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1970 British Cohort Study: Sixteen-Year Head Teacher Questionnaire, 1986

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Variablehtq31_c
LabelQ31 Comments re cultural groups of pupils
Question text In the next six questions we are asking you to estimate the distribution of certain characteristics of your school population and parents in the following categories. It would be very helpful if you feel you can estimate the proportion of your pupils who belong to the following cultural groups. Comments.
Responses
.3% ASIAN, .3% OTHER. 3
0.1 NORTH AFRICAN 4
1 BLACK SOUTH AFRICAN 1
1 OR 2 HAVE ONE PARENT (COLOURED) 5
1 PUPIL OF WEST INDIAN EXTRACTION 1
1 VIETNAMESE 1
1 WEST INDIAN 2 AUSTRALIANS 1 AMERICAN 2
1 WEST INDIAN ORIGIN 1 AFRICAN 2 ASIAN 3
1/2% WEST INDIAN 1/2% OTHER 8
2 CHINESE 1 AFRICAN 1 MIXED RACE THE OTHERS ARE CAICASIAN 3
2 INDIAN 2 VIETNAMESE 1 CHINESE 6
2 OR 3 PUPILS OF WEST INDIAN OR CHINESE ORIGIN 3
2 PUPILS - 1 X CHINESE/1 X AFRO-CARIBBEAN. 4
2 PUPILS ONLY NON WHITE EUROPEAN ORIGIN 4
20% SCOTTISH IN 1965 - PRESENT GENERATION UNDISTINGUISHABLE 2
3 ASIAN PUPILS & 2 CHINES PUPILS IN SCHOOL 1
32 NON EUROPEAN IN 5TH YEAR 5
4 PUPILS 7
75% EUROPEAN CONTAINS LARGE JEWISH COMMUNITY - UP TO 30% OF WHOLE SCHOOL WITH STRONG CULTURAL FEELINGS 1
A "NON-WHITE" FACE IS VERY MUCH THE RARITY HERE. 6
A CATHOLIC SCHOOL WITH HIGH DEMAND FOR PLACES LIMITS MULTI-CULTURAL INTAKE 3
A FEW CHILDREN OF PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS PEOPLE 1
A FEW INDIVIDUALS EACH YEAR OF FOREIGN NATIONALITY 1
A FEW VIET/CHINESE 9
A GREATER PROPORTION (APPROX 7%) OF ASIAN CHILDREN IS APPARENT IN OUR JUNIOR SCHOOL (5-11 YRS) & WILL MOVE UP IN DUE COURSE 6
A VERY FEW BABIES (<1%) BLACK OR ASIAN OR MIXED RACE 3
A VERY SLIGHT PROPORTION ARE NON-EUROPEAN 7
A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE & CHINESE PUPILS ON ROLL 2
ABOUT 10 CHINESE SOME ASIANS ARE OF AFRICAN ORIGIN MOST WEST INDIAN ARE BLACK BRITISH. IS A MIXED WEST INDIAN BLACK OR WHITE? DOES IT MATTER? ONLY BEC 2
ABOUT 2% OF THE EUROPEANS ARE TRAVELLERS CHILDREN 2
ABOVE PURE GUESSOLOGY 3
AGAIN ARBITRARY 1
ALL ARE ENGLISH/WELSH 1
ALMOST ENTIRELY EUROPEAN.ONE BOY WEST INDIAN (MIXED) ONE BOY HALF GREEK - ONE BOY FROM SOUTH AFRICA (WHITE). 2
ALMOST EXCLUSIVLEY WHITE 3
ALWAYS A VERY SMALL MINORITY 1
ALWAYS VERY SMALL ETHNIC MINORITY PREVIOUSLY CHINESE WERE ABOUT .5% (TAKE AWAY) 5
AMERICAN 2
ANGLICAN REQUIREMENT FOR ENTRY. 4
APART FROM 1 OR 2 CHINESE OR INDIAN RESTAURANTEURS THERE HAS BEEN NO INPUT OF MINORITY ETHNIC GROUPS 3
APPROX 6 WEST INDIAN/ASIAN OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION OF 1250 5
AS A CATHOLIC SCHOOL WE ATTRACT VERY FEW ASIAN/MUSLIM CHILDREN 1
AS A ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL FEW PUPILS FROM ETHNIC MINORITIES 1
AS A SELECTIVE SCHOOL NOT COMPLETE REFLECTION OF THE AREA. LARGE ASIAN ENTRY INTO VI FROM LOCAL SECONDARY MODERN 4
AS ABOVE 2
AS YET THERE ARE NOT MANY WEST INDIANS IN THE AREA WE HAVE 1 OR 2 PUPILS IN THIS GROUP 3
ASIA PUPILS INCLUDE THREE OF PAKISTANI ORIGIN AND SIX OF CHINESE ORIGIN 3
ASIAN - UGANDAN/KENYAN. WEST INDIAN & WEST AFRICAN NEGRO. 3
ASIAN ARE MUSLIMS 2
ASIAN GROUP RISING PERCEPTIBLY 6
ASIAN LARGELY SIKH AND LEAMINTONIAN BORN 4
ASIAN MAINLY PROFESSIONAL CF DOCTORS 4
ASIAN PROPORTION RISING. 5
ASIAN WOULD INCLUDE BOTH OF INDIAN AND CHINESE EXTRACTION. 3
BANGLODESHI & VIETNAMESE 3
BASED ON SAMPLE ANAYSIS OF ONE YEAR INTAKE 3
CANADA/PHILIPPINO .1% 2
CANNOT ANSWER 3
CATEGORY 4 IS ROUGHEST ESTIMATE 5
CHECKED - THIS IS ACCURATE 1
DON'T KEEP ANY FIGURES.FIGURES ABOVE ARE OFF TOP OF HEAD 3
ETHNIC MINORITIES ARE FEW IN NUMBER IN MY CATCHMENT AREA 1
EVEN THE VERY FEW COLOURED PUPILS ARE EITHER ADOPTED OR HAVE FATHERS IN A PROFESSION. 9
EXISTS 2
FOREIGN PUPILS ARE MAINLY BOARDERS. 2
GRADUAL INCREASE OF ASIAN GROUPS OVER LAST FEW YEARS 5
I FEEL THAT I AM NOT PREPARED TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION 2
IMPOSSIBLE TO DO WITHOUT MAKING A SPECIAL SURVEY. 3
IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE 1
INNER CITY SCHOOL WITH INFLUX OF BENGALI FAMILIES (MAINLY) IN THE CATERING TRADES 2
ITALIAN 7
LARGE POLISH AND ITALIAN GROUPS IN AREA VERY SUBSTANTIALLY INTEGRATED 4
LESS THAN 1% 3
LESS THAN 1% IN OTHER CULTURAL GROUPS. 2
LESS THAN 1% OF THE POPULATION IS NON-EUROPEAN 5
MAINLY ASIAN - ONLY ONE WEST INDIAN 5
MAINLY MUSLIM/HINDU/SIKH 1
MAINLY SIKHS OF PUNJABI DESCENT 4
MAINLY WHITE ENGLISH 6
MAJORITY ARE ENGLISH WELSH BORN CHILDREN - SIGNIFICANT NO OF IMMIGRANTS (WHITE) FROM ENGLAND 4
MANY ASIAN CHILDREN ARE IMMIGRANTS OR CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS 3
MANY FROM TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC/IRISH OR EUROPEAN MEDITERANEAN OR POLISH BACKGROUNDS EXTENDED FAMILY IDEAL PATRONS 2
NATURE OF SCHOOL WILL CHANGE IN 86-87 - MORE ASIANS/CHANGE OF CATCHMENT AREA. 1
NEARLY ALL PUPILS WERE BORN IN GREAT BRITAIN 3
NO ATTEMPT MADE TO OBTAIN ACCURATE FIGURES 4
NOT AN AREA OF HIGH IMMIGRATION - EXCEPT FOR MATURE STUDENTS - WHO GENERALLY RETURN HOME AFTER THEIR STUDIES IE. BEFORE THEIR CHILDREN ARE OF SECONDAR 1
NOT AVAILABLE 1
NOT MEASURED 5
NOT POSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE 5
ONE INDIAN CHILD. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF CHILDREN OF ITALIAN DESCENT. THERE ARE VIRTUALLY NO WEST INDIANS IN THE AREA. 1
ONLY 1 GIRL IS COLOURED IN THIS SCHOOL. 1
ONLY 1 NON-EUROPEAN IN SCHOOL 7
ONLY 3 OR 4 PUPILS OF NON EUROPEAN 2
ONLY 4 CHILDREN MIXED PARENTAGE/PROF CLASSES OFTEN MEDICS FROM AREA HOSPITAL/TEACHERS/LECTURERS 1
ONLY 4 PUPILS NOT IN GROUP 1 3
ONLY A TINY PROPORTION ARE NON-EUROPEAN EG. OUT OF 700 2 CHINESE 6 ASIAN 4
ONLY EVER 2 OR 3 OUT OF 1370 PUPILS OF NON-EUROPEAN ORIGIN 3
ONLY OCCASIONAL ASIAN OR MIXED RACE 4
OUR ASIANS ARE CHINESE IN THE MAIN WITH A SPRINKLING OF INDIAN 2
OUR ETHNIC MINORITIES ARE ALL LONG ESTABLISHED IN THE AREA. 3
OUR EUROPEAN INTAKE INCLUDES SEVERAL ITALIAN PUPILS/A FEW SPANISH AND POLISH 4
OUT OF TOTAL SCHOOL POP.THERE ARE ONLY 2 PUPILS OF W.INDIAN 3
OVERWHELMINGLY WHITE WORKING CLASS COUNCIL EST CATCHMENT 3
RUNNING FAIRLY STABLE 1
RURAL COMMUNITY 2
RURAL EAST ANGLIAN SCHOOL 1
SCHOOL BEGAN 1929 AS MULTINATIONAL 2
SCHOOL HAS A DES SECTION II TEACHER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INDUCTION LANGUAGE TRG AND SUPPORT TEACHING FOR IM. PUPILS. 2
SCHOOL POLICY TO TAKE 10% OVERSEAS PUPILS 3
SMALL VERY WELL INTEGRATED PAKISTANI GROUP. LAST SCHOOL CAPTAIN A PAKISTANI 3
SOMETIMES HAVE GIRLS OF OTHER CULTURAL GROUPS - THEY ARE VERY WELCOME 1
SOUTH & EAST EUROPEAN & IRISH ARE IN A HIGHER THAN NORMAL PROPORTION 1
SPEAKS FOR ITSELF! 2
SUBURBAN SCHOOL 8
TEN PUPILS FROM 1450 7
THE 1% MAY BE EVEN LOWER OVER THE WHOLE SCHOOL 2
THE ARAB PUPILS ARE CHILDREN OF DOCTORS BASED AT LOCAL HOSPITAL 4
THE MAJORITY OF BOYS ARE IRISH CULTURAL BACKGROUND 1
THE MAJORITY OF CHILDREN OF ASIAN ORGIN ARE PUNJABI 4
THE ONLY PUPILS OF NON-EUROPEAN ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE LOCAL ASIAN GP'S 3
THE SAMPLE GROUP OF PUPILS HAVE UNTYPICAL NAMES! THE FATHER OF ONE IS FROM MAURITIUS. ALL BELONG TO EUROPEAN CULTURAL GROUPS. 8
THE SCHOOL HAS ONLY ONE PUPIL FROM A NON-EUROPEAN GROUP 1
THE SCHOOLS INTAKE HAS AN EXTREMELY LOW PERCENTAGE OF PUPILS 3
THERE ARE JUST 2 PUPILS IN SCHOOL FROM A NON-EUROPEAN BACKGROUND ADOPTED BY ENGLISH FAMILIES 5
THERE ARE ONLY SEVEN PUPILS IN THE SCHOOL 5 ASIAN 2 WEST INDIAN 3
THERE ARE VERY FEW NON EUROPEAN FAMILIES WITHIN THE CATCHMENT AREA 7
THESE FIGURES ARE ACCURATE FOR OCT 1985 5
THEY ALL BELONG TO WELSH CULTURED GROUPS THOUGH THEY MAY WELL HAVE ORIGINATED FROM OUTSIDE WALES OR EUROPEAN 6
THIS IS A BOARDING SCHOOL WITH SOME OF ITS CLIENTELE INTERNATIONALLY BASED. THERE ARE SEVERAL OF MIXED RACE. 2
THIS IS A GUESS 3
THIS IS A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE SUBURB 3
THIS IS A RELATIVELY ISOLATED AREA WHICH HAS CHANGED ONLY SLOWLY FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF THE SEVERN BRIDGE 2
THIS IS A RURAL SCHOOL 200 SQ MILES CATCHMENT CONTAINING URBAN AREAS & A MILITARY DEPOT 4
THIS IS AN AREA OF UNEMPLOYMENT - HENCE WEST INDIANS / PAKISTANIS ETC ARE NON-EXISTENT. 3
THIS IS EASIER. 2
THIS REFLECTS THE PROPORTIONS OF POPULATION IN THE LOCAL AREA. 2
THIS SCHOOL COMPARED WITH THE OTHERS IN HITCHIN HAS A VERY SMALL PROPORTION OF COLOURED CHILDREN 2
THIS YEAR 2 BOYS OF ASIAN ORIGIN AND 1 OF WEST INDIAN ONLY 4
TWO NON-EUROPEAN ON SCHOOL ROLL 4
TWO/THREE ADOPTED WEST INDIAN CHILDREN/CULTURALLY ENGLISH 1
UNHAPPY WITH QUESTION. 2
UNLIKELY TO HAVE MORE THAN 3 OR 4 NON-EUROPEAN AT ANY TIME IN A SCHOOL OF OVER 1700 3
UNUSUALLY HIGH EURASIAN POPULATION. 5
UNUSUALLY LOW % ASIA & W1 FOR TOWN 3
V.SMALL CHINESE COMMUNITY 4
VARIES - WE RECEIVE MANY PATIENTS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST. 1
VERY FEW NON EUROPEAN 9
VERY FEW NON EUROPEAN FAMILIES IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA 9
VERY FEW NON-EUROPEAN NO PROBLEMS - GOOD INTEGRATION 3
VERY FEW NON-EUROPEANS 3
VERY FEW OTHER CULTURAL GROUPS IN STRATFORD. THEY ARE MAINL 3
VERY MUCH AN ANACHRONISTIC WHITE POCKET BETWEEN MIXED ETHNIC POPULATIONS OF TWO NEARBY URBAN CENTRES 3
VERY SMALL NON-EUROPEANS IN NUMBER. 3
VIRTUALLY NO IMMIGRANTS IN OUR CATCHMENT BUT SOME OPT TO JOIN THIS SCHOOL FROM OTHER AREAS 7
W.INDIAN PERCENTAGE MUCH HIGHER UNTIL RECENTLY 3
WE ARE 80% DAY 20% BOARDING 4
WE ARE AN OVERSUBSCRIBED SCHOOL IN AREA OF HIGH IMIGRATION 4
WE ARE IN A VERY INWARD LOOKING RURAL COMMUNITY 4
WE ARE REGARDED AS A 'WHITE SCHOOL' 3
WE DID A SURVEY OF WHERE PEOPLES PARENTS & GRANDPARENTS CAME FROM - VIRTUALLY THE WHOLE WORLD (EXCEPT FRANCE) 3
WE DO NOT CLASSIFY UNDER THESE HEADINGS. 1
WE DO NOT KEEP THESE STATISTICS. 1
WE GET THE ODD & THERE CHILD BUT LESS THAN 1% 3
WE HAVE 2 FOREIGN PUPILS ONE CHINESE AND ONE VIETNAMESE 5
WE HAVE 2 NON-EUROPEANS IN THE SCHOOL. 3
WE HAVE 6 GIRLS IN THE SCHOOL WHO ARE NON EUROPEAN 2
WE HAVE 6 PUPILS IN 1420 WHOSE SKIN IS NON-WHITE - NONE HAS A NON-BRITISH CULTURE 7
WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF NON-WHITE PUPILS MINOR ORIGINS 2
WE HAVE VERY FEW COLOURED CHILDREN WE SUCCESSFULLY INTEGRATED SOME 'BOAT CHILDREN' BUT MOST FAMILIES HAVE MOVED TO W MIDLANDS 4
WE USUALLY HAVE 1/2 - 1% OF CHINESE ORIGIN 2
WEST INDIAN/AFRO CARIBBEAN ARE RC MUSLIMS OPT FOR SINGLE SEX SCHOOLS 4
WHITE 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Sixteen-Year Head Teacher Questionnaire, 1986
UniverseThe instrument was sent out to every school in Great Britain which anyone born in the target 1970 was likely to be attending.;National
SamplingSee documentation for details.
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort; this dataset comprised part of the sixteen-year follow-up sweep of the longitudinal BCS70 study