Main survey variable: ukborn Whether born in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland or outside UK (derive

Whether born in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland or outside UK (derive

Respondent’s country of birth. It records whether respondent was born in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland or outside UK.

See BORNUK_DV, YR2UK4, PLBORNC, PLBORND, PLBORN_ALL

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Index term

Socio-demographic Characteristics

Variable note:

Respondent's country of birth. It records whether respondent was born in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland or outside UK.

See bornuk_dv, yr2uk4, plbornc, plbornd and plbornuk.

Derived variable note:

Respondent's country of birth. It records whether respondent was born in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland or outside UK.

See BORNUK_DV, YR2UK4, PLBORNC, PLBORND, PLBORN_ALL

Derived variable note:

Uses W_UKBORN on data file W_INDRESP
Uses BW_PLBORND BW_PLBORNC on data file BW_INDRESP/

Question asked in the latest wave:

proxy_w14.ukborn

Question label:

Born in UK

Question text:

Was NAME born in the UK, that is in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland?

Question universe:

if GRIDVARIABLES.modetype = 1 | 2 (Mode is face-to-face or telephone)
and if IProxy = 1 (Able to do a proxy interview for respondent)
and if (ff_everint 1) & (doneproxy = 2) (Never a full adult interview and never a proxy interview)

Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	26642	75.11%
refusal	-2	25	0.07%
don't know	-1	4	0.01%
Yes, England	1	6175	17.41%
Yes, Scotland	2	790	2.23%
Yes, Wales	3	287	0.81%
Yes, Northern Ireland	4	289	0.81%
Not born in the UK	5	1259	3.55%
	Total	35471	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	27180	97.08%
refusal	-2	4	0.01%
don't know	-1	1	0.0%
Yes, England	1	597	2.13%
Yes, Scotland	2	55	0.2%
Yes, Wales	3	49	0.18%
Yes, Northern Ireland	4	39	0.14%
Not born in the UK	5	73	0.26%
	Total	27998	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	28472	97.27%
refusal	-2	2	0.01%
Yes, England	1	571	1.95%
Yes, Scotland	2	48	0.16%
Yes, Wales	3	38	0.13%
Yes, Northern Ireland	4	41	0.14%
Not born in the UK	5	99	0.34%
	Total	29271	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	30991	96.82%
refusal	-2	4	0.01%
Yes, England	1	751	2.35%
Yes, Scotland	2	60	0.19%
Yes, Wales	3	52	0.16%
Yes, Northern Ireland	4	49	0.15%
Not born in the UK	5	101	0.32%
	Total	32008	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.0%
inapplicable	-8	33174	96.66%
refusal	-2	4	0.01%
Yes, England	1	795	2.32%
Yes, Scotland	2	81	0.24%
Yes, Wales	3	49	0.14%
Yes, Northern Ireland	4	46	0.13%
Not born in the UK	5	169	0.49%
	Total	34319	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	34642	96.07%
refusal	-2	3	0.01%
don't know	-1	2	0.01%
Yes, England	1	907	2.52%
Yes, Scotland	2	95	0.26%
Yes, Wales	3	77	0.21%
Yes, Northern Ireland	4	77	0.21%
Not born in the UK	5	255	0.71%
	Total	36058	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.0%
inapplicable	-8	37407	95.2%
refusal	-2	9	0.02%
don't know	-1	1	0.0%
Yes, England	1	1231	3.13%
Yes, Scotland	2	105	0.27%
Yes, Wales	3	88	0.22%
Yes, Northern Ireland	4	111	0.28%
Not born in the UK	5	341	0.87%
	Total	39294	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.0%
inapplicable	-8	39674	94.08%
refusal	-2	17	0.04%
don't know	-1	1	0.0%
Yes, England	1	1496	3.55%
Yes, Scotland	2	114	0.27%
Yes, Wales	3	95	0.23%
Yes, Northern Ireland	4	159	0.38%
Not born in the UK	5	613	1.45%
	Total	42170	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	38508	85.21%
refusal	-2	18	0.04%
don't know	-1	2	0.0%
yes, england	1	2758	6.1%
yes, scotland	2	138	0.31%
yes, wales	3	107	0.24%
yes, northern ireland	4	169	0.37%
not born in the uk	5	3492	7.73%
	Total	45192	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.0%
inapplicable	-8	42534	94.86%
don't know	-1	3	0.01%
yes, england	1	1572	3.51%
yes, scotland	2	191	0.43%
yes, wales	3	137	0.31%
yes, northern ireland	4	95	0.21%
not born in uk	5	304	0.68%
	Total	44837	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	44204	93.9%
refusal	-2	1	0.0%
don't know	-1	1	0.0%
yes, england	1	1938	4.12%
yes, scotland	2	218	0.46%
yes, wales	3	156	0.33%
yes, northern ireland	4	114	0.24%
not born in the uk	5	439	0.93%
	Total	47074	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	43286	87.11%
don't know	-1	2	0.0%
yes, england	1	4158	8.37%
yes, scotland	2	438	0.88%
yes, wales	3	373	0.75%
yes, northern ireland	4	232	0.47%
not born in uk	5	1200	2.41%
	Total	49692	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.0%
inapplicable	-8	46785	85.74%
don't know	-1	8	0.01%
yes, england	1	4832	8.86%
yes, scotland	2	599	1.1%
yes, wales	3	402	0.74%
yes, northern ireland	4	355	0.65%
not born in the uk	5	1586	2.91%
	Total	54568	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.01%
refusal	-2	2	0.0%
don't know	-1	8	0.02%
yes, england	1	33480	65.65%
yes, scotland	2	3567	6.99%
yes, wales	3	2154	4.22%
yes, northern ireland	4	2033	3.99%
not born in the uk	5	9744	19.11%
	Total	50994	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	52325	31.29%
Yes, England	1	71020	42.47%
Yes, Scotland	2	10661	6.38%
Yes, Wales	3	7110	4.25%
Yes, Northern Ireland	4	6697	4.01%
Not born in the UK	5	19395	11.6%
	Total	167208	100.0%

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Derived variable note:

Derived variable note:

Question asked in the latest wave:

proxy_w14.ukborn

Question label:

Question text:

Question universe:

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Index term

Variable note:

Derived variable note:

Derived variable note:

Question asked in the latest wave:

proxy_w14.ukborn

Question label:

Question text:

Question universe:

Wave 14 (n_ukborn indresp)

Wave 13 (m_ukborn indresp)

Wave 12 (l_ukborn indresp)

Wave 11 (k_ukborn indresp)

Wave 10 (j_ukborn indresp)

Wave 9 (i_ukborn indresp)

Wave 8 (h_ukborn indresp)

Wave 7 (g_ukborn indresp)

Wave 6 (f_ukborn indresp)

Wave 5 (e_ukborn indresp)

Wave 4 (d_ukborn indresp)

Wave 3 (c_ukborn indresp)

Wave 2 (b_ukborn indresp)

Wave 1 (a_ukborn indresp)

Wave xwave (ukborn xwavedat)

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