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Ethnicity

Information on Ethnicity from the LFS has changed significantly over time. The following Excel file provides:

(a) details of the changes to Ethnicity for the period 1979 to 2005. A colour coding system is used to indicate the years where the variable categories are the same; a change to the colour indicates a change to the categories


(b) three derived variables which are separately coloured for the period 1979 to 2005. The non-coloured variables in the excel file indicate the existing variables with categories relevant only to some sub-population, e.g. Black.

All the values and categories with the frequency distributions can be found in the Word/PDF file below. The documents provide more detailed information about the changes over time and SPSS syntax to derive each variable for corresponding years. A background document is also provided.

  • Comparability chart and records (Excel)
  • Syntax for derived variables (Word) and (PDF)
  • Values and categories of the original variables (Word) and (PDF)
  • A general background document for ethnicity (Word) and (PDF)

 

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