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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

General Household Survey (Surrey Files), 1978

Variable Details

VariableWIFWHBRN
LabelCOUNTRY OF BIRTH -WIFE
Responses
1 ENGLAND 19351
2 SCOTLAND 2605
3 WALES 1495
4 NORTHERN IRELAND 135
5 UK,GB OR BRIT.ISLES 0
6 IRISH REPUBLIC 463
7 OTHER EUROPE-EEC 192
8 GREECE,SPN,PORTGAL 37
9 OTH.EUROPE-NON EEC 103
10 USSR 7
11 OLD COMMONWEALTH 92
12 INDIA-NEW C'WLTH 408
13 BANGLADESH-N.C'WLTH 4
14 E.AFRICAN-NEW C'WLTH 79
15 WEST INDIES-N.C'WLTH 186
16 MEDITERRANEAN C'WLTH 93
17 REST OF NEW C'WLTH 70
18 PAKISTAN 120
19 RHODESIA 8
20 REST OF WORLD 140
99 OUTSIDE UK-DK WHERE 9
-9 DOES NOT APPLY & MD 6448
-1 NA,REFUSAL,DK 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationGeneral Household Survey (Surrey Files), 1978
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