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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_paid
Labelfather's ethnic group
Responses
-9 missing 28
-8 inapplicable 0
-7 proxy 3262
-2 refusal 19
-1 don't know 216
1 white - british/english/scottish/welsh/northern irish 34829
2 irish 1081
3 gypsy or irish traveller 44
4 european, other than british 1054
5 other white group 616
6 indian 2002
7 pakistani 1404
8 bangladeshi 1107
9 sri lankan 323
10 chinese 374
11 turkish 181
12 middle eastern or iranian 180
13 caribbean 1405
14 north african 163
15 black african 1489
16 african asian 58
97 other ethnic group 1159
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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