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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

General Household Survey, 2005

Variable Details

Variablemotcob
LabelCountry of mothers birth
Question text And in which country was your/(...'s) mother born?
Responses
-9 DNA 0
-8 NA 97
-6 CHILD/MS/PROXY 0
1 21209
2 2722
3 1471
4 221
6 583
7 3
8 1
11 52
12 9
13 8
14 62
15 25
16 13
17 14
18 5
19 31
21 10
22 93
23 86
24 25
25 19
26 175
27 14
28 8
29 2
30 20
31 1
32 11
33 135
34 573
35 61
36 26
37 4
38 8
39 26
40 1
41 6
43 24
44 3
45 11
46 3
47 4
48 1
49 15
50 48
51 83
52 44
53 1
56 337
57 3
58 44
59 4
60 49
61 19
62 34
63 6
64 32
66 4
67 8
68 34
69 51
71 18
72 49
73 3
74 7
75 7
76 11
77 1
78 9
79 92
80 6
81 4
82 7
83 7
84 26
85 23
86 2
87 5
88 5
89 25
91 32
96 6
97 2
98 59
103 4
104 1
105 16
107 3
108 39
109 9
111 4
117 1
118 4
120 3
121 13
122 4
124 13
125 6
127 4
130 4
132 1
136 1
137 2
139 37
140 5
141 2
997 795
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationGeneral Household Survey, 2005
Interviewer InstructionsIF RESPONDENT SAYS BRITAIN, PROBE FOR COUNTRY.
UniversePrivate households in Great Britain;Households;National
SamplingSee documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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