Indians and Chinese get better jobs than white British men

Updated on: Monday, October 11, 2010

Indian and Chinese men are nearly twice as likely as white British men to find professional and middle-class jobs, a report claimed today.

The report "How Fair is Britain?" by the Equality and Human Rights Commission paints a picture of racial and social "segregation" in the job market and education in the UK.

The report called for urgent action to expand opportunities for some ethnic groups to find good jobs and get places at top universities.

For many ethnic minority groups employment rates remain too low. More than half of Muslim men and three quarters of Muslim women are unemployed.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission said more should be done to ensure that Muslims in particular are helped to find jobs.

The report found that in some areas of life, working class white boys and men struggle compared with second-generation immigrants.

Some white men remain behind their Indian and Chinese peers.

The study said: "People from some ethnic groups are more likely to be in higher skilled, professional occupations than others. For example, Chinese and Indian men are nearly twice as likely as white British men to be in professional jobs."

Just 14 per cent of white men are in professional jobs, compared with 27 per cent of Chinese and 25 per cent of Indian men.

The 700-page review, which drew on a wide range of sources, found some ethnic groups are "clustered" around certain occupations.

A quarter of Pakistani men drive taxis or other forms of transport.

Indians and Chinese get better jobs than white British men

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