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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablebq102_1
LabelYear Move to Britain
Question text In which country were you born?
Responses
-2 Refused 1
-1 Don't Know 0
1 England 1988
2 Scotland 610
3 Wales 174
4 Northern Ireland 17
5 India 26
6 Pakistan 6
7 Bangladesh 5
8 Barbados 2
9 Congo 1
10 Eritrea 0
11 France 1
12 Gambia 1
13 Ghana 5
14 Grenada 1
15 Jamaica 8
16 Kenya 4
17 Mauritius 0
18 Nigeria 9
19 South Africa 9
20 Somalia 2
21 St Lucia 1
22 Sudan 2
23 Tanzania 1
24 Trinidad 0
25 Uganda 2
26 Zimbabwe 5
27 Afghanistan 2
28 Algeria 2
29 Angola 2
30 Antigua 0
31 Argentina 2
32 Aruba 0
33 Ascension Island 1
34 Australia 6
35 Austria 1
36 Bahamas 1
37 Belgium 1
38 Bermuda 0
39 Bourneo 1
40 Botswana 0
41 Brazil 1
42 Britain/UK 12
43 British Virgin Islands 0
44 Burma 1
45 Burundi 0
46 Cameroon 1
47 Cape Verde 0
48 Canada 6
49 Chile 1
50 China 1
51 Columbia 1
52 Greece 2
53 Cuba 0
54 Cyprus 1
55 Czech Republic 2
56 Denmark 1
57 Dominica 0
58 Dominican Republic 0
59 Egypt 1
60 Ethiopia 0
61 Fiji 1
62 Finland 2
63 Germany 11
64 Gibraltar 1
65 Holland 1
66 Hong Kong 4
67 Hungary 1
68 Iran 2
69 Iraq 3
70 Israel 1
71 Italy 8
72 Ivory Coast 0
73 Kosovo 1
74 Kuwait 0
75 Liberia 0
76 Libya 0
77 Lithuania 4
78 Malaysia 2
79 Malawi 5
80 Malta 5
81 Montserrat 1
82 Morroco 3
83 Mozambique 1
84 Nepal 1
85 New Zealand 2
86 Phillipines 2
87 Poland 13
88 Portugal 3
89 Republic of Ireland 22
90 Romania 1
91 Russia 4
92 Rwanda 0
93 Saudi Arabia 0
94 Seychelles 0
95 Serbia 1
96 Singapore 2
97 Sierra Leone 3
98 Spain 1
99 Sri Lanka 6
101 St Kitts 0
102 St Vincent 0
103 Tobago 1
104 Tunisia 2
105 Turkey 1
106 Ukraine 7
107 USA 0
108 Venezeula 1
109 Zambia 0
110 Zanzibar 0
111 Sao-tome and Principe 0
112 Sweden 0
113 Barbuda 1
114 Caribbean (no further detail) 4
115 Africa (no further detail) 0
116 Guadeloupe 0
117 Turks and Caicos Islands 0
118 South America 0
119 UAE 1
120 Lebanon 2
121 Eire 1
122 Latvia 2
123 Slovakia 1
124 South Korea 0
125 Guyana 0
126 Kashmir 0
127 Kurdistan 0
128 Norway 0
129 Burundi 0
130 Guinea bissau 1
131 Bulgaria 1
132 Ireland (no further detail) 0
133 Other answers 0
134 Not stated 0
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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