iⅳ Contents 2.9 Sample of vacancies..................... .24 2.9.1 Size of sample achieved. 24 2.9.2 25 0 ccupati0门S....... 2.9.3 Locations.......... 26 2.9.4 Market sector............ .27 2.9.5 Size of organisation......... 28 2.9.6 Gender........ 28 2.9.7 Application process variables 29 ............................................................................. 3.1 Overall racial discrimination..... .31 3.2 Alternative presentations of the level of discrimination.....................33 3.3 Discrimination for individual ethnic groups............................ 35 3.4 Occupation and sector. 38 3.5 Size of employer 40 3.6 Area and gender. 41 3.7 Variation in the application process................. 42 4 Conclusions.… .…47 Appendix A Technical appendix.............................. 49 Appendix B Procedures document for team producing applications...........51 Appendix C Occupation descriptions used to identify eligible vacancies..........61 List of tables Table 2.1 Results of testing of name recognition................ 18 Table 2.2 Names used in study19 Table 2.3 Locations in sample................. 26 Table 2.4 Market sector and industry classification of employers in sample........... .27 Table 2.5 Number of employees at site.............. 28 Table 2.6 Gender of applications... 28 Table 2.7 Occupation of applications by gender........ 29 Table 2.8 Application process for sample of vacancies......30 Table 3.1 Overall racial discrimination32 Table 3.2 Treatment within sets of applications........ 33iv 2.9 Sample of vacancies.........................................................................24 2.9.1 Size of sample achieved.....................................................24 2.9.2 Occupations......................................................................25 2.9.3 Locations...........................................................................26 2.9.4 Market sector....................................................................27 2.9.5 Size of organisation...........................................................28 2.9.6 Gender..............................................................................28 2.9.7 Application process variables.............................................29 3 Results.......................................................................................................31 3.1 Overall racial discrimination .............................................................31 3.2 Alternative presentations of the level of discrimination.....................33 3.3 Discrimination for individual ethnic groups.......................................35 3.4 Occupation and sector.....................................................................38 3.5 Size of employer..............................................................................40 3.6 Area and gender..............................................................................41 3.7 Variation in the application process..................................................42 4 Conclusions...............................................................................................47 Appendix A Technical appendix......................................................................49 Appendix B Procedures document for team producing applications...............51 Appendix C Occupation descriptions used to identify eligible vacancies..........61 List of tables Table 2.1 Results of testing of name recognition........................................18 Table 2.2 Names used in study...................................................................19 Table 2.3 Locations in sample ....................................................................26 Table 2.4 Market sector and industry classification of employers in sample....................................................................................27 Table 2.5 Number of employees at site ......................................................28 Table 2.6 Gender of applications................................................................28 Table 2.7 Occupation of applications by gender.........................................29 Table 2.8 Application process for sample of vacancies................................30 Table 3.1 Overall racial discrimination ........................................................32 Table 3.2 Treatment within sets of applications..........................................33 Contents