father's ethnic group
This variable is only available in the Special Licence (SN 6931) and Secure Access (SN 6676) datasets.
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% |
| 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 | 74 | 0.21% |
| 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 | 25.7% |
| missing | -9 | 77636 | 46.11% |
| white - british/english/scottish/welsh/northern irish | 1 | 34829 | 20.69% |
| irish | 2 | 1081 | 0.64% |
| european, other than british | 4 | 1054 | 0.63% |
| other white group | 5 | 616 | 0.37% |
| indian | 6 | 2002 | 1.19% |
| pakistani | 7 | 1404 | 0.83% |
| 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 | 0.83% |
| north african | 14 | 163 | 0.1% |
| black african | 15 | 1489 | 0.88% |
| african asian | 16 | 58 | 0.03% |
| other ethnic group | 97 | 1203 | 0.71% |
| Total | 168377 | 100.0% |
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