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Census of the Population of Ireland, 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 2016
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IRL_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ethnicity (IE2016A_ETHNIC)

Data file: IRL2016_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 209
End: 209
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
11. What is your ethnic or cultural background?</p>
<div class="i1">Choose one section from A to D, then mark the appropriate box<br /><br />A. White</div><div class="i2">[] 1. Irish <br />[] 2. Irish Traveler <br />[] 3. Any other White background</div><div class="i1">B. Black or Black Irish</div><div class="i2">[] 4. African <br />[] 5. Any other Black background</div><div class="i1">C. Asian or Asian Irish</div><div class="i2">[] 6. Chinese <br />[] 7. Any other Asian background</div><div class="i1">D. Other, including mixed background</div><div class="i2">[] 8. Other, write in description ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Irish or Irish traveller
2 Non-Irish
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's ethnicity.
Universe
Ireland 2016: Present persons [discrepancies: type I none; type II 1.7%]

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