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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Understanding Society: Waves 1-4, 2009-2013

Variable Details

Variablea_mgmrob_all
Labelcountry of maternal grandmother's birth
Responses
-9 missing 23
-8 inapplicable 0
-7 proxy respondent 3262
-2 refused 10
-1 don't know 1123
1 england 25658
2 scotland 3700
3 wales 2209
4 northern ireland 2068
5 republic of ireland 1476
6 france 132
7 germany 278
8 italy 220
9 spain 76
10 poland 390
11 cyprus 99
12 turkey 137
13 australia 57
14 new zealand 38
15 canada 53
16 the united states of america 103
17 china / hong kong 298
18 india 2406
19 pakistan 1134
20 bangladesh 1026
21 sri lanka 284
22 kenya 76
23 ghana 267
24 nigeria 407
25 uganda 47
26 south africa 136
27 jamaica 789
100 abu dhabi 0
101 aden 2
102 afghanistan 59
103 east africa 0
104 north africa 1
105 west africa 0
106 africa 7
107 ajman 0
108 albania 7
109 alderney 0
110 algeria 29
111 andorra 0
112 angola 36
113 anguilla 8
114 antigua 13
115 antigua and barbuda 0
116 argentina 6
117 argentina antarctic territory 0
118 armenia 2
119 ascension island 0
120 asia 0
121 at sea 0
122 australian antarctic territory 0
123 austria 42
124 azerbaijan 1
125 azores 0
126 bahamas 2
127 bahrain 0
128 bantu homelands 0
129 barbados 100
131 belarus 3
132 belgium 28
133 belize 5
134 benin 0
135 bermuda 1
136 bhutan 0
137 bolivia 0
138 bonaire 0
139 bophuthatswana 0
140 bosnia and herzegovina 10
141 botswana 1
142 brazil 27
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 20
153 canary islands 1
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 5
161 chile 5
162 chilean antarctic 0
163 christmas island (australia) 0
164 cocos (keeling) islands 0
165 colombia 16
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 10
175 curacao 0
176 czech republic 21
177 czechoslovakia 8
178 democratic republic of congo 57
179 denmark 30
180 djibouti 1
181 dodecanese islands 0
182 dominica 39
183 dominican republic 4
184 dubai 0
185 east falkland 0
186 east samoa (american) 0
187 ecuador 2
188 egypt 33
189 el salvador 1
190 equatorial guinea 0
191 eritrea 38
192 estonia 2
193 ethiopia 30
194 eastern europe 2
195 falkland islands 0
196 federated states of micronesia 0
197 fiji 4
198 finland 14
199 french guiana 0
200 french polynesia 1
201 fujairah 0
202 gabon 1
203 gambia 17
204 gaudeloupe 3
205 georgia republic 2
206 gibraltar 9
207 gough island 0
208 great britain 1
209 greece 34
210 greenland 0
211 grenada 51
212 guam 0
213 guatemala 1
214 guernsey 6
215 guinea 2
216 guinea-bissau 2
217 guyana 55
218 haiti 0
219 heard and mcdonald islands 0
220 herm 0
221 herzegovina 0
222 honduras 1
223 hungary 46
224 ibiza 0
225 iceland 0
226 in the air 0
227 inaccessible island 0
228 indonesia 20
229 ionian islands 0
230 iran 57
231 iraq 72
232 ireland (nec) 2
233 isle of man 4
234 israel 2
235 ivory coast 17
236 japan 30
237 java 0
238 jersey 6
239 jethou island 0
240 johnston atoll/island 0
241 jordan 2
242 kashmir 13
243 kazakhstan 2
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 1
252 latvia 16
253 lebanon 20
254 lesotho 0
255 liberia 5
256 libya 4
257 liechtenstein 0
258 lihou 0
259 lithuania 52
260 loyalty islands 0
261 luxembourg 1
262 macao 0
263 macedonia 1
264 madagascar 0
265 malawi 18
266 malaysia 42
267 maldives 0
268 mali 1
269 malta 30
270 marshall islands 0
271 martinique 1
272 mauritania 0
273 mauritius 63
274 melilla 0
275 mexico 5
276 middle east 1
277 middle island 0
278 moldova 3
279 monaco 0
280 mongolia 0
281 montenegro 1
282 montserrat 26
283 morocco 30
284 mozambique 2
285 myanmar 24
286 namibia 3
287 nauru 0
288 nepal 42
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 23
297 norwegian antarctic territory 0
298 occupied territories (gaza & west bank) 0
299 oman 1
300 palau 0
301 palestine 15
302 palmyra islands 0
303 panama 4
304 panama canal zone 0
305 papua new guinea 0
306 paraguay 0
307 peru 3
308 peter island 0
309 philippines 114
310 pitcairn islands group 0
311 polynesia 0
312 portugal 68
313 puerto rico 2
314 qatar 1
315 queen maud land 0
316 ras al khaimah 0
317 reunion 1
318 romania 28
319 ross dependency 0
320 russia 70
321 rwanda 7
322 san marino 0
323 sao tome and principe 2
324 sark 0
325 kingdom of saudi arabia 16
326 senegal 9
327 serbia 4
328 seychelles 10
329 sharjah 0
330 sierra leone 50
331 singapore 9
332 slovakia 22
333 slovinia 3
334 solomon islands 0
335 somalia 223
336 south america 1
337 nevis 31
338 st helena 1
339 st lucia 49
340 st pierre et miquelon 0
341 st vincent and the grenadines 28
342 stoltenhoff island 0
343 sudan 33
344 suriname 0
345 swaziland 0
346 sweden 28
347 switzerland 20
348 syrian arab republic 9
349 taiwan 6
350 tajikistan 0
351 tanzania 18
352 thailand 44
353 the netherlands 55
354 tibet 2
355 togo 6
356 tokelau islands 0
357 tonga 0
358 transkei 0
359 trinidad and tobago 66
361 tunisia 3
362 turkmenistan 0
363 turks and caicos islands 0
364 tuvalu 1
365 ukraine 30
366 umm al qaiwain 0
367 union of soviet socialist states 6
368 united arab emirates 0
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 6
377 vietnam 25
378 wake island 0
379 wallis and futuna islands 0
380 walvis bay 0
381 west falkland 0
382 west indies 14
383 western samoa 0
384 yemen 13
385 yugoslavia 13
386 zambia 20
387 zimbabwe 121
388 the caribbean / french caribbean 7
997 not elsewhere codable 30
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationUnderstanding Society: Waves 1-4, 2009-2013
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