Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Understanding Society: Ethnicity and Health Teaching Dataset Wave 1, 2009-2010

Variable Details

Variablea_ethn_dv
LabelEthnic group (derived from multiple sources)
Responses
-9 missing 52
-8 inapplicable 0
-2 refusal 0
-1 don't know 0
1 british/english/scottish/welsh/northern irish 38183
2 irish 736
3 gypsy or irish traveller 17
4 any other white background 1537
5 white and black caribbean 370
6 white and black african 150
7 white and asian 187
8 any other mixed background 236
9 indian 2072
10 pakistani 1610
11 bangladeshi 1283
12 chinese 347
13 any other asian background 775
14 caribbean 1230
15 african 1538
16 any other black background 113
17 arab 275
97 any other ethnic group 283
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationUnderstanding Society: Ethnicity and Health Teaching Dataset Wave 1, 2009-2010
UniverseAround 50,000 16-43 year olds living in the UK who participated in adult interviews during the first wave of Understanding Society, 2009-10.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort