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Census of Population of Ireland, 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 2006
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IRL_2006_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ethnicity (IE2006A_ETHNIC)

Data file: IRL2006_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 260
End: 260
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">B. Person Form</span></p>

<p>14. What is your ethnic or cultural background? Choose one section from A to D, and then check the appropriate box.</p>

<p>A White</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Irish<br />[] 2 Irish traveler<br />[] 3 Any other White background</div><p>B Black or Black Irish</p>
<div class="i1">[] 4 African<br />[] 5 Any other black background</div><p>C Asian or Asian Irish</p>
<div class="i1">[] 6 Chinese<br />[] 7 Any other Asian background</div><p>D Other, including mixed background</p>
<div class="i1">[] 8 Other, write in description: _____________</div>
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the ethnicity of the person.
Universe
Ireland 2006: Non-absent persons [Discrepancies: type I none; type II 1.7%]

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