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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_mgmrob
Labelcountry mother's mother born in
Responses
-9 missing 23
-8 inapplicable 0
-7 proxy 3262
-2 refusal 5
-1 don't know 1121
1 england 25655
2 scotland 3700
3 wales 2209
4 northern ireland 2068
5 republic of ireland 1474
6 france 129
7 germany 272
8 italy 217
9 spain 73
10 poland 367
11 cyprus 96
12 turkey 137
13 australia 51
14 new zealand 34
15 canada 51
16 u.s.a 98
17 china/hong kong 289
18 india 2386
19 pakistan 1129
20 bangladesh 1021
21 sri lanka 280
22 kenya 76
23 ghana 264
24 nigeria 401
25 uganda 44
26 south africa 134
27 jamaica 786
97 other country 3142
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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