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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Active People Survey, 2007-2008

Variable Details

Variabled4@coded
LabelD4 - ETHNIC ORIGIN (coded)
Responses
1 WHITE - BRITISH 167742
2 WHITE - IRISH 2226
4 MIXED - WHITE AND BLACK CARIBBEAN 473
5 MIXED - WHITE AND BLACK AFRICAN 220
6 MIXED - WHITE AND ASIAN 447
8 ASIAN - INDIAN 2727
9 ASIAN - PAKISTANI 1739
10 ASIAN - BANGLADESHI 425
12 BLACK - CARIBBEAN 2011
13 BLACK - AFRICAN 1829
15 CHINESE 437
17 REFUSED 1372
18 WHITE - African 43
19 WHITE - American + European 7
20 WHITE - American/USA 0
21 WHITE - Arab/Arabic 19
22 WHITE - Asian 20
23 WHITE - Australian 151
24 WHITE - Belgian 14
25 WHITE - Brazilian 14
26 WHITE - British 35
27 WHITE - British and European 29
28 WHITE - British and North American 13
29 WHITE - Bulgarian 12
30 WHITE - Canadian 74
31 WHITE - Caribbean 12
32 WHITE - Czechoslovakian 14
33 WHITE - Danish 28
34 WHITE - Dutch 77
35 WHITE - Finland 15
36 WHITE - French 125
37 WHITE - German 127
38 WHITE - Greek 49
39 WHITE - Hungarian 23
40 WHITE - Iranian/Persian 5
41 WHITE - Irish 9
42 WHITE - Jewish 27
43 WHITE - Italian 153
44 WHTIE - Lithuanian 15
45 WHITE - Maltese 8
46 WHITE - Mixed 19
47 WHITE - New Zealand 64
48 WHITE - Norwegian 22
49 WHITE - Other European 381
50 WHITE - Other misc 59
51 WHITE - Polish 124
52 WHITE - Portuguese 58
53 WHITE - Romanian 14
54 WHITE - Russian 38
55 WHITE - Slovak 18
56 WHITE - South African 149
57 WHITE - South American 19
58 WHITE - Spanish 63
59 WHITE - Swedish 32
60 WHITE - Swiss 0
61 WHITE - Turkish 23
62 WHITE - Ukraine 0
63 WHITE - White/Caucasian 39
64 ASIAN - Afghan 38
65 ASIAN - African 32
66 ASIAN - Arab/Arabic 24
67 ASIAN - British 11
68 ASIAN - Caribbean 12
69 ASIAN - Chinese 9
70 ASIAN - European 8
71 ASIAN - Far East eg Phillippino/Thai/Indonesian/Malaysian/Bu 149
72 ASIAN - Indian 32
73 ASIAN - Iranian 31
74 ASIAN - Mauritian 22
75 ASIAN - Nepalese 33
76 ASIAN - Pakistani 1
77 ASIAN - Other misc 24
78 ASIAN - South African 7
79 ASIAN - Sri Lankan 105
80 BLACK - Afro-Caribbean 10
81 BLACK - American/USA 10
82 BLACK - British 16
83 BLACK - European 6
84 BLACK - Other misc (mentions not fitting any other codes) 17
85 MIXED - African 5
86 MIXED - Arab/Arabic 20
87 MIXED - Asian 12
88 MIXED - British 14
89 MIXED - Caribbean/West Indian 9
90 MIXED - Chinese 7
91 MIXED - Indian 0
92 MIXED - Other European 57
93 MIXED - Other misc 119
94 MIXED - South American 22
95 MIXED - White/African 3
96 MIXED - White/Asian 9
97 MIXED - White/Black American 1
98 MIXED - White/Caucasian 2
99 MIXED - White/Chinese 10
100 OTHER - African 31
101 OTHER - Arab/Arabic 67
102 OTHER - Asian 94
103 OTHER - Afro-Caribbean 4
104 OTHER - Australian/New Zealand 7
105 OTHER - British 12
106 OTHER - Caribbean/West Indian 15
107 OTHER - Chinese 7
108 OTHER - Hispanic/South American 42
109 OTHER - Iranian/Persian 13
110 OTHER - Japanese 5
111 OTHER - Jewish 10
112 OTHER - Other European 68
113 OTHER - Other misc 64
114 OTHER - Phillippines 23
115 Other misc 0
116 NO ANSWER 1
117 DON'T KNOW 0
118 RESPONDENT QUITS INTERVIEW 6087
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationActive People Survey, 2007-2008
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