Minority or migrant? : loneliness among older immigrants in England
Luthra, Renee (University of Essex)
Brunori, Claudia (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics)
Ferrara, Alessandro (Freie University)
Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics

Date:	2025
Abstract:	Using recently available, nationally representative data on loneliness among older individuals in England, we ask: do the foreign born and their children have higher levels of loneliness than otherwise similar individuals without a migration background, and how are differences in loneliness related to both minority and immigrant experiences? In contrast to theoretical predictions, we do not find higher loneliness among the foreign born and their descendants as compared to the white British majority. However we do find that a minoritised social position, in particular exposure to discrimination, is associated with greater loneliness among those with a migration background. Immigrants who arrived later in the life course, and originated from outside the EU, are also lonelier in older age than those born in the UK or who arrived at younger ages.
Grants:	European Commission 101043981
Note:	Altres ajuts: UK Research and Innovation ES/S012486/1
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Loneliness ; Older immigrants ; Older minorities ; Wellbeing ; England
Published in:	Journal of ethnic and migration studies, 5 Novembre 2025, p. 2-31, ISSN 1469-9451, DOI 10.1080/1369183X.2025.2579179

DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2025.2579179

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