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VariableLabelDatafileWaves
etcosamn number of co-workers same ethnicity as respondent
  1. indresp
  1. 5
etcosamp proportion of co-workers same ethnicity as respondent
  1. indresp
  1. 5
etcowhn number of co-workers white british
  1. indresp
  1. 5
etcowhp proportion of co-workers white british
  1. indresp
  1. 5
ethclose1 Closeness to speaker of same language
  1. indresp
  1. 11
  2. 8
  3. 5
  4. 2
  5. 14
ethclose10 Closeness to someone of paternal grandfather's COB
  1. indresp
  1. 11
  2. 8
  3. 5
  4. 2
  5. 14
ethclose11 Closeness to someone with same skin colour
  1. indresp
  1. 14
  2. 11
  3. 8
  4. 5
  5. 2
ethclose2a Closeness to someone of same religion as own
  1. indresp
  1. 5
  2. 2
  3. 14
  4. 11
  5. 8
ethclose2b Closeness to someone of same religion as brought up in
  1. indresp
  1. 8
  2. 5
  3. 2
  4. 14
  5. 11
ethclose3 Closeness to compatriot
  1. indresp
  1. 11
  2. 8
  3. 5
  4. 2
  5. 14
ethclose4a Closeness to someone of same region as brought up in
  1. indresp
  1. 11
  2. 8
  3. 5
  4. 2
  5. 14
ethclose4b Closeness to someone of same region as currently live
  1. indresp
  1. 11
  2. 8
  3. 5
  4. 2
  5. 14
ethclose5 Closeness to someone of mother's COB
  1. indresp
  1. 11
  2. 8
  3. 5
  4. 2
  5. 14
ethclose6 Closeness to someone of father's COB
  1. indresp
  1. 2
  2. 14
  3. 11
  4. 8
  5. 5
ethclose7 Closeness to someone of maternal grandmother's COB
  1. indresp
  1. 8
  2. 5
  3. 2
  4. 14
  5. 11
ethclose8 Closeness to someone of maternal grandfather's COB
  1. indresp
  1. 11
  2. 8
  3. 5
  4. 2
  5. 14
ethclose9 Closeness to someone of paternal grandmother's COB
  1. indresp
  1. 11
  2. 8
  3. 5
  4. 2
  5. 14
ethid10 Importance of maternal grandmother's COB
  1. indresp
  1. 11
  2. 8
  3. 5
  4. 2
  5. 14
ethid11 Importance of maternal grandfather's COB
  1. indresp
  1. 11
  2. 8
  3. 5
  4. 2
  5. 14
ethid12 Importance of paternal grandmother's COB
  1. indresp
  1. 14
  2. 11
  3. 8
  4. 5
  5. 2
ethid13 Importance of paternal grandfather's COB
  1. indresp
  1. 5
  2. 2
  3. 14
  4. 11
  5. 8
ethid14 Importance of skin colour
  1. indresp
  1. 11
  2. 8
  3. 5
  4. 2
  5. 14
ethid2 Importance of language spoken at home
  1. indresp
  1. 11
  2. 8
  3. 5
  4. 2
  5. 14
ethid3 Importance of English language
  1. indresp
  1. 11
  2. 8
  3. 5
  4. 2
  5. 14
ethid4a Importance of own religion
  1. indresp
  1. 11
  2. 8
  3. 5
  4. 2
  5. 14
ethid4b Importance of religion brought up in
  1. indresp
  1. 14
  2. 11
  3. 8
  4. 5
  5. 2
ethid5 Importance of region/city where live
  1. indresp
  1. 2
  2. 14
  3. 11
  4. 8
  5. 5
ethid6 Importance of country where born
  1. indresp
  1. 8
  2. 5
  3. 2
  4. 14
  5. 11
ethid7 Importance of region/city where grew up
  1. indresp
  1. 11
  2. 8
  3. 5
  4. 2
  5. 14
ethid8 Importance of mother's COB
  1. indresp
  1. 11
  2. 8
  3. 5
  4. 2
  5. 14
ethid9 Importance of father's COB
  1. indresp
  1. 11
  2. 8
  3. 5
  4. 2
  5. 14
ethn_dv Ethnic group (derived from multiple sources)
  1. xwavedat
  2. indresp
  3. indall
  4. youth
  1. 6
  2. 5
  3. 4
  4. 13
  5. 3
  6. 12
  7. 11
  8. 2
  9. 10
  10. 1
  11. 9
  12. 8
  13. 14
  14. 7
  15. 15

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