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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British General Election Study, 1997; Cross Section Survey

Variable Details

VariableWHEREBRN
LabelIn which country were you born? Q553
Question text In which country were you born?
Responses
-2 Skp,born in Britain 39
1 UK/GB/EngScotWalesNI 0
2 India 14
3 Trinidad 3
4 Jamaica 7
5 Bangladesh 12
6 Uganda 0
7 Nigeria 0
8 Pakistan 7
9 Kenya 5
10 Sri Lanka 2
11 Ghana 3
12 St Lucia 0
13 Gambia 0
14 Morocco 0
15 Grenada 1
16 Monserrat 0
17 Sierra Leone 0
18 Barbados 1
19 Ivory Coast 0
20 Dominica 0
21 Portugal 0
22 Guyana 1
23 France 0
24 Tanzania 1
25 Burma 2
26 South Africa 0
27 Indonesia 0
28 Iran 0
29 Zimbabwe 0
30 Somalia 0
31 Singapore 0
32 Yemen 0
33 Malawi 0
34 Zaire 0
35 Germany 0
36 Togo 0
37 Guadaloupe 0
38 Jordan 0
39 Sudan 1
40 Zambia 1
41 Egypt 0
42 Nevis 0
43 St Vincent 0
44 Mauritius 0
45 Eritrea 0
46 St Kitts 0
47 Malaya 0
48 Haiti 0
49 USA 1
996 WI/Caribbean[unspec] 0
997 Africa[unspecified] 3
999 ? 0
9999 Not answered 2
-1 Skp,not ethnic module 3509
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish General Election Study, 1997; Cross Section Survey
Interviewer InstructionsWRITE IN NAME OF COUNTRY (ENTER TEXT OF AT MOST 60 CHARACTERS)
UniverseAdults aged 18+ living in Great Britain;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study
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