Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Election Study Ethnic Minority Survey, 2010

Variable Details

VariableScreenEthQairre
LabelFive Ethnicities
Responses
1 Black Caribbean 668
2 Black African 579
3 Indian 593
4 Pakistani 673
5 Bangladeshi 274
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study Ethnic Minority Survey, 2010
Interviewer InstructionsThere were 47 cases where the ethnicity given in the survey did not obviously correspond with one of the five ethnicities on the screening card, e.g. "other? was selected. For these cases one of the 5 eligible ethnicities was derived (identified in the variable ScreenEthQairre) based on the respondent?s country of birth, their mother?s country of birth or their father?s country of birth in order to replicate the answer they would have given at the screening stage.
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