Talk:List of English districts by ethnic diversity

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How were they amalgamated? Does afro-caribbean include african (they were separate categories). Were the mixed race categories ignored or amalgamated? Secretlondon 02:16, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I would like to amend this page, because I do not think that it adequately represents "ethnic diversity". It would be better to run the Simpson's Diversity Index with ALL the 16 ethnic group categories, rather than aggregating the White groups together. In this analysis, the Black Caribbean and the Black African ethnic groups were seen as two separate categories. The Mixed White and Black ethnic groups were aggregated with the "Other Black" group. The Mixed White and Asian group was aggregated with the "Other Asian" group. The Mixed groups are quite small, and will reduce the Diversity Index scores simply because of their small numbers, but if one is wanting a measure of ethnic diversity, I believe it is best to include all the groups. Mivona 21:04, 31 March 2007 (UTC)