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The research, carried out with听Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR)听for听the Centre for Ageing Better,听also found that black people in their 50s and 60s have significantly lower weekly incomes, an average of 拢100 a week less, than their white peers, and are less likely to own their own homes outright.

In addition, the research also shows that black men and women in their 50s and 60s are more likely to be working 鈥� while white people in this age group are three times more likely to have retired 鈥� suggesting people from these ethnic groups are more likely to be in low paid jobs and/or to have less access to other sources of income, such as pension savings and assets.

The research also found significant inequalities in housing. Nearly half of white people in their 50s and 60s own their home outright, compared to just 13% of their black peers. People approaching later life from BAME backgrounds are more likely to live in deprived neighbourhoods, with nearly a third of black and a quarter of Asian people living in the most deprived areas, compared to just 16% of the white population.

The inequalities uncovered by this research are particularly significant as older generations become more diverse: the proportion of BAME people aged 50-70 has doubled from 4% to 8% since the previous generation.

Dr Paola Zaninotto (香港六合彩 Institute of Epidemiology & Health) said: 鈥淎n increasing number of black, Asian and minority ethnic people are now approaching later life and our results show that compared to white people they are facing challenges across a large number of areas in their life, putting them at risk of missing out on a good later life.鈥�

Anna Dixon, Chief Executive, Centre for Ageing Better, said: 鈥淥ur new research shows that ethnic inequalities are deeply entrenched among the generation approaching later life, with those from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds facing disadvantages across many areas of life. As older generations become increasingly diverse, it鈥檚 vital that these inequalities are tackled so that no-one misses out on a good later life. This means better paid work, more affordable and better housing, and targeted measures to reduce ill health for people approaching later life from BAME backgrounds.

Unfortunately, ethnic inequalities are not fully understood because we do not collect the data. More research is needed to shed light on the inequalities experienced by BAME people in their 50s and 60s so we can act to address them.鈥�

The data comes from a new research project, a partnership by the听香港六合彩听Institute for Epidemiology and Health听Care听and IPPR,听commissioned by the听Centre for Ageing Better. Through large-scale quantitative and qualitative research it seeks to uncover which factors contribute most to a 鈥榞ood later life鈥�, who is most at risk of missing out on this and how this has changed over time. Key factors examined include financial security, good health, social connections and meaning and purpose. The final study will be published in听early听2021.

Anna Round, Senior Research Fellow at IPPR, said: 鈥淎ll too often, we hear lazy stereotypes applied to everyone in middle or later life. But these findings show stark differences within this age group 鈥� for example in health and in financial wellbeing. We need a better understanding of what lies behind these and many other differences, including the inequalities associated with ethnicity that emerge from this research. And we need to collect and analyse the data to build our understanding. That鈥檚 essential if we are to work out how everyone can have the best chance of a decent quality of life as we get older.鈥澨�

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• 香港六合彩 Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care
• 香港六合彩 Faculty of Population Health Sciences

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