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Country of family origin
Variable: ethnic
Module:
Ethnicity
Subject:
Ethnicity
Related Variables
closeblk closewht ethclose ethsame ethdiff teacheth schleth whoteach ethorgs whtgovt blkgovt hspgovt asngovt owneth congeth gvtapart gvtmelt meltpot ethignor ethnofit ethtrads ethadapt ethhist ethimp ethid amissue ethissue ethid1 amissue1 ethissu1 natborn eth1 eth2 eth3 ethnum hispanic spethnic speth1 speth2 speth3 spethnum more...
Survey Questions
Questions associated with this variable:

From what countries or part of the world did your ancestors come?
A. IF MORE THAN ONE COUNTRY NAMED:Which one of these countries do you feel closer to?

Year Availability
Available in 32 of 32 years total. Hover over a year to see ballot information.
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Summary by Year
Showing All Years
Code Label
1 Africa
2 Austria
3 French canada
4 Other canada
5 China
6 Czechoslovakia
7 Denmark
8 England & wales
9 Finland
10 France
11 Germany
12 Greece
13 Hungary
14 Ireland
15 Italy
16 Japan
17 Mexico
18 Netherlands
19 Norway
20 Philippines
21 Poland
22 Puerto rico
23 Russia
24 Scotland
25 Spain
26 Sweden
27 Switzerland
28 West indies
29 Other
30 American indian
31 India
32 Portugal
33 Lithuania
34 Yugoslavia
35 Rumania
36 Belgium
37 Arabic
38 Other spanish
39 Non-span windies
40 Other asian
41 Other european
97 American only
99 No answer
0 Uncodeable & iap
1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1980 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1993 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018
137 64 92 71 57 99 68 64 277 62 91 69 92 282 84 85 101 117 104 219 186 214 232 228 221 389 150 152 163 183 242 182
14 11 7 9 11 15 6 14 13 15 6 7 9 7 6 7 4 8 4 18 11 5 13 10 8 7 4 5 8 11 4 11
22 11 12 8 15 13 17 8 11 20 23 27 15 22 12 18 17 25 13 43 23 44 37 32 10 19 10 14 17 22 23 24
16 5 9 7 13 15 5 10 12 12 5 9 12 5 9 8 9 9 7 19 14 13 12 16 10 19 10 7 6 12 22 17
1 1 0 0 2 4 3 1 3 7 6 4 3 7 6 9 4 3 6 8 13 23 8 14 27 24 13 11 16 22 21 17
6 22 20 24 16 18 24 19 13 29 13 21 15 11 17 16 17 12 10 37 29 25 25 19 20 57 10 12 6 16 21 13
15 15 10 12 10 12 8 11 9 16 7 9 9 6 13 11 15 12 9 13 12 12 17 14 15 22 9 15 7 7 9 11
181 166 191 179 189 166 170 183 177 205 169 198 198 157 161 197 166 201 167 315 278 263 271 231 286 389 173 162 160 216 210 174
10 13 13 11 6 12 10 14 13 19 5 4 3 4 0 0 4 2 5 6 9 3 7 7 11 11 4 6 9 8 9 11
29 25 36 31 27 26 31 23 28 22 24 35 23 27 27 25 15 31 23 42 54 56 53 48 41 57 31 27 25 28 34 27
223 225 249 244 225 253 249 229 251 227 204 196 198 232 211 243 194 170 230 479 425 406 383 330 341 482 246 242 236 282 311 239
2 3 3 3 6 3 1 8 6 2 7 3 5 3 5 4 6 4 6 15 12 9 16 11 11 21 6 9 10 11 15 8
10 12 10 10 14 12 10 10 12 8 11 3 8 4 7 8 4 8 10 7 17 15 6 12 10 14 5 5 6 8 9 7
160 140 129 169 138 116 162 140 162 135 160 160 167 143 159 137 116 146 168 288 256 269 258 266 283 432 218 198 196 245 244 207
77 84 64 59 93 69 64 66 75 81 68 77 75 60 54 75 53 70 59 116 136 134 115 125 119 196 92 82 89 128 143 92
0 2 3 3 2 4 1 2 3 3 5 6 5 3 4 7 2 5 3 7 4 5 7 7 10 19 4 13 3 7 9 6
29 29 40 24 24 23 16 23 32 36 26 36 38 37 43 38 29 46 28 74 71 74 90 84 130 333 129 127 134 188 187 181
27 26 19 27 16 27 20 18 21 26 27 25 20 21 19 22 20 19 34 36 32 34 32 27 28 47 23 21 18 17 23 11
42 24 21 24 25 22 17 21 20 32 31 35 32 19 20 33 22 27 21 43 36 34 49 40 34 44 27 23 16 20 29 21
1 1 3 1 6 4 6 2 2 4 4 2 1 1 1 6 1 4 11 14 10 19 25 18 22 25 13 8 12 15 22 18
54 39 45 32 44 34 46 46 46 55 41 34 54 37 35 38 37 40 39 56 51 65 63 67 42 88 27 44 38 43 71 38
6 7 12 13 10 9 8 16 7 16 14 9 14 4 15 9 12 12 11 21 23 35 37 31 27 53 19 23 18 30 35 31
30 26 29 22 25 23 10 14 27 18 14 15 20 14 13 19 19 20 25 37 31 19 45 39 31 44 21 18 14 13 33 23
33 40 37 40 43 44 37 41 41 38 39 40 25 39 41 42 37 43 50 91 90 69 80 82 71 119 56 54 37 56 68 60
6 9 6 9 6 9 6 9 10 8 16 19 12 12 19 11 10 13 17 28 34 16 17 18 24 51 30 15 37 36 26 34
18 21 18 31 24 20 25 28 31 19 10 32 19 25 30 14 23 17 24 33 34 34 33 35 29 52 27 18 23 27 34 20
8 9 7 5 4 7 7 2 4 7 11 5 7 6 4 7 5 11 6 6 9 5 8 4 9 21 8 9 8 3 14 9
6 8 3 3 4 5 1 0 5 4 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 0 2 4 0 1 6 4 1 4 3 3 2 3 6 1
10 8 6 2 6 10 12 8 24 10 8 19 12 18 17 15 10 27 19 9 23 28 29 6 10 20 9 10 44 9 12 12
8 20 41 44 46 44 38 47 73 33 51 51 43 86 56 55 63 49 71 90 117 110 109 118 120 160 78 77 83 100 143 84
1 0 2 3 3 2 2 3 6 2 3 1 5 7 7 4 2 1 6 13 11 10 15 11 21 25 23 14 23 31 22 17
2 7 1 3 3 6 5 5 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 2 1 2 3 5 8 9 8 6 11 16 10 15 9 11 14 5
4 4 2 6 10 5 4 10 7 7 3 1 2 4 4 3 7 1 3 9 4 5 6 5 5 5 4 4 2 4 7 6
4 3 3 1 4 7 5 4 9 17 7 5 1 5 6 2 6 11 3 6 11 14 9 3 4 12 4 5 8 4 10 4
3 4 1 4 4 2 0 0 2 2 1 4 1 3 1 1 2 0 2 6 6 3 0 6 5 6 5 4 4 2 5 4
3 2 1 4 2 2 2 1 5 3 1 4 0 1 1 2 2 3 1 3 2 5 2 6 3 10 6 8 1 1 6 1
1 0 3 0 3 1 0 4 2 1 0 4 2 4 3 1 3 1 2 8 4 3 1 8 13 12 5 4 3 9 8 9
3 8 1 4 3 4 5 11 3 6 8 8 4 8 6 11 9 4 12 23 25 32 29 34 28 107 41 44 36 87 69 56
1 3 4 0 3 3 3 2 6 4 8 2 7 7 2 3 7 6 11 17 12 19 13 16 13 26 22 17 13 28 18 23
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 13 13 15 15 24 29 15 23 17 18 24 23
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 14 8 17 17 21 7 10 6 19 14 31
29 91 30 44 38 26 48 31 64 28 15 15 17 38 28 13 9 14 23 74 65 72 56 65 56 130 44 60 61 50 61 65
27 5 3 1 4 9 11 17 15 4 3 5 2 10 14 13 14 20 27 76 71 16 90 39 12 14 8 8 7 8 6 9
354 311 298 303 315 345 369 303 330 355 326 333 289 434 320 320 295 303 331 557 623 578 482 591 599 878 374 418 343 500 574 506
Summary Statistics
Valid cases 49156
Missing cases 13310