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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

General Household Survey (Surrey Files), 1978

Variable Details

VariableWHBORN
LabelCOUNTRY OF BIRTH
Responses
1 ENGLAND 18118
2 SCOTLAND 2462
3 WALES 1292
4 NORTHERN IRELAND 121
5 UK,GB OR BRIT.ISLES 0
6 IRISH REPUBLIC 333
7 OTHER EUROPE-EEC 127
8 GREECE,SPN,PORTGAL 20
9 OTH.EUROPE-NON EEC 98
10 USSR 16
11 OLD COMMONWEALTH 70
12 INDIA-NEW C'WLTH 256
13 BANGLADESH-N.C'WLTH 4
14 E.AFRICAN-NEW C'WLTH 109
15 WEST INDIES-N.C'WLTH 158
16 MEDITERRANEAN C'WLTH 69
17 REST OF NEW C'WLTH 91
18 PAKISTAN 88
19 RHODESIA 7
20 REST OF WORLD 121
99 OUTSIDE UK-DK WHERE 11
-9 DOES NOT APPLY & MD 8460
-1 NA,REFUSAL,DK 14
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationGeneral Household Survey (Surrey Files), 1978
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