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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_mgprob
Labelcountry mother's father born in
Responses
-9 missing 23
-8 inapplicable 0
-7 proxy 3262
-2 refusal 7
-1 don't know 1482
1 england 24941
2 scotland 3796
3 wales 2191
4 northern ireland 2131
5 republic of ireland 1507
6 france 121
7 germany 269
8 italy 206
9 spain 83
10 poland 430
11 cyprus 125
12 turkey 136
13 australia 45
14 new zealand 35
15 canada 65
16 u.s.a 117
17 china/hong kong 305
18 india 2364
19 pakistan 1147
20 bangladesh 1024
21 sri lanka 277
22 kenya 78
23 ghana 267
24 nigeria 409
25 uganda 43
26 south africa 120
27 jamaica 806
97 other country 3182
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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