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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Election Study Ethnic Minority Survey, 2010

Variable Details

Variableeq61_2
LabelMain Language
Question text What is the MAIN language you speak at home?
Responses
-2 Refused 0
-1 Don't Know 1
1 Arabic 12
2 Bengali 173
3 Farsi 1
4 French 32
5 German 2
6 Gujarati 81
7 Hausa 2
8 Hindi 31
9 Igbo 2
10 Kurdish 1
11 Marathi 2
12 Mirpuri/Pahari 49
13 Polish 0
14 Punjabi 198
15 Sindhi 0
16 Somali 47
17 Swahili 8
18 Sylheti 2
19 Tamil 18
20 Turkish 0
21 Urdu 166
22 Yoruba 13
23 Creole 6
24 Hindku 7
25 Malayalam 15
26 Telugu 6
27 TWI 10
28 Afghani 1
29 Akan 3
30 Amachric 3
31 Assamese 1
32 Bangladesh 1
33 Barava 1
34 Chana Language 1
35 Congo 1
36 Ewe 1
37 Ghanian 2
38 Ibo 2
39 Ijaw 1
40 Italian 0
41 Kachi 1
42 Kannada 2
43 Kirundi 1
44 Konkani 2
45 Krio 2
46 Kroo 1
47 Lagunda 3
48 Lingala 1
49 Madingo 1
50 Ndebele 1
51 Nigerian 1
52 Pashot 1
53 Pashto 1
54 Pashtu 5
55 Pasto 1
56 Philipino 1
57 Phusto 1
58 Portugese 13
59 Poshtu 1
60 Pothari 5
61 Pushto 10
62 Pushtu 0
63 Russian 1
64 Setswana 1
65 Shona 6
66 Spanish 2
67 Tegrna 1
68 Teluga 2
69 Tigirina 1
70 Tigrena 1
71 Tigrinya 0
72 Tigrna 1
73 Triginya 2
74 Urobo 1
75 Wollof 3
76 Other 3
79 Not stated 0
Sysmiss 1804
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study Ethnic Minority Survey, 2010
Interviewer InstructionsSINGLE CODE ONLY.
UniverseAdults aged 18 and over resident in Great Britain who would self-classify into one of five Census ethnic groups: Black Caribbean; Black African; Indian; Pakistani; Bangladeshi;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study
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