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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Election Study, 2005: Face-to-Face Survey

Variable Details

Variablebq108
LabelEthnicity
Question text To which of these groups do you consider you belong?
Responses
1 White British 1111
2 Any other white background (WRITE IN) 45
3 White and Black Caribbean 1
4 White and Black African 3
5 White and Asian 2
6 Any other mixed background (WRITE IN) 1
7 Indian 5
8 Pakistani 6
9 Bangladeshi 1
10 Any other Asian background (WRITE IN) 4
11 Black Caribbean 3
12 Black African 5
13 Any other Black background (WRITE IN) 1
14 Chinese 0
15 Other ethnic group (WRITE IN) 10
98 Refused 1
99 NA 3592
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2005: Face-to-Face Survey
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD J9. IF ‘any other white background’ at [bq108], [OthSpe43], WRITE IN OTHER ANSWER GIVEN. OPEN QUESTION (MAXIMUM OF 60 CHARACTERS). IF ‘any other mixed background’ at [bq108], [OthSpe44], WRITE IN OTHER ANSWER GIVEN. OPEN QUESTION (MAXIMUM OF 60 CHARACTERS). IF ‘any other Asian background’ at [bq108], [OthSpe45], WRITE IN OTHER ANSWER GIVEN. OPEN QUESTION (MAXIMUM OF 60 CHARACTERS). IF ‘any other Black background’ at [bq108], [OthSpe46], WRITE IN OTHER ANSWER GIVEN. OPEN QUESTION (MAXIMUM OF 60 CHARACTERS). IF ‘other ethnic background’ at [bq108], [OthSpe47], WRITE IN OTHER ANSWER GIVEN. OPEN QUESTION (MAXIMUM OF 60 CHARACTERS).
UniverseElectors resident in Great Britain during 2005.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for details.
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study. The dataset contains both pre- and post-election survey waves.
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