TY  - JOUR
AB  - The Bangladeshi Migrants Pilot Study establishes the feasibility of applying the methods used in studying the informal support networks of older people in the majority population of Britain, specifically the Wenger support networks typology, to the elders of an immigrant group, and to elders who have remained in the region of origin. The sample consists of Bangladeshis aged 55+ in Tower Hamlets, London, United Kingdom (N=98), and Sylhet in Bangladesh (N=51) (see Table 1). The paper provides an ethnohistory of Bangladeshi immigration to the United Kingdom, a comparison of the support networks of Bangladeshis living in Sylhet and Tower Hamlets, and a comparison of support networks of Bangladeshis with rural and urban dwellers in the United Kingdom. The Practitioners Assessment of Network Typology (PANT) algorithm produces support network types in 99% of cases and demonstrates that the instrument is applicable in different cultures. Results show little difference between the support networks of Bangladeshis in Sylhet compared with London. There are significant differences between support networks of the Bangladeshi samples and the rural and urban United Kingdom samples.
VL  - 1
IS  - 2
SN  - 1471-7794
DO  - 10.1108/14717794200000011
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/14717794200000011
AU  - Burholt Vanessa
AU  - Wenger Clare
AU  - Scott Anne
AU  - Yahya Bashar
AU  - Roy Sibani
PY  - 2000
Y1  - 2000/01/01
TI  - Bangladeshi immigration to the United Kingdom: Older people's support networks in the sending and receiving countries
T2  - Quality in Ageing and Older Adults
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 18
EP  - 30
Y2  - 2024/04/20
ER  -