Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Integrated Household Survey, July 2010 - June 2011

Variable Details

VariableEthE
LabelEngland 2011 cases: What is your ethnic group?
Question text What is your ethnic group? Choose one option that best describes your ethnic group or background.
Responses
-8 DK/Ref 0
1 English / Welsh / Scottish / Northern Irish / British 120464
2 Irish 969
3 Gypsy or Irish Traveller” 4 45
4 Any other White background 5767
5 White and Black Caribbean 622
6 White and Black African 227
7 White and Asian 576
8 Any other Mixed / multiple ethnic background 278
9 Indian 3935
10 Pakistani 3204
11 Bangladeshi 1343
12 Chinese 603
13 Any other Asian background 824
14 African 2871
15 Caribbean 1359
16 Any other Black / African / Caribbean background 85
17 Arab 356
18 Any other ethnic group 1059
-9 DNA 45609
-7 Responded to the 2010 question 208968
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationIntegrated Household Survey, July 2010 - June 2011
Interviewer InstructionsUse Showcard
UniversePersons resident in the UK in private households, and young people living away from the parental home in student halls of residence or similar institutions during term time.;National
SamplingEach of the surveys comprising the IHS have their own sampling design, meaning that the IHS includes clustered and non-clustered, multistage and single stage component samples and also cross-sectional and longitudinal data.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
We think this variable belongs to a group:
GSS primary setting GSS Harmonised Principles