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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

General Household Survey (Surrey Files), 1978

Variable Details

VariableMABORN
LabelCOUNTRY OF MOTHERS BIRTH
Responses
1 ENGLAND 17412
2 SCOTLAND 2502
3 WALES 1347
4 NORTHERN IRELAND 192
5 UK,GB OR BRIT.ISLES 15
6 IRISH REPUBLIC 602
7 OTHER EUROPE-EEC 203
8 GREECE,SPN,PORTGAL 37
9 OTH.EUROPE-NON EEC 157
10 USSR 40
11 OLD COMMONWEALTH 65
12 INDIA-NEW C'WLTH 348
13 BANGLADESH-N.C'WLTH 7
14 E.AFRICAN-NEW C'WLTH 28
15 WEST INDIES-N.C'WLTH 167
16 MEDITERRANEAN C'WLTH 76
17 REST OF NEW C'WLTH 64
18 PAKISTAN 72
19 RHODESIA 1
20 REST OF WORLD 122
99 OUTSIDE UK-DK WHERE 3
-9 DOES NOT APPLY & MD 8585
-1 NA,REFUSAL,DK 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationGeneral Household Survey (Surrey Files), 1978
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