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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Childcare and Early Years Provision: Parents' Survey, 2018

Variable Details

Variableethnib
LabelDV: Ethnic group of Respondent - grouped (revised categories comparable with 2008 & prior
Responses
1 White - Welsh/ English/ Scottish/ Northern Irish/ British 4144
2 White - Irish 18
3 White - Gypsy or Irish Traveller 15
4 White - any other background 446
5 White and Black Caribbean 45
6 Mixed - White and Black African 21
7 Mixed - White and Asian 22
8 Mixed - Any other mixed ethnic background 38
9 Asian/ Asian British - Indian 188
10 Asian/ Asian British - Pakistani 294
11 Asian/ Asian British - Bangladeshi 127
12 Asian/ Asian British - Chinese 32
13 Asian/ Asian British - any other Asian background 97
14 Black/ Black British - African 250
15 Black/ Black British - Caribbean 85
16 Black/ Black British - any other Black background 4
17 Other - Arab 48
18 Other - any other ethnic group 40
-9 Refused 7
-8 Don't know' 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationChildcare and Early Years Provision: Parents' Survey, 2018
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