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Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2024

Information on the composition, characteristics and attitudes of Scottish households and adults across a number of topic areas.


13 Presentation of Data on Ethnic Groups

Due to rounding, summing figures in this table may not exactly match the presented totals. Figures have been rounded to be more in line with those presented in the Supplementary Tables in the Supporting Documents section on the website.

Table 3: Grouping of ethnic groups in the SSCQ 2024

Base Collection Categories Sample SSCQ Groups Sample
A - WHITE - White Scottish

14,530

White: Scottish

14,530

A - WHITE - Other British

2,580 

White: Other British

2,580

A - WHITE - Polish

180

White: Polish

180

A - WHITE - Irish

150

White: Other

910

A - WHITE – Gypsy/Traveller

<10

 

 

A - WHITE - Roma

<10

 

 

A - WHITE – Showman/Showwoman

<10

 

 

A - WHITE – Any other white ethnic group

740 

 

 

C - ASIAN, ASIAN SCOTTISH OR ASIAN BRITISH - Pakistani, Pakistani Scottish or Pakistani British 

140

Asian

550

C - ASIAN, ASIAN SCOTTISH OR ASIAN BRITISH - Indian, Indian Scottish or Indian British 

170

 

 

C - ASIAN, ASIAN SCOTTISH OR ASIAN BRITISH - Bangladeshi, Bangladeshi Scottish or Bangladeshi British 

20

 

 

C - ASIAN, ASIAN SCOTTISH OR ASIAN BRITISH - Chinese, Chinese Scottish or Chinese British 

90

 

 

C - ASIAN, ASIAN SCOTTISH OR ASIAN BRITISH - Other Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British 

130

 

 

B - MIXED OR MULTIPLE ETHNIC GROUP - Any mixed or multiple ethnic groups

100

All other ethnic groups

430

D - African, African Scottish or African British

220

 

 

E - CARIBBEAN OR BLACK

30

 

 

F – OTHER ETHNIC GROUP – Arab, Arab Scottish, Arab British

30

 

 

F – OTHER ETHNIC GROUP – Other

50

 

 

 

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