Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Integrated Household Survey, January - December, 2012

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
1 English / Welsh / Scottish / Northern Irish / British 204123
2 Irish 1560
3 Gypsy or Irish Traveller 64
4 other White background 9765
5 White and Black Caribbean 1101
6 White and Black African 504
7 White and Asian 957
8 Any other Mixed multiple ethnic background 1037
9 Indian 6826
10 Pakistani 5439
11 Bangladeshi 2174
12 Chinese 1201
13 Any other Asian background 2847
14 African 4530
15 Caribbean 2378
16 Any other Black African Caribbean background 355
17 Arab 908
18 Any other ethnic group 3072
-9 DNA 89333
-8 DK/Ref 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationIntegrated Household Survey, January - December, 2012
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