Moves directly from country of birth
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Question asked in the latest wave:
migrationhistory_w7.mindirect
Question label:
Moves directly from country of birth
Question text:
Next we have a few questions about when you came to live in the UK. When you came to the UK to live, did you come directly from your country of birth or did you live in another country or countries before living here?
Question universe:
if (FF_FBORN = 1 | INITIALCONDITIONS.UKBORN = 5) & (GRIDVARIABLES.EMBOOST 1 & GRIDVARIABLES.GPCOMPARE 1 & GRIDVARIABLES.LDA 1 & GRIDVARIABLES.IEMB 1) (Respondent is foreign born and household is not in the EM Boost, GP Compare, LDA or IEMB samples.)
Further details:
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| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 37329 | 88.52% |
| proxy | -7 | 2832 | 6.72% |
| refusal | -2 | 5 | 0.01% |
| don't know | -1 | 9 | 0.02% |
| Direct from birth country | 1 | 1740 | 4.13% |
| From other country | 2 | 255 | 0.6% |
| Total | 42170 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Only available for IEMB | -11 | 40577 | 89.79% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 1359 | 3.01% |
| proxy | -7 | 195 | 0.43% |
| refusal | -2 | 11 | 0.02% |
| don't know | -1 | 8 | 0.02% |
| direct from birth country | 1 | 2636 | 5.83% |
| from other country | 2 | 406 | 0.9% |
| Total | 45192 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 16 | 0.03% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 42867 | 84.06% |
| proxy | -7 | 3262 | 6.4% |
| refusal | -2 | 3 | 0.01% |
| don't know | -1 | 5 | 0.01% |
| direct from birth country | 1 | 4213 | 8.26% |
| from other country | 2 | 628 | 1.23% |
| Total | 50994 | 100.0% |
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