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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Active People Survey, 2015-2016

Variable Details

Variabled4@coded
LabelD4 - Ethnic origin (coded)
Responses
1 White - British 146114
2 White - Irish 1596
4 Mixed - White and Black Caribbean 344
5 Mixed - White and Black African 169
6 Mixed - White and Asian 370
8 Asian or Asian British - Indian 2117
9 Asian or Asian British - Pakistani 963
10 Asian or Asian British - Bangladeshi 361
12 Black or Black British - Caribbean 1343
13 Black or Black British - African 1158
15 Chinese 342
17 Refused 1076
18 White - African 45
19 White - American + European 4
20 White - American/USA 222
21 White - Arab/Arabic 4
22 White - Asian 19
23 White - Australian 142
24 White - Belgian 22
25 White - Brazilian 23
26 White - British 0
27 White - British and European 153
28 White - British and North American 21
29 White - Bulgarian 24
30 White - Canadian 88
31 White - Caribbean 13
32 White - Czechosolvakian 1
33 White - Danish 47
34 White - Dutch 92
35 White - Finland 15
36 White - French 232
37 White - German 233
38 White - Greek 83
39 White - Hungarian 37
40 White - Iranian/Persian 14
41 White - Irish 1
42 White - Jewish 27
43 White - Italian 246
44 White - Lithuanian 28
45 White - Maltese 17
46 White - Mixed 146
47 White - New Zealand 92
48 White - Norwegian 23
49 White - Other European 718
50 White - Other Miscellaneous 560
51 White - Polish 292
52 White - Portugese 116
53 White - Romanian 66
54 White - Russian 54
55 White - Slovak 25
56 White - South African 150
57 White - South American 43
58 White - Spanish 142
59 White - Swedish 44
60 White - Swiss 33
61 White - Turkish 35
62 White - Ukraine 16
63 White - White/Caucasian 69
64 Asian - Afganistan 28
65 Asian - African 18
66 Asian - Arab/Arabic 3
67 Asian - Asian British 20
68 Asian - Caribbean 4
69 Asian - Chinese 39
70 Asian - European 5
71 Asian - Far East eg Phillippino/Thai/Indonesian/Malaysian 207
72 Asian - Indian 8
73 Asian - Iranian 32
74 Asian - Mauritian 25
75 Asian - Nepalese 39
76 Asian - Pakistani 2
77 Asian - Other misc 250
78 Asian - South African 2
79 Asian - Sri Lankan 171
80 Black - Afro-Caribbean 47
81 Black - American/USA 10
82 Black - British 57
83 Black - European 5
84 Black - Other misc (mentions not fitting any other codes) 96
85 Mixed - African 4
86 Mixed - Arab/Arabic 14
87 Mixed - Asian 12
88 Mixed - British 20
89 Mixed - Caribbean/West Indian 6
90 Mixed - Chinese 12
91 Mixed - Indian 6
92 Mixed - Other European 42
93 Mixed - Other misc 371
94 Mixed - South Americian 23
95 Mixed - White/African 3
97 Mixed - White/Black American 8
98 Mixed - White/Caucasian 0
99 Mixed - White/Chinese 3
100 Other - African 22
101 Other - Arab/Arabic 194
102 Other - Asian 77
103 Other - Afro-Caribbean 4
104 Other - Australian/New Zealand 0
105 Other - British 27
106 Other - Caribbean/West Indian 12
107 Other - Chinese 4
108 Other - Hispanic/South American 55
109 Other - Iranian/Persian 38
110 Other - Japanese 15
111 Other - Jewish 20
112 Other - Other European 115
113 Other - Other misc 385
114 Other - Phillippines 31
115 Other Answer 0
116 No answer 248
117 Don't know 49
118 RESPONDENT QUITS INTERVIEW 1139
119 White - Gypsy or Irish Traveller 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationActive People Survey, 2015-2016
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