Shuttleworth, I, Foley, B, Gould, M et al. (1 more author) (2021) Residential mobility in divided societies: How individual religion and geographical context influenced housing moves in Northern Ireland 2001–2011. Population, Space and Place, 27 (2). e2387. ISSN 1544-8444
Abstract
Residential segregation is pervasive in many societies. People making residential moves in these divided contexts may increase or decrease segregation levels. In this paper, the divided society of Northern Ireland is used as an example to explore how residential mobility relates to residential segregation by religion. Survey evidence for this country consistently shows a preference for mixed neighbourhoods, yet actual patterns of geographical mobility suggest people move to same‐religion areas. The paper uses the Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study (NILS) to explore the individual and contextual factors that influence the destinations of internal migrants by religion between 2001 and 2011. How they move up or down the contextual ‘religion ladder’ of localities is modelled with reference to both their individual socio‐demographic and neighbourhood characteristics in 2001. It is found that there are still individual religious differentials in people's destinations. Catholics, for instance, are more likely than Protestants to move to more Catholic areas, suggesting that individual religion remains important despite the Peace Process. Some possible reasons for this are considered with a partial explanation being found in the geographical patterning of the population. Existing patterns of residential segregation constrain moves in religious space for the majority of people. It is concluded, nevertheless, that an individual's religion remains a considerable factor contrary to expectations.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Authors. Population, Space and Place published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | longitudinal data; Northern Ireland; religion; residential mobility; spatial autocorrelation |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > Centre for Spatial Analysis & Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 24 Sep 2020 12:38 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 22:26 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/psp.2387 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:165826 |