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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Understanding Society: Waves 1-4, 2009-2013

Variable Details

Variablea_mgprob_all
Labelcountry of maternal grandfather's birth
Responses
-9 missing 23
-8 inapplicable 0
-7 proxy respondent 3262
-2 refused 15
-1 don't know 1486
1 england 24943
2 scotland 3796
3 wales 2191
4 northern ireland 2131
5 republic of ireland 1508
6 france 125
7 germany 273
8 italy 211
9 spain 85
10 poland 461
11 cyprus 130
12 turkey 137
13 australia 50
14 new zealand 38
15 canada 68
16 the united states of america 122
17 china / hong kong 315
18 india 2383
19 pakistan 1152
20 bangladesh 1029
21 sri lanka 280
22 kenya 78
23 ghana 270
24 nigeria 416
25 uganda 45
26 south africa 122
27 jamaica 811
100 abu dhabi 0
101 aden 3
102 afghanistan 61
103 east africa 0
104 north africa 1
105 west africa 0
106 africa 7
107 ajman 0
108 albania 8
109 alderney 0
110 algeria 28
111 andorra 0
112 angola 35
113 anguilla 7
114 antigua 13
115 antigua and barbuda 0
116 argentina 4
117 argentina antarctic territory 0
118 armenia 1
119 ascension island 0
120 asia 0
121 at sea 1
122 australian antarctic territory 0
123 austria 37
124 azerbaijan 2
125 azores 0
126 bahamas 3
127 bahrain 1
128 bantu homelands 0
129 barbados 103
131 belarus 2
132 belgium 32
133 belize 3
134 benin 1
135 bermuda 0
136 bhutan 0
137 bolivia 0
138 bonaire 0
139 bophuthatswana 0
140 bosnia and herzegovina 10
141 botswana 1
142 brazil 26
143 british antarctic territory 0
144 british indian ocean territory 0
145 british virgin islands 0
146 brunei 1
147 bulgaria 15
148 burkina faso 1
149 burundi 8
150 cabinda 0
151 cambodia 2
152 cameroon 19
153 canary islands 0
154 cape verde 5
155 caroline islands 0
156 cayman islands 0
157 central african republic 0
158 ceuta 0
159 chad 1
160 channel islands 2
161 chile 8
162 chilean antarctic 0
163 christmas island (australia) 0
164 cocos (keeling) islands 0
165 colombia 15
166 commonwealth of (russian) independent states 0
167 comoros 1
168 zaire 0
169 cook islands 0
170 coral sea islands territory 0
171 costa rica 0
172 crete 0
173 croatia 5
174 cuba 13
175 curacao 0
176 czech republic 21
177 czechoslovakia 10
178 democratic republic of congo 57
179 denmark 25
180 djibouti 1
181 dodecanese islands 0
182 dominica 39
183 dominican republic 2
184 dubai 0
185 east falkland 0
186 east samoa (american) 0
187 ecuador 2
188 egypt 37
189 el salvador 1
190 equatorial guinea 0
191 eritrea 38
192 estonia 5
193 ethiopia 26
194 eastern europe 3
195 falkland islands 0
196 federated states of micronesia 0
197 fiji 4
198 finland 17
199 french guiana 0
200 french polynesia 0
201 fujairah 0
202 gabon 1
203 gambia 16
204 gaudeloupe 4
205 georgia republic 1
206 gibraltar 5
207 gough island 0
208 great britain 0
209 greece 33
210 greenland 0
211 grenada 56
212 guam 0
213 guatemala 0
214 guernsey 11
215 guinea 4
216 guinea-bissau 1
217 guyana 61
218 haiti 0
219 heard and mcdonald islands 0
220 herm 0
221 herzegovina 0
222 honduras 1
223 hungary 45
224 ibiza 0
225 iceland 0
226 in the air 0
227 inaccessible island 0
228 indonesia 18
229 ionian islands 0
230 iran 58
231 iraq 73
232 ireland (nec) 4
233 isle of man 4
234 israel 3
235 ivory coast 15
236 japan 32
237 java 0
238 jersey 8
239 jethou island 0
240 johnston atoll/island 0
241 jordan 2
242 kashmir 12
243 kazakhstan 3
244 kingman reef 0
245 kiribati 0
246 korea, democratic people's republic of 0
247 korea, republic of 6
248 kosovo 9
249 kuwait 2
250 kyrgyzstan 0
251 laos 0
252 latvia 16
253 lebanon 24
254 lesotho 0
255 liberia 5
256 libya 5
257 liechtenstein 0
258 lihou 0
259 lithuania 55
260 loyalty islands 0
261 luxembourg 0
262 macao 0
263 macedonia 2
264 madagascar 0
265 malawi 18
266 malaysia 35
267 maldives 0
268 mali 1
269 malta 34
270 marshall islands 0
271 martinique 2
272 mauritania 0
273 mauritius 57
274 melilla 0
275 mexico 5
276 middle east 2
277 middle island 0
278 moldova 4
279 monaco 0
280 mongolia 0
281 montenegro 0
282 montserrat 28
283 morocco 30
284 mozambique 2
285 myanmar 17
286 namibia 2
287 nauru 0
288 nepal 40
289 netherland antilles 0
290 new caledonia 0
291 nicaragua 0
292 niger 0
293 nightingale island 0
294 niue 0
295 norfolk island 0
296 norway 34
297 norwegian antarctic territory 0
298 occupied territories (gaza & west bank) 0
299 oman 1
300 palau 0
301 palestine 17
302 palmyra islands 0
303 panama 1
304 panama canal zone 0
305 papua new guinea 0
306 paraguay 0
307 peru 3
308 peter island 0
309 philippines 112
310 pitcairn islands group 0
311 polynesia 0
312 portugal 74
313 puerto rico 2
314 qatar 1
315 queen maud land 0
316 ras al khaimah 0
317 reunion 2
318 romania 28
319 ross dependency 0
320 russia 79
321 rwanda 6
322 san marino 0
323 sao tome and principe 1
324 sark 0
325 kingdom of saudi arabia 15
326 senegal 8
327 serbia 4
328 seychelles 8
329 sharjah 0
330 sierra leone 51
331 singapore 9
332 slovakia 22
333 slovinia 2
334 solomon islands 0
335 somalia 224
336 south america 0
337 nevis 34
338 st helena 1
339 st lucia 51
340 st pierre et miquelon 0
341 st vincent and the grenadines 27
342 stoltenhoff island 0
343 sudan 33
344 suriname 0
345 swaziland 0
346 sweden 27
347 switzerland 21
348 syrian arab republic 7
349 taiwan 6
350 tajikistan 0
351 tanzania 18
352 thailand 43
353 the netherlands 62
354 tibet 1
355 togo 5
356 tokelau islands 0
357 tonga 0
358 transkei 0
359 trinidad and tobago 55
361 tunisia 3
362 turkmenistan 0
363 turks and caicos islands 0
364 tuvalu 1
365 ukraine 35
366 umm al qaiwain 0
367 union of soviet socialist states 5
368 united arab emirates 1
369 united kingdom 0
370 uruguay 1
371 us pacific islands 0
372 us virgin islands 0
373 uzbekistan 0
374 vanuatu 0
375 vatican city state 0
376 venezuela 8
377 vietnam 24
378 wake island 0
379 wallis and futuna islands 0
380 walvis bay 0
381 west falkland 0
382 west indies 16
383 western samoa 0
384 yemen 18
385 yugoslavia 16
386 zambia 20
387 zimbabwe 111
388 the caribbean / french caribbean 9
997 not elsewhere codable 29
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationUnderstanding Society: Waves 1-4, 2009-2013
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