bornuk_dv

Born in UK (derived)

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Derived variable note:

Born in UK (derived).

See ukborn, yr2uk4, plbornc, plbornd and plbornuk.

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	48839	29.01%
born in uk	1	99104	58.86%
not born in uk	2	20434	12.14%
	Total	168377	100.0%

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