father's ethnic group
This variable is only available in the Special Licence (SN 6931) and Secure Access (SN 6676) datasets.
Father’s ethnic group (not available for BHPS sample members).
Datafiles
Index terms
Derived variable note:
Father's ethnic group (not available for BHPS sample members).
Derived variable note:
Uses A_PAID on data file A_INDRESP/
Question asked in the latest wave:
ethnicityandnationalidentity_w14.paid
Question label:
Father's ethnic group
Question text:
Which of these ethnic groups does your father come from?
Question universe:
if (ff_ivlolw 1 & ff_everint 1) | (ff_paidw1 1) (New entrant never interviewed OR did not answer father'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 | 10 | 0.03% |
| don't know | -1 | 7 | 0.02% |
| British/English/Scottish/Welsh/Northern Irish | 1 | 99 | 0.28% |
| Irish | 2 | 107 | 0.3% |
| Gypsy or Irish Traveller | 3 | 9 | 0.03% |
| Any other White background | 4 | 437 | 1.23% |
| White and Black Caribbean | 5 | 11 | 0.03% |
| White and Black African | 6 | 11 | 0.03% |
| White and Asian | 7 | 12 | 0.03% |
| Any other mixed background | 8 | 16 | 0.05% |
| Indian | 9 | 205 | 0.58% |
| Pakistani | 10 | 148 | 0.42% |
| Bangladeshi | 11 | 63 | 0.18% |
| Chinese | 12 | 63 | 0.18% |
| Any other Asian background | 13 | 99 | 0.28% |
| Caribbean | 14 | 79 | 0.22% |
| African | 15 | 166 | 0.47% |
| Any other Black background | 16 | 8 | 0.02% |
| Arab | 17 | 25 | 0.07% |
| Any other ethnic group | 97 | 65 | 0.18% |
| Total | 35471 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 28 | 0.05% |
| proxy | -7 | 3262 | 6.4% |
| refusal | -2 | 19 | 0.04% |
| don't know | -1 | 216 | 0.42% |
| white - british/english/scottish/welsh/northern irish | 1 | 34829 | 68.3% |
| irish | 2 | 1081 | 2.12% |
| european, other than british | 4 | 1054 | 2.07% |
| other white group | 5 | 616 | 1.21% |
| indian | 6 | 2002 | 3.93% |
| pakistani | 7 | 1404 | 2.75% |
| bangladeshi | 8 | 1107 | 2.17% |
| sri lankan | 9 | 323 | 0.63% |
| chinese | 10 | 374 | 0.73% |
| turkish | 11 | 181 | 0.35% |
| middle eastern or iranian | 12 | 180 | 0.35% |
| caribbean | 13 | 1405 | 2.76% |
| north african | 14 | 163 | 0.32% |
| black african | 15 | 1489 | 2.92% |
| african asian | 16 | 58 | 0.11% |
| other ethnic group | 97 | 1203 | 2.36% |
| Total | 50994 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| no data from bhps | -20 | 43272 | 25.88% |
| missing | -9 | 76467 | 45.73% |
| white - british/english/scottish/welsh/northern irish | 1 | 34829 | 20.83% |
| irish | 2 | 1081 | 0.65% |
| european, other than british | 4 | 1054 | 0.63% |
| other white group | 5 | 616 | 0.37% |
| indian | 6 | 2002 | 1.2% |
| pakistani | 7 | 1404 | 0.84% |
| bangladeshi | 8 | 1107 | 0.66% |
| sri lankan | 9 | 323 | 0.19% |
| chinese | 10 | 374 | 0.22% |
| turkish | 11 | 181 | 0.11% |
| middle eastern or iranian | 12 | 180 | 0.11% |
| caribbean | 13 | 1405 | 0.84% |
| north african | 14 | 163 | 0.1% |
| black african | 15 | 1489 | 0.89% |
| african asian | 16 | 58 | 0.03% |
| other ethnic group | 97 | 1203 | 0.72% |
| Total | 167208 | 100.0% |
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