1991 Individual SAR Variables

cobirth — Country of birth

Value Label Count Percentage
1 England 870414 77.98% 77.98%
2 Scotland 106139 9.51% 9.51%
3 Wales 55844 5.00% 5.00%
4 Northern Ireland 5094 0.46% 0.46%
5 CI/IOM/UK(ns) 691 0.06% 0.06%
6 Irish Rep/Ire ns 11880 1.06% 1.06%
7 Australia 1642 0.15% 0.15%
8 Canada 1320 0.12% 0.12%
9 New Zealand 935 0.08% 0.08%
10 Kenya 2365 0.21% 0.21%
11 Nigeria 941 0.08% 0.08%
12 Uganda 1012 0.09% 0.09%
13 Oth Africa Cmwth 2528 0.23% 0.23%
14 Jamaica 2775 0.25% 0.25%
15 Oth Caribb Cmwth 2354 0.21% 0.21%
16 Bangladesh 2157 0.19% 0.19%
17 India 8198 0.73% 0.73%
18 Pakistan 4640 0.42% 0.42%
19 Sri Lanka 800 0.07% 0.07%
20 Hong Kong 1591 0.14% 0.14%
21 Malaysia 951 0.09% 0.09%
22 Singapore 763 0.07% 0.07%
23 Cyprus 1548 0.14% 0.14%
24 Gib/Malta/Gozo 847 0.08% 0.08%
25 Oth New Cmwth 720 0.06% 0.06%
26 France 1435 0.13% 0.13%
27 Germany 4697 0.42% 0.42%
28 Italy 1862 0.17% 0.17%
29 Spain 849 0.08% 0.08%
30 Bel/Den/Lux/Neth 1363 0.12% 0.12%
31 Portugal/Greece 707 0.06% 0.06%
32 Poland 1467 0.13% 0.13%
33 Al/Bu/Cz/Hu/Ro/Y 856 0.08% 0.08%
34 Other Europe 1351 0.12% 0.12%
35 Turkey/U.S.S.R. 1097 0.10% 0.10%
36 South Africa 1419 0.13% 0.13%
37 Other Africa 1639 0.15% 0.15%
38 U.S.A. 3329 0.30% 0.30%
39 Other America 923 0.08% 0.08%
40 Middle East 2097 0.19% 0.19%
41 Other Asia 2886 0.26% 0.26%
42 Rest/sea/air 55 0.00% 0.00%

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Coding Instructions

This has been derived from COB (from 100% person file) as shown: 

 COBIRTH COB (100% person file) 01 England 601 02 Scotland 602 03 Wales 603 04 Northern Ireland 604 05 Channel Islands, Isle of Man and 606-608 United Kingdom part not stated 06 Irish Republic (includes Ireland part 605, 609 not stated) 07 Australia 610 08 Canada 611 09 New Zealand 612 10 Kenya 613 11 Nigeria 622 12 Uganda 616 13 Other Africa (Commonwealth) 614-615, 617-621, 623 14 Jamaica 625 15 Other Caribbean (Commonwealth) 624, 626-631 16 Bangladesh 632 17 India 633 18 Pakistan 634 19 Sri Lanka 635 20 Hong Kong 636 21 Malaysia 637 22 Singapore 638 23 Cyprus 639 24 Gibraltar, Malta and Gozo 640-641 25 Other New Commonwealth 642-644 26 France 647 27 Germany 651-652, 661 28 Italy 648 29 Spain 655 30 Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg and 645-646, 649-650 Netherlands 31 Portugal and Greece 653-654 32 Poland 664 33 Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, 656,658-659,662,665,670 Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia 34 Other Europe (Austria, Finland, Norway, 657,660,663, Sweden, Switzerland, Other) 666-667,671 35 Turkey and U.S.S.R. 668-669 36 South Africa, Republic of 677 37 Other Africa 672-676, 678 38 United States of America 679 39 Other America 680-684 40 Middle East 685-692 41 Other Asia 693-700 42 Rest of the world and at sea/in the air 701-702 The coding of COB is given below: DERIVED FROM: 601 England 602 Scotland 603 Wales 604 Northern Ireland 605 Irish Republic 606 Channel Islands 607 Isle of Man 608 United Kingdom (part not stated) 609 Ireland (part not stated) 610 Australia 611 Canada 612 New Zealand 613 Kenya 614 Malawi 615 Tanzania 616 Uganda 617 Zambia 618 Zimbabwe 619 Botswana, Lesotho & Swaziland 620 Gambia 621 Ghana 622 Nigeria 623 Sierra Leone 624 Barbados 625 Jamaica 626 Trinidad & Tobago 627 Other Independant Caribbean States 628 Caribbean Dependant Territories 629 West Indies 630 Belize 631 Guyana 632 Bangladesh 633 India 634 Pakistan 635 Sri Lanka 636 Hong Kong 637 Malaysia 638 Singapore 639 Cyprus 640 Gibraltar 641 Malta & Gozo 642 Maurituis 643 Seychelles 644 New Commonwealth Remainder 645 Belgium 646 Denmark & Greenland 647 France & Monaco 648 Italy, San Marino and Vatican City 649 Luxembourg 650 Netherlands 651 Federal Republic of Germany 652 Germany (part not stated) 653 Greece 654 Portugal, Azores and Madeira 655 Spain 656 Albania 657 Austria 658 Bulgaria 659 Czechoslovakia 660 Finland 661 German Democratic Republic 662 Hungary 663 Norway 664 Poland 665 Romania 666 Sweden 667 Switzerland and Liechtenstein 668 Turkey 669 USSR 670 Yugoslavia 671 Europe Remainder 672 Algeria 673 Egypt 674 Libya 675 Morocco 676 Tunisia 677 South Africa, Republic of 678 Africa Remainder 679 United States of America 680 Caribbean 681 Central America 682 Brazil 683 Colombia 684 South America Remainder 685 Iran 686 Iraq 687 Israel 688 Jordan 689 Lebanon 690 Saudi Arabia 691 Syria 692 Middle East Remainder 693 China, People's Republic of 694 Japan 695 Myanmar, Union of (Burma) 696 Philippines 697 Taiwan 698 Thailand 699 Vietnam 700 Asia Remainder 701 Rest of the World 702 Elsewhere (no further details)

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