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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey, 1985

Variable Details

VariableCOBHOFUG
LabelCOUNTRY OF BIRTH OF FAMILY HEAD
Responses
1 UK GB 153976
6 Irish Republic 2551
7 Channel Islands 41
8 Isle of Man 8
11 Australia 111
12 Canada 183
13 New Zealand 64
14 Kenya 293
15 Uganda 136
16 Tanzania 89
17 Malawi 37
18 Zambia 28
19 Zimbabwe 39
20 Botswana Lesotho Swaziland 0
21 Gambia 0
22 Ghana 73
23 Nigeria 150
24 Sierra Leone 16
25 Barbados 136
26 Jamaica 774
27 Trinidad and Tobago 60
28 West Indies Assoc 61
29 West Indies so std. 56
30 Other Caribbean Commonwealth 133
31 Belize 3
32 Guyana 75
33 Bangladesh 256
34 India 1737
35 Sri Lanka 69
36 Hong Kong 235
37 Malaysia 85
38 Singapore 59
39 Cyprus 285
40 Gibraltar 27
41 Malta 103
42 Seychelles 13
43 Mauritius 66
44 Other new Commonwealth 23
45 Algeria 8
46 Morocco 29
47 Tunisia 7
48 Libya 25
49 Egypt 119
50 Rep.of South Africa 211
51 Other africa fdr 39
52 USA 333
53 Caribbean 12
54 Middle America 39
55 South America 47
56 Pakistan 1000
57 Burma 45
58 Peoples Rep China Taiwan 76
59 Japan 40
60 Philippines 33
61 Vietnam 38
62 Iran 144
63 Israel 16
64 Other mid east country 144
65 Other asia 26
66 Belgium 23
67 Denmark / Greenland 28
68 France / Monaco 96
69 Italy San Marino Vatican city 400
70 Luxembourg 0
71 Netherlands 73
72 Fed.rep.of Germany 151
73 Germany<pt not std> 141
74 Albania 3
75 Bulgaria 4
76 German dem.rep. 13
77 Czechoslovakia 37
78 Hungary 73
79 Poland 331
80 Romania 12
81 Austria 46
82 Switzerland / Liechtenstein 21
83 Greece 53
84 Portugal Azores Madeira 12
85 Spain Balearic islands Canary 111
86 Finland 15
87 Norway 18
88 Sweden 26
89 Yugoslavia 46
90 Other europe 3
91 Turkey 38
92 USSR 96
93 Rest of world 0
94 At sea /in the air 15
95 No answer 821
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 2
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey, 1985
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