Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2008

Variable Details

Variableethcen15
LabelEthnicity revised
Responses
1 British 94714
2 Other White 5650
3 White and Black Caribbean 461
4 White and Black African 178
5 White and Asian 337
6 Other Mixed 252
7 Indian 2136
8 Pakistani 1772
9 Bangladeshi 656
10 Other Asian 781
11 Black Caribbean 1039
12 Black African 1321
13 Other Black 171
14 Chinese 445
15 Other 1513
-9 DNA 3583
-8 DK or Refusal 57
-6 Not applicable - White Northern Irish 4710
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2008
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. From winter 1994-1995, Northern Ireland is included in each quarter. Prior to this, data were only collected there in the March-May quarter each year. When the LFS moved to a quarterly cycle, two new groups of people were included in the survey to improve the coverage of young people: residents in National Health Service (NHS) hospital accommodation (formerly called nurses' homes), and students living in halls of residence or boarding schools.<br>Northern Ireland is not included in the Local Area Data files before 1997.;Households;National
SamplingSimple random sample;Four sampling frames are used. For Great Britain, south of the Caledonian Canal, the Post Office Address File is used, whilst north of the Caledonian Canal, a random sample is drawn from the published telephone directory. The sample of residents in NHS accommodation is also drawn, unclustered, for the whole of Great Britain using a specially-prepared frame. In Northern Ireland, the source of the sample is the Valuation List used for rating purposes, excluding commercial units and known institutions. Households are interviewed on five occasions at quarterly intervals, thereby introducing a panel element to the survey. For further details see documentation.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected quarterly.