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

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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.

Question asked in the latest wave:

initialconditions_w15.ukborn

Question label:

Born in UK

Question text:

Were you born in the UK, that is in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland?

Question universe:

if [ff_ivlolw 1 & ff_everint 1] // new entrant never interviewed

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

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.0%
inapplicable	-8	31269	95.19%
don't know	-1	1	0.0%
Yes, England	1	1187	3.61%
Yes, Scotland	2	113	0.34%
Yes, Wales	3	53	0.16%
Yes, Northern Ireland	4	60	0.18%
not born in UK	5	165	0.5%
	Total	32849	100.0%

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 UK	5	9744	19.11%
	Total	50994	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	51984	30.87%
Yes, England	1	72158	42.86%
Yes, Scotland	2	10769	6.4%
Yes, Wales	3	7159	4.25%
Yes, Northern Ireland	4	6755	4.01%
not born in UK	5	19552	11.61%
	Total	168377	100.0%

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ukborn

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Variable note:

Question asked in the latest wave:

initialconditions_w15.ukborn

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Question universe:

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Variable note:

Question asked in the latest wave:

initialconditions_w15.ukborn

Question label:

Question text:

Question universe:

Wave 15 (o_ukborn indresp)

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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