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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey, 1984

Variable Details

VariableCOBHOFUF
LabelCOUNTRY OF BIRTH OF HEAD OF FAMILY
Responses
1 UK GB 151465
6 Irish Republic 2397
7 Channel Islands 62
8 Isle of Man 6
11 Australia 107
12 Canada 158
13 New Zealand 69
14 Kenya 306
15 Uganda 139
16 Tanzania 69
17 Malawi 27
18 Zambia 9
19 Zimbabwe 30
20 Botswana Lesotho Swaziland 2
21 Gambia 6
22 Ghana 48
23 Nigeria 146
24 Sierra Leone 16
25 Barbados 83
26 Jamaica 694
27 Trinidad and Tobago 20
28 West Indies Assoc 75
29 West Indies so std. 56
30 Other Caribbean Commonwealth 118
31 Belize 0
32 Guyana 59
33 Bangladesh 165
34 India 1740
35 Sri Lanka 98
36 Hong Kong 158
37 Malaysia 85
38 Singapore 62
39 Cyprus 266
40 Gibraltar 38
41 Malta 77
42 Seychelles 2
43 Mauritius 57
44 Other new Commonwealth 20
45 Algeria 3
46 Morocco 27
47 Tunisia 10
48 Libya 26
49 Egypt 79
50 Rep.of South Africa 144
51 Other africa fdr 22
52 USA 309
53 Caribbean 0
54 Middle America 6
55 South America 35
56 Pakistan 916
57 Burma 44
58 Peoples Rep China Taiwan 97
59 Japan 21
60 Philippines 32
61 Vietnam 33
62 Iran 99
63 Israel 16
64 Other mid east country 101
65 Other asia 30
66 Belgium 22
67 Denmark or Greenland 17
68 France or Monaco 78
69 Italy San Marino Vatican city 311
70 Luxembourg 0
71 Netherlands 63
72 Fed.rep.of Germany 141
73 Germany<pt not std> 140
74 Albania 0
75 Bulgaria 0
76 German dem.rep. 14
77 Czechoslovakia 26
78 Hungary 65
79 Poland 296
80 Romania 9
81 Austria 44
82 Switzerland or Liechtenstein 27
83 Greece 36
84 Portugal Azores Madeira 24
85 Spain Balearic islands Canary 114
86 Finland 1
87 Norway 13
88 Sweden 15
89 Yugoslavia 39
90 Other europe 0
91 Turkey 35
92 USSR 91
93 Rest of world 0
94 At sea or in the air 4
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 2082
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey, 1984
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