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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey, 1981

Variable Details

VariableBIRPER
LabelCountry of birth of person
Responses
1 United Kingdom 242953
2 Channel Islands 0
3 Isle of Man 14
4 Irish Republic (inc. 2511
5 Canada 247
6 Austrialia 233
7 New Zealand 96
8 Kenya 452
9 Uganda 197
10 Tanzania 90
11 Malawi 59
12 Zambia 47
13 Zimbabwe 55
14 Botswana, Lesotho an 1
15 Gambia 2
16 Ghana 47
17 Nigeria 93
18 Sierra Leone 8
19 Barbados 77
20 Jamaica 681
21 Trinidad and Tobago 53
22 West Indies Associat 62
23 West Indies (so stat 94
24 Other Caribbean Comm 117
25 Belize 6
26 Guyana 83
27 Bangladesh 127
28 India 1728
29 Sri Lanka 82
30 Hong Kong 195
31 Malaysia 176
32 Singapore 119
33 Cyprus 300
34 Gibraltar 54
35 Malta 137
36 Seychelles 18
37 Mauritius 96
38 Other New Commonweal 27
39 Algeria 6
40 Morocco 22
41 Tunisia 9
42 Libya 18
43 Egypt 62
44 South Africa, Republ 221
45 Other Africa, (Forei 100
46 USA 423
47 Caribbean 11
48 Central America (Mai 24
49 South America 113
50 Pakistan 680
51 Burma 41
52 China, People's Repu 53
53 Japan 78
54 Philippines 20
55 Vietnam 32
56 Iran 103
57 Israel 21
58 Other Middle Eastern 137
59 Other Asia (Foreign) 40
60 Belgium 59
61 Denmark (inc Greenla 30
62 France (inc Monaco) 139
63 Italy (inc San Marin 427
64 Luxembourg 1
65 Netherlands 99
66 Germany, Federal Rep 132
67 Germany (pns) 612
68 Greece 61
69 Albania 1
70 Bulgaria 6
71 German Democratic Re 7
72 Czechoslovakia 26
73 Hungary 59
74 Poland 359
75 Romania 8
76 Austria 92
77 Switzerland (inc Lie 46
78 Portugal (inc Azores 51
79 Spain (inc Balearic 124
80 Finland 20
81 Norway 23
82 Sweden 32
83 Yugoslavia 57
84 Other Europe 5
85 Turkey 39
86 USSR 139
87 Rest of the World 0
88 At sea/in the air 3
89 Not stated/No reply 1653
90 Not known 16
91 NA 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey, 1981
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