Table 2

 Percentage of each ethnic group falling within specific acculturation levels

WhiteWhite-otherMixedIndianBangladeshiPakistaniBlack CaribbeanBlack AfricanBlack British
†Response rate to cultural identity questions. p Values calculated from weighted LR models using marginalised group as baseline, and comparing with white ethnic group (*p⩽0.05; **p⩽0.01; ***p⩽0.001; ****p⩽0.001).
Friendship choices n = 529n = 116n = 165n = 231n = 601n = 165n = 133n = 243n = 110
% Response rate†91728692.587.189.780.187.190.9
Marginalised14.820.119.617.414.117.111.817.813.4
Traditional29.415.8**17.1**22.952.5***3731.820.2*25.7
Assimilated16.62734.330.85.6***12.115.120.721.3
Integrated39.137.130*2927.833.841.441.339.5
Clothing choices Respondersn = 527n = 116n = 164n = 231n = 601n = 164n = 131n = 234n = 111
% Response rate†90.77285.992.487.498.871.283.991.7
Marginalised3347.137.837.438.138.132.241.136.0
Traditional36.117.9***23.9*21.1**21.1***29.627.821.8***23.7
Assimilated5.010.417.5***20.4***16.9***13.7**11.1*18.6***17.4***
Integrated26.324.620.821.12418.728.918.6**22.9