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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey, 1985

Variable Details

VariableCOBHOHG
LabelCOUNTRY OF BIRTH OF HEAD OF HHLD
Responses
1 UK GB 153872
6 Irish Republic 2572
7 Channel Islands 41
8 Isle of Man 7
11 Australia 109
12 Canada 175
13 New Zealand 65
14 Kenya 308
15 Uganda 131
16 Tanzania 89
17 Malawi 39
18 Zambia 26
19 Zimbabwe 43
20 Botswana Lesotho Swaziland 0
21 Gambia 0
22 Ghana 69
23 Nigeria 146
24 Sierra Leone 18
25 Barbados 138
26 Jamaica 801
27 Trinidad and Tobago 64
28 West Indies Assoc 63
29 West Indies so std. 61
30 Other Caribbean Commonwealth 135
31 Belize 3
32 Guyana 80
33 Bangladesh 254
34 India 1759
35 Sri Lanka 68
36 Hong Kong 240
37 Malaysia 85
38 Singapore 60
39 Cyprus 287
40 Gibraltar 28
41 Malta 106
42 Seychelles 13
43 Mauritius 72
44 Other new Commonwealth 23
45 Algeria 9
46 Morocco 29
47 Tunisia 6
48 Libya 20
49 Egypt 120
50 Rep.of South Africa 214
51 Other africa fdr 41
52 USA 326
53 Caribbean 12
54 Middle America 43
55 South America 39
56 Pakistan 999
57 Burma 50
58 Peoples Rep China Taiwan 83
59 Japan 37
60 Philippines 31
61 Vietnam 35
62 Iran 144
63 Israel 18
64 Other mid east country 148
65 Other asia 26
66 Belgium 23
67 Denmark / Greenland 28
68 France / Monaco 90
69 Italy San Marino Vatican city 407
70 Luxembourg 0
71 Netherlands 78
72 Fed.rep.of Germany 149
73 Germany<pt not std> 140
74 Albania 5
75 Bulgaria 5
76 German dem.rep. 15
77 Czechoslovakia 39
78 Hungary 71
79 Poland 334
80 Romania 12
81 Austria 49
82 Switzerland / Liechtenstein 22
83 Greece 53
84 Portugal Azores Madeira 12
85 Spain Balearic islands Canary 113
86 Finland 13
87 Norway 16
88 Sweden 26
89 Yugoslavia 46
90 Other europe 1
91 Turkey 40
92 USSR 93
93 Rest of world 0
94 At sea /in the air 15
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 815
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey, 1985
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