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LS variable metadata
| ETHNATID1P21 |
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| Table | ME21 2021 Census - LS members |
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| Short description | Ethnic National Identity. 2021. |
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| Source | 2021 Census. Questions P14 (How would you describe your national identity?) and P15 (What is your ethnic group?). |
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| Code notes | 1-23, -6 Missing, -9 No code required (Students not at their term-time address) |
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Variable coding
| Value | Label |
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| 1 | English or English and British |
| 2 | Welsh or Welsh and British |
| 3 | Northern Irish or Northern Irish and British |
| 4 | Scottish or Scottish and British |
| 5 | British only |
| 6 | Other |
| 7 | Irish |
| 8 | Gypsy or Irish Traveller |
| 9 | Any other white background |
| 10 | White & Black Caribbean |
| 11 | White & Black African |
| 12 | White & Asian |
| 13 | Any other mixed/multiple ethnic background |
| 14 | Indian |
| 15 | Pakistani |
| 16 | Bangladeshi |
| 17 | Chinese |
| 18 | Any other Asian background |
| 19 | Black African |
| 20 | Black Caribbean |
| 21 | Any other Black/African/Caribbean background |
| 22 | Arab |
| 23 | Any other background |
| -6 | Missing |
| -9 | No code required (Students not at their term-time address) |
Additional information
| Value | Label |
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| id | 5732 |
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| fullname | (ME21)ETHNATID1P21 |
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| description | Combination of ethnic group and national identity. |
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| codedas | |
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| source | 2021 Census. Questions P14 (How would you describe your national identity?) and P15 (What is your ethnic group?). |
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| derived | Y |
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| codelist | Y |
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| notes | The ethnic group reported by the person on their census form. This could be based on their culture, family background, identity or physical appearance.
Someone?s national identity is a self-determined assessment of their own identity, it could be the country or countries where they feel they belong or think of as home. It is not dependent on ethnic group or citizenship.
Respondents could select more than one national identity. |
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| restricted | N |
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| format | Numeric |
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| length | 2 |
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| keyword | Ethnicity, Nationality |
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