mother's ethnic group
This variable is only available in the Special Licence (SN 6931) and Secure Access (SN 6676) datasets.
Mother’s ethnic group (not available for BHPS sample members).
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Index terms
Derived variable note:
Mother's ethnic group (not available for BHPS sample members).
Derived variable note:
Uses A_MAID on data file A_INDRESP/
Question asked in the latest wave:
ethnicityandnationalidentity_w14.maid
Question label:
Mother's ethnic group
Question text:
And which of these ethnic groups does your mother come from?
Question universe:
if (ff_ivlolw 1 & ff_everint 1) | (ff_maidw1 1) (New entrant never interviewed OR did not answer mother's ethnicity at Wave 1)
and if (GRIDVARIABLES.modetype = 1|3) & (RACEL 1|DK|REF|MIS) (Mode is face-to-face or web and respondent's ethnic group is not White British and ethnic group is provided)
Question interviewer instructions:
CODE ONE ONLY
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 33697 | 95.0% |
| proxy | -7 | 134 | 0.38% |
| refusal | -2 | 9 | 0.03% |
| don't know | -1 | 3 | 0.01% |
| British/English/Scottish/Welsh/Northern Irish | 1 | 125 | 0.35% |
| Irish | 2 | 113 | 0.32% |
| Gypsy or Irish Traveller | 3 | 6 | 0.02% |
| Any other White background | 4 | 446 | 1.26% |
| White and Black Caribbean | 5 | 18 | 0.05% |
| White and Black African | 6 | 9 | 0.03% |
| White and Asian | 7 | 8 | 0.02% |
| Any other mixed background | 8 | 20 | 0.06% |
| Indian | 9 | 200 | 0.56% |
| Pakistani | 10 | 142 | 0.4% |
| Bangladeshi | 11 | 64 | 0.18% |
| Chinese | 12 | 65 | 0.18% |
| Any other Asian background | 13 | 100 | 0.28% |
| Caribbean | 14 | 58 | 0.16% |
| African | 15 | 152 | 0.43% |
| Any other Black background | 16 | 6 | 0.02% |
| Arab | 17 | 25 | 0.07% |
| Any other ethnic group | 97 | 71 | 0.2% |
| Total | 35471 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 28 | 0.05% |
| proxy | -7 | 3262 | 6.4% |
| refusal | -2 | 14 | 0.03% |
| don't know | -1 | 60 | 0.12% |
| white - british/english/scottish/welsh/northern irish | 1 | 35272 | 69.17% |
| irish | 2 | 1126 | 2.21% |
| european, other than british | 4 | 1065 | 2.09% |
| other white group | 5 | 568 | 1.11% |
| indian | 6 | 2020 | 3.96% |
| pakistani | 7 | 1431 | 2.81% |
| bangladeshi | 8 | 1105 | 2.17% |
| sri lankan | 9 | 272 | 0.53% |
| chinese | 10 | 321 | 0.63% |
| turkish | 11 | 151 | 0.3% |
| middle eastern or iranian | 12 | 146 | 0.29% |
| caribbean | 13 | 1273 | 2.5% |
| north african | 14 | 108 | 0.21% |
| black african | 15 | 1421 | 2.79% |
| african asian | 16 | 64 | 0.13% |
| other ethnic group | 97 | 1287 | 2.52% |
| Total | 50994 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| no data from bhps | -20 | 43272 | 25.88% |
| missing | -9 | 76306 | 45.64% |
| white - british/english/scottish/welsh/northern irish | 1 | 35272 | 21.09% |
| irish | 2 | 1126 | 0.67% |
| european, other than british | 4 | 1065 | 0.64% |
| other white group | 5 | 568 | 0.34% |
| indian | 6 | 2020 | 1.21% |
| pakistani | 7 | 1431 | 0.86% |
| bangladeshi | 8 | 1105 | 0.66% |
| sri lankan | 9 | 272 | 0.16% |
| chinese | 10 | 321 | 0.19% |
| turkish | 11 | 151 | 0.09% |
| middle eastern or iranian | 12 | 146 | 0.09% |
| caribbean | 13 | 1273 | 0.76% |
| north african | 14 | 108 | 0.06% |
| black african | 15 | 1421 | 0.85% |
| african asian | 16 | 64 | 0.04% |
| other ethnic group | 97 | 1287 | 0.77% |
| Total | 167208 | 100.0% |
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