist based on the numerous cultural and ethnic characteristics of BMEs. It is therefore worthy to take into account such factors in order to further investigate their impact. Table 6.6 show the ethnicity categorization of the participants of this survey; the classification adopted as in the literature was based on the Equality Act 2010 as amended but due to the size of the respondent base, some of the closely related ethnicities have had to be grouped together as some recorded no score while others were very low on average as are represented in the table with their corresponding frequencies and percentages. Table 6.6: Frequency and percentage of respondents’ ethnicity Frequency Percent Valid Percent Valid White British 17 22.7 22.7 Asian or Asian British 20 26.7 26.7 Black or Black British 19 25.3 25.3 Chinese or other ethnic group 2 2.7 2.7 White Irish 12 16.0 16.0 White 5 6.7 6.7
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