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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

General Household Survey (Surrey Files), 1978

Variable Details

VariablePABORN
LabelCOUNTRY OF FATHERS BIRTH
Responses
1 ENGLAND 17137
2 SCOTLAND 2534
3 WALES 1325
4 NORTHERN IRELAND 227
5 UK,GB OR BRIT.ISLES 15
6 IRISH REPUBLIC 632
7 OTHER EUROPE-EEC 164
8 GREECE,SPN,PORTGAL 20
9 OTH.EUROPE-NON EEC 206
10 USSR 62
11 OLD COMMONWEALTH 76
12 INDIA-NEW C'WLTH 342
13 BANGLADESH-N.C'WLTH 8
14 E.AFRICAN-NEW C'WLTH 16
15 WEST INDIES-N.C'WLTH 182
16 MEDITERRANEAN C'WLTH 80
17 REST OF NEW C'WLTH 63
18 PAKISTAN 79
19 RHODESIA 2
20 REST OF WORLD 134
99 OUTSIDE UK-DK WHERE 10
-9 DOES NOT APPLY & MD 8731
-1 NA,REFUSAL,DK 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationGeneral Household Survey (Surrey Files), 1978
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