Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2011

Variable Details

Variableethuk14
LabelEthnicity (14 categories) UK level (NI included)
Responses
1 White 90576
2 White and Black Caribbean 383
3 White and Black African 184
4 White and Asian 342
5 Asian/Asian British 324
6 Indian 1953
7 Pakistani 1622
8 Bangladeshi 572
9 Chinese 437
10 Any other Asian background 950
11 African 1528
12 Caribbean 803
13 Any other Black/African/Caribbean background 101
14 Any other ethnic group (includes Gypsy, Traveller or Irish T 1367
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 503
Sysmiss 4556
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2011
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.