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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

General Household Survey, 1985

Variable Details

Variableorigin
LabelORIGINS
Responses
1 WHITE 27864
2 WEST INDIAN 274
3 INDIAN 285
4 PAKISTANI 166
5 BANGLADESHI 21
6 CHINESE 46
7 AFRICAN 54
8 ARAB 22
11 WHITE:MIXED &NON 58
12 W INDIAN:WHITE 20
13 INDIAN:WHITE 18
14 PAKISTANI:WHITE 4
15 BANGLADESH:WHITE 0
16 OTH ASIAN:WHITE 23
17 AFRICAN:WHITE 9
18 ARAB:WHITE 3
19 ASIAN MIXTURE 1
20 AFRICAN:W INDIAN 0
21 AFRICAN:ASIAN 6
22 MISC:PART COLORD 6
23 MISC:COLORD MIXT 1
24 BLACK 1
25 W INDIAN OR GUY 1
26 INDIAN 0
27 PAKISTANI 0
28 BANGLADESHI 0
29 CHINESE 3
30 AFRICAN 0
31 ARAB 12
32 OTHER ASIAN 43
33 INSUFF INFO 30
98 DNA 150
99 NA 161
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationGeneral Household Survey, 1985
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