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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Metropolitan Police Public Attitudes Surveys, 2000-2017

Variable Details

VariableQ155
LabelQ155. Which country were you born in?
Responses
1 Afghanistan 100
2 Algeria 50
3 Australia 126
4 Bangladesh 455
5 Bulgaria 92
6 Canada 65
7 China 143
8 Cyprus 121
9 France 181
10 Germany 126
11 Greece 72
12 Hong Kong 44
13 India 1066
14 Iran 127
15 Iraq 90
16 Ireland 475
17 Italy 233
18 Jamaica 380
19 Japan 48
20 Kenya 177
21 Korea 41
22 Lithuania 136
23 New Zealand 63
24 Nigeria 370
25 Pakistan 521
26 Poland 466
27 Portugal 165
28 Romania 171
29 Spain 123
30 South Africa 172
31 Turkey 185
32 USA 170
33 UK 15300
34 Africa 124
35 Ghana 210
36 Guyana 43
37 Hungary 71
38 Kosovo 40
39 Lebanon 36
40 Mexico 11
41 Montserrat 8
42 Sierra Leone 38
43 Somalia 278
44 Sri Lanka 289
45 Syria 7
46 Uganda 71
47 Zimbabwe 66
48 Brazil 84
49 Egypt 44
50 Kosovo (Republic of) 5
51 Russia 62
52 West Indies 38
53 Philippines 134
54 Mauritius 61
55 Latvia 39
56 Malaysia 53
57 Sweden 33
58 Switzerland 21
59 Albania 19
60 Colombia 19
61 Vietnam 19
62 Angola 9
63 Austria 11
64 Belgium 7
65 Morocco 34
66 Nepal 37
67 Congo, (The Democratic Republic of the) 20
68 Venezuela, (The Bolivarian Republic of) 5
69 Ethiopia 13
70 Thailand 20
71 Tanzania, (The United Republic of) 4
72 0
73 0
74 0
75 0
76 0
77 0
78 0
79 0
80 0
81 0
82 0
83 0
84 0
85 0
86 0
87 0
88 0
89 0
90 0
91 0
92 0
93 0
94 0
95 Other 1251
96 0
97 Don't know 3
98 Refused 269
99 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationMetropolitan Police Public Attitudes Surveys, 2000-2017
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