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Ethnic Group Statistics

How do I combine categories? - Examples

Below are two suggested ways of combining categories according to different sample size thresholds.

Option 1: Six categories of classification

Presentation group		Combined categories
White	XXX	White British
		White Irish
		Any Other White

Mixed	XXX	White and Black Caribbean
		White and Black African
		White and Asian
		Any Other Mixed

Indian	XXX	Indian

Pakistani and Bangladeshi	XXX	Pakistani
		Bangladeshi

Black or Black British	XXX	Black Caribbean
		Black African
		Other Black

Other Ethnic group (inc. Chinese and Other Asian)	XXX	Chinese
		Other Asian
		Other Ethnic group

Option 2: Eleven categories of classification

XXX indicates data.

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