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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Survey of English Housing, 2007-2008

Variable Details

Variableethgyp
LabelHRP gypsy or traveller
Question text The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is interested in estimating the number of settled Gypsies and Travellers. Do you consider your/household member’s name background to be... Gypsy Roma, traveller of Irish extraction, other traveller, or none of these?
Responses
1 Gypsy Roma 51
2 Traveller of Irish extraction 15
3 Other traveller 47
4 None of these 15519
-9 Don't know (9) 9
-8 Refusal (8) 1
-2 Schedule not applicable 11826
-1 Item not applicable 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationSurvey of English Housing, 2007-2008
Interviewer InstructionsTRAVELLER DOES NOT INCLUDE BACKPACKERS/TOURISTS. NEW AGE TRAVELLER SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN OTHER TRAVELLER.
UniversePrivate households and privately renting tenancy groups in England;Households;Housing;Tenants;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study conducted annually from 1993/1994-2007/2008. The SEH was replaced by the EHS from 2008 (see Abstract section for details).
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