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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Expenditure and Food Survey, 2002-2003

Variable Details

VariableETHNIC
LabelEthnicity
Question text To which of these ethnic groups do you consider you belong?
Responses
1 White British 6478
2 Any other White background 155
3 Mixed - White and Black Caribbean 12
4 Mixed - White and Black African 4
5 Mixed - White and Asian 12
6 Any other mixed background 7
7 Asian or Asian British - Indian 62
8 Asian or Asian British - Pakistani 34
9 Asian or Asian British - Bangladeshi 12
10 Asian or Asian British - Any other Asian 27
11 Black or Black British - Black Caribbean 54
12 Black or Black British - Black African 31
13 Black or Black British - Any other Black 9
14 Chinese or other ethnic group - Chinese 7
15 Other ethnic group - Any other 25
Sysmiss 9657
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationExpenditure and Food Survey, 2002-2003
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD A1
UniverseNational;Households in the United Kingdom during 2002-2003.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The 2001-2002 wave is the first in the EFS series.
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