Census of Population of Ireland 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 2011

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IRL_2011_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistics Office, Minnesota Population Center

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Ethnicity (IE2011A_0429)

Data file: IRL2011-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 229

End: 229

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

11. What is your ethnic or cultural background?

Choose one section from A to D, then the appropriate box.

A. White

[] 1 Irish
[] 2 Irish Traveller
[] 3 Any other White background

B. Black or Black Irish

[] 4 African
[] 5 Any other Black background

C. Asian or Asian Irish

[] 6 Chinese
[] 7 Any other Asian background

D. Other, including mixed background

[] 8 Other, write in description ____

Categories

Value	Category
1	Irish or Irish traveller
2	Other stated ethnicity
8	Unknown
9	NIU (not in universe)

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

Question 11. The responses to this question will facilitate a comparison of the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the different ethnic and cultural groups living in Ireland. This question was asked for the first time in 2006.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's ethnicity.

Universe

Present persons

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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