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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

General Household Survey (Surrey Files), 1977

Variable Details

Variablewhborn
LabelCOUNTRY OF BIRTH
Responses
0 OUTSIDE UK-DK WHERE 8
1 ENGLAND 18429
2 SCOTLAND 2478
3 WALES 1324
4 NORTHERN IRELAND 118
5 AUSTRALIA 26
6 AUSTRALIAN DEPS 0
7 NEW ZEALAND 5
8 N.Z. DEPENDS 0
9 CANADA 29
10 INDIA 181
12 PAKISTAN 48
13 SRI LANKA 17
14 BRUNEI 0
15 HONG KONG 15
16 MALAYSIA 30
17 SINGAPORE 7
18 MISC.ASIAN COMM.ISLS 4
19 THE GAMBIA 1
20 GHANA 11
21 NIGERIA 13
22 SIERA LEONE 0
23 KENYA 26
24 MALAWI 2
25 TANZANIA 19
26 UGANDA 14
27 ZAMBIA 3
28 BOTSWANA 0
29 LESOTHO 0
30 RHODESIA 8
31 SWAZILAND 0
33 MISC.AFRICAN C'W IS 9
34 CYPRUS 41
35 GIBRALTAR 8
36 MALTA 18
37 BARBADOS 6
38 BELIZE 0
39 GUYANA 11
40 JAMAICA 94
41 TRINIDAD&TOBAGO 13
42 W.INDIES ASS.STATES 31
43 W.INDIES DEP.STATES 12
44 FALKLAND ISLANDS 0
45 AUSTRIA 21
46 BELGIUM 12
47 DENMARK 3
48 FINLAND 1
49 FRANCE 23
50 W.GERMANY 23
51 GREECE 5
52 ICELAND 0
53 EIRE 370
54 ITALY 36
55 NETHERLANDS 12
56 NORWAY 4
57 PORTUGAL 5
58 SPAIN 11
59 SWEDEN 4
60 SWITZERLAND 5
61 TURKEY 3
62 YUGOSLAVIA 2
63 OTHER W.EUROPE 0
64 ALBANIA 0
65 BULGARIA 0
66 CZECHOSLOVAKIA 4
67 EAST GERMANY 10
68 HUNGARY 6
69 POLAND 45
70 ROMANIA 3
71 USSR 26
72 REP. OF DJIBOUTI 0
73 ALGERIA 3
74 ANGOLA 0
75 BURUNDI 0
76 CAMEROON REP 1
77 CEN.AFRICAN REP 0
78 CHAD 0
79 CONGO 0
80 ZAIRE 1
81 BENIN 0
82 EQUAT.GUINEA 0
83 ETHIOPIA 0
84 GABON 0
85 REP.OF GUINEA 0
86 GUINEA BISSAU 0
87 IVORY COAST 0
88 LIBERIA 0
89 MALAGASY REP 0
90 MALI 0
91 MAURITANIA 0
92 MOROCCO 9
93 MOZAMBIQUE 0
94 NIGER 0
95 RWANDA 0
97 SENEGAL 0
98 SOMALIA 0
99 S.AFRICA 20
100 SUDAN 0
101 TOGO 0
102 TUNISIA 0
103 UN.ARAB REP 9
104 UPPER VOLTA 0
105 OTHER AFRICA 0
106 BAHRAIN 0
107 IRAN 10
108 IRAQ 0
109 ISRAEL 3
110 JORDAN 0
111 KUWAIT 0
112 LEBANON 1
113 LIBYA 5
114 OMAN 0
115 QATAR 0
116 SAUDI ARABI 2
117 SOUTH YEMEN 1
118 SYRIA 0
119 UN.ARAB EMIRATES 0
120 YEMEN ARAB REP 0
121 AFGHANISTAN 0
122 BHUTAN 0
123 BURMA 6
124 CAMBODIA 0
125 PEOPLE'S REP.CHINA 7
126 REP.OF CHINA 0
127 INDONESIA 2
128 JAPAN 2
129 N.KOREA 0
130 S.KOREA 0
131 LAOS 0
132 MACAO 0
133 THE MALDIVES 0
134 MONGOLIA 0
135 NEPAL 2
136 PHILIPPINES 5
137 THAILAND 0
138 VIETNAM 0
140 PACIFIC ISLANDS 0
141 USA 21
142 ARGENTINA 2
143 BOLIVIA 0
144 BRAZIL 0
145 CHILE 0
146 COLOMBIA 0
147 COSTA RICA 0
148 CUBA 0
149 DOMINICAN REP 0
150 ECUADOR 0
151 GUATEMALA 0
152 FRENCH GUIANA 0
153 DUTCH GUIANA 1
154 HAITI 0
155 HONDURAS 0
156 MEXICO 1
157 NICARAGUA 0
158 PANAMA 0
159 PARAGUAY 0
160 PERU 2
161 PUERTO RICO 0
162 EL SALVADOR 0
163 URUGUAY 0
164 VENEQUELA 0
165 OTHER AMERICAN 0
166 GERMANY-GENERAL 29
167 IRELAND- GEN 6
168 KOREA-GENERAL 0
170 UK,GB OR BRIT.ISLES 0
171 BANGLA DESH 6
172 W.INDIES-NES 8
173 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0
999 1
-9 DOES NOT APPLY & MD 8567
-1 NA, REFUSAL, DK 20
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationGeneral Household Survey (Surrey Files), 1977
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