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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablea_macob
Labelcountry mother born in
Responses
-9 missing 22
-8 inapplicable 0
-7 proxy 3262
-2 refusal 8
-1 don't know 102
1 england 27723
2 scotland 3663
3 wales 2153
4 northern ireland 1991
5 republic of ireland 927
6 france 105
7 germany 215
8 italy 137
9 spain 64
10 poland 340
11 cyprus 64
12 turkey 131
13 australia 55
14 new zealand 46
15 canada 66
16 u.s.a 107
17 china/hong kong 278
18 india 1900
19 pakistan 1321
20 bangladesh 1061
21 sri lanka 280
22 kenya 162
23 ghana 261
24 nigeria 398
25 uganda 78
26 south africa 150
27 jamaica 716
97 other country 3208
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
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