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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey, 1985

Variable Details

VariableCOBWOFUG
LabelCOUNTRY OF BIRTH OF WIFE OF FAM.HEAD
Responses
1 UK GB 118841
6 Irish Republic 1998
7 Channel Islands 21
8 Isle of Man 3
11 Australia 123
12 Canada 119
13 New Zealand 47
14 Kenya 253
15 Uganda 115
16 Tanzania 81
17 Malawi 22
18 Zambia 32
19 Zimbabwe 24
20 Botswana Lesotho Swaziland 12
21 Gambia 0
22 Ghana 51
23 Nigeria 65
24 Sierra Leone 16
25 Barbados 67
26 Jamaica 424
27 Trinidad and Tobago 46
28 West Indies Assoc 47
29 West Indies so std. 29
30 Other Caribbean Commonwealth 98
31 Belize 18
32 Guyana 62
33 Bangladesh 242
34 India 1407
35 Sri Lanka 55
36 Hong Kong 212
37 Malaysia 88
38 Singapore 64
39 Cyprus 225
40 Gibraltar 16
41 Malta 97
42 Seychelles 17
43 Mauritius 53
44 Other new Commonwealth 25
45 Algeria 3
46 Morocco 18
47 Tunisia 6
48 Libya 0
49 Egypt 50
50 Rep.of South Africa 163
51 Other africa fdr 29
52 USA 325
53 Caribbean 6
54 Middle America 25
55 South America 51
56 Pakistan 918
57 Burma 25
58 Peoples Rep China Taiwan 63
59 Japan 38
60 Philippines 36
61 Vietnam 28
62 Iran 53
63 Israel 5
64 Other mid east country 91
65 Other asia 44
66 Belgium 49
67 Denmark / Greenland 30
68 France / Monaco 131
69 Italy San Marino Vatican city 265
70 Luxembourg 0
71 Netherlands 85
72 Fed.rep.of Germany 223
73 Germany<pt not std> 230
74 Albania 0
75 Bulgaria 0
76 German dem.rep. 43
77 Czechoslovakia 15
78 Hungary 37
79 Poland 144
80 Romania 4
81 Austria 67
82 Switzerland / Liechtenstein 33
83 Greece 29
84 Portugal Azores Madeira 28
85 Spain Balearic islands Canary 79
86 Finland 42
87 Norway 18
88 Sweden 23
89 Yugoslavia 38
90 Other europe 0
91 Turkey 25
92 USSR 22
93 Rest of world 0
94 At sea /in the air 0
95 No answer 724
96 No wife partner 37712
-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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