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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2013

Variable Details

VariableOrigin
LabelEthnic origin of individual
Question text What is your ethnic group? Please choose your answer from this card.
Responses
1 White - English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 8909
2 White - Irish 70
3 White - Gypsy or Irish Traveller 5
4 Any other white background (please describe) 520
5 White and Black Caribbean 58
6 White and Black African 29
7 White and Asian 66
8 Any other mixed/multiple ethnic background (please describe) 66
9 Indian 298
10 Pakistani 175
11 Bangladeshi 96
12 Chinese 48
13 Any other Asian background (please describe) 184
14 African 193
15 Caribbean 100
16 Any other Black/African/Caribbean background (please describ 28
17 Arab 28
18 Any other ethnic group (please describe) 73
-9 No answer/refused 34
-8 Don't know 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2013
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD K6.
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults (aged 16 and over) and children (aged 0-15 years) in the general population, living in private households in England during 2013.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; The survey is conducted annually.
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