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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

General Household Survey, 1985

Variable Details

Variableorighoh
LabelORIGIN OF HOH
Responses
1 WHITE 11012
2 WEST INDIAN 99
3 INDIAN 74
4 PAKISTANI 35
5 BANGLADESHI 4
6 CHINESE 15
7 AFRICAN 22
8 ARAB 10
11 WHITE:MIXED &NON 14
12 W INDIAN:WHITE 3
13 INDIAN:WHITE 3
14 PAKISTANI:WHITE 0
15 BANGLADESH:WHITE 0
16 OTH ASIAN:WHITE 5
17 AFRICAN:WHITE 2
18 ARAB:WHITE 2
19 ASIAN MIXTURE 0
20 AFRICAN:W INDIAN 0
21 AFRICAN:ASIAN 1
22 MISC:PART COLORD 2
23 MISC:COLORD MIXT 0
24 BLACK 0
25 W INDIAN OR GUY 0
26 INDIAN 0
27 PAKISTANI 0
28 BANGLADESHI 0
29 CHINESE 2
30 AFRICAN 0
31 ARAB 5
32 OTHER ASIAN 12
33 INSUFF INFO 4
98 DNA 27
99 NA 24
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationGeneral Household Survey, 1985
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