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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British General Election Study, 1997 : Ethnic Minority Survey

Variable Details

Variablewherebrn
LabelIn which country were you born?[num]Q553
Responses
-2 Skp,born in Britain 210
1 UK/GB/EngScotWalesNI 0
2 India 122
3 Trinidad 4
4 Jamaica 49
5 Bangladesh 34
6 Uganda 14
7 Nigeria 20
8 Pakistan 86
9 Kenya 39
10 Sri Lanka 12
11 Ghana 15
12 St Lucia 5
13 Gambia 2
14 Morocco 1
15 Grenada 11
16 Monserrat 4
17 Sierra Leone 6
18 Barbados 7
19 Ivory Coast 1
20 Dominica 3
21 Portugal 2
22 Guyana 5
23 France 1
24 Tanzania 5
25 Burma 2
26 South Africa 0
27 Indonesia 0
28 Iran 0
29 Zimbabwe 2
30 Somalia 4
31 Singapore 2
32 Yemen 3
33 Malawi 1
34 Zaire 1
35 Germany 2
36 Togo 1
37 Guadaloupe 1
38 Jordan 0
39 Sudan 1
40 Zambia 2
41 Egypt 1
42 Nevis 1
43 St Vincent 1
44 Mauritius 1
45 Eritrea 1
46 St Kitts 2
47 Malaya 1
48 Haiti 1
49 USA 1
996 WI/Caribbean[unspec] 4
997 Africa[unspecified] 6
999 ? 1
9999 Not answered 4
-1 Skp,not ethnic module 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish General Election Study, 1997 : Ethnic Minority Survey
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