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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Election Study, 2010: Face-to-Face Survey

Variable Details

Variablebq101
LabelEthnicity
Question text To which of these groups do you consider you belong? (Please take your answer from this card - CARD BG)
Responses
-2 Refused 2
-1 Don't Know 0
1 White British 1399
2 Any other white background 7
3 White and Black Caribbean 3
4 White and Black African 5
5 White and Asian 2
6 Any other mixed background 1
7 Indian 26
8 Pakistani 6
9 Bangladeshi 3
10 Any other Asian background 6
11 Black Caribbean 11
12 Black African 19
13 Any other Black background 0
14 Chinese 4
15 Other ethnic group 0
16 Other answers 83
19 Not stated 0
Sysmiss 1935
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2010: Face-to-Face Survey
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Electors resident in Great Britain during 2005.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for details.
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study; The dataset contains both pre- and post-election survey waves.
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