Minority ethnic employment in the Scottish social housing sector: evidence scoping review

Footnotes

1 Analysis of household overcrowding by ethnic group based on 2022 census data was not available at the time of writing

2 For fuller information on the concept of intersectionality, see Using intersectionality to understand structural inequality in Scotland: evidence synthesis

3 The ‘Roma’ and ‘Showman/Showwoman’ ethnic group options were added in 2022 so there is no comparable data for 2011; the ‘Gypsy/Traveller’ numbers for 2022 are not fully comparable with 2011. Some people in the ‘Showman/Showwoman’ and ‘Roma’ ethnic groups in 2022 might have ticked ‘Gypsy/Traveller’ in 2011.

4 Whilst now outdated, the 2015 Scottish Social Attitudes Survey is the most recently available data on the topic. Although more recent Scottish Social Attitudes Surveys have been completed, core survey modules don’t include all topics every year; 2015 is the last year in which survey questions were included in relation to attitudes to discrimination and positive action.

5 Categories of ethnicity available in the 2009 survey included White Scottish, White Other British, White Irish, Other White, Mixed Ethnic, Asian or Asian Scottish or Other Asian British, Black or Black Scottish or Black British, Chinese or Scottish Chinese or Chinese British, and Other Ethnic Group.

6 GDP Quarterly National Accounts: 2023 Quarter 1 (January to March) - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

7 Business Register and Employment Survey, 2022

8 Institutional racism can be defined as ‘the collective failure of an organisation to provide an appropriate and professional service to people because of their colour, culture or ethnic origin. It can be seen or detected in processes, attitudes and behaviour which amount to discrimination through unwitting prejudice, ignorance, thoughtlessness and racial stereotyping’ (Macpherson, 1999).

9 The minority ethnic categories included: 1. Mixed or multiple ethnic background; 2. Asian – Indian; 3. Asian – Pakistani; Asian – Bangladeshi; 4; Asian – Chinese; Asian – Other background; Black – Caribbean; Black – African; Black – Other background; Other ethnic – Arab Scottish or Arab British; Other ethnic – Any other group.

10 Statistical information | Scottish Housing Regulator

11 The term “black-led” is language from the source article, referring to housing associations which were founded and run by black and minority ethnic people from the late 1970s onwards, as a response to unmet need in the housing system as a result of discrimination. The history of the development of “black-led” housing associations is specific to the English context without direct equivalent in Scotland.

12 ‘Housing organisations within Scotland’ is the research author’s original language from 2001. This dated work includes reference to parts of the Scottish social housing landscape that no longer operate in the same way, and as such their reference to ‘housing organisations’ cannot be taken as directly comparable to LA social housing providers and RSLs in their current forms.