Field: Asian Ethnicity Group of the Head of the Household (please calculate three-year averages - click on i for the correct method)
Description
Asian Ethnicity Group of the Head of the Household, as reported by FRS respondents.
PLEASE ENSURE THAT ALL ETHNICITY ESTIMATES ARE PRESENTED AS THREE-YEAR AVERAGES - SEE QUALITY STATEMENT FOR MORE INFORMATION.
Individuals have been classified according to the ethnic group of the household reference person (see Household reference person) which means that information about households of multiple ethnicities is lost.
The ethnicity questions used in the FRS adopt the UK harmonised standards for use in major Government social surveys; that is, they adopt the standard way of collecting information on the ways in which people describe their ethnic identity. The latest harmonised standards were published in August 2011 and cover the ethnic group question in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. They also cover harmonised data presentation for ethnic group outputs. The standards were updated in February 2013 detailing how Gypsy, Traveller and Irish Traveller should be recorded in the outputs, due to differences across the UK.
The FRS adopted these latest harmonised standards for England, Wales and Northern Ireland for the 2011/12 survey questionnaire, and the standards for Scotland were adopted for the 2012/13 survey questionnaire. The 2011/12 publication therefore adopted the latest harmonised output standards for ethnic groups for the UK. The most significant changes to previous publications are that the 'Chinese' category has moved from the 'Chinese or other ethnic group' section to the 'Asian/Asian British' section; and 'Irish Traveller' is included under 'Other ethnic group' for respondents in Northern Ireland and 'Gypsy or Irish Traveller' is included under the 'White' section for respondents in Great Britain, therefore UK figures have been allocated accordingly.
Classification
Applicable to: All Individuals
Total number of categories: 7
Quality Statement
Smaller ethnic minority groups exhibit year-on-year variation which limits comparisons over time. For this reason, analysis by ethnicity is presented as three-year averages.
To calculate a three-year average, output estimates for at least three consecutive financial years:
Click on 'Financial Year', tick the required year and add to column. To remove the latest financial year, go to 'Financial Year', tick on the latest year and then select 'Remove' at the top. This should leave just the required financial year.
Alternatively, output several years as numbers in a table and manually calculate the percentages for each year separately in Excel. From this, three year averages can be calculated as below.
An example calculation is:
Year 1 estimate = 120,000
Year 2 estimate = 145,000
Year 3 estimate = 110,000
Three-year average estimate (Year 1 to Year 3) = (Year 1 estimate + Year 2 estimate + Year 3 estimate)/3 = (120,000 + 145,000 + 110,000)/3 = 125,000
Data relating to 2020/21 is not available in Stat Xplore due to data quality concerns affecting many of the HBAI estimates calculated below UK (headline) level for that year. Further details can be found in the technical report which accompanied the release of the 2020/21 statistics. This report details the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the size and composition of the FRS sample.
All rolling three-year averages calculated and published for any period including 2020/21 are based on the remaining two available data points only. Therefore:
See the User Guide for a worked example here.
Further information can be found in the HBAI Quality and Methodology Report here.