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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey, 1985

Variable Details

VariableCOBWIFG
LabelCOUNTRY OF BIRTH OF WIFE OF HOH
Responses
1 UK GB 120018
6 Irish Republic 2017
7 Channel Islands 19
8 Isle of Man 3
11 Australia 127
12 Canada 122
13 New Zealand 47
14 Kenya 265
15 Uganda 113
16 Tanzania 83
17 Malawi 20
18 Zambia 29
19 Zimbabwe 24
20 Botswana Lesotho Swaziland 14
21 Gambia 0
22 Ghana 52
23 Nigeria 66
24 Sierra Leone 16
25 Barbados 71
26 Jamaica 444
27 Trinidad and Tobago 46
28 West Indies Assoc 48
29 West Indies so std. 27
30 Other Caribbean Commonwealth 98
31 Belize 18
32 Guyana 63
33 Bangladesh 248
34 India 1442
35 Sri Lanka 57
36 Hong Kong 219
37 Malaysia 90
38 Singapore 64
39 Cyprus 240
40 Gibraltar 16
41 Malta 98
42 Seychelles 17
43 Mauritius 53
44 Other new Commonwealth 27
45 Algeria 3
46 Morocco 18
47 Tunisia 6
48 Libya 0
49 Egypt 51
50 Rep.of South Africa 167
51 Other africa fdr 31
52 USA 320
53 Caribbean 6
54 Middle America 32
55 South America 51
56 Pakistan 937
57 Burma 21
58 Peoples Rep China Taiwan 63
59 Japan 35
60 Philippines 36
61 Vietnam 30
62 Iran 53
63 Israel 5
64 Other mid east country 93
65 Other asia 47
66 Belgium 50
67 Denmark / Greenland 31
68 France / Monaco 131
69 Italy San Marino Vatican city 276
70 Luxembourg 0
71 Netherlands 86
72 Fed.rep.of Germany 228
73 Germany<pt not std> 231
74 Albania 0
75 Bulgaria 0
76 German dem.rep. 45
77 Czechoslovakia 15
78 Hungary 37
79 Poland 145
80 Romania 4
81 Austria 67
82 Switzerland / Liechtenstein 37
83 Greece 30
84 Portugal Azores Madeira 26
85 Spain Balearic islands Canary 82
86 Finland 44
87 Norway 18
88 Sweden 23
89 Yugoslavia 38
90 Other europe 0
91 Turkey 26
92 USSR 22
93 Rest of world 0
94 At sea /in the air 0
96 No wife partner hhld 36332
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 740
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey, 1985
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