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Table 2 Recording of ethnicity and other related variables in national surveys

From: Ethnicity recording in health and social care data collections in Ireland: where and how is it measured and what is it used for?

Data Collection

Web link to data dictionary/data collection form

Process for data access

Ethnic or cultural background

Country of birth

Citizenship

Nationality

Length of stay

Language

Religion

Growing up in Ireland National Longitudinal study of children

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✓

Census categories

✓

✓

 

✓

✓

✓

National Patient Experience Survey

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✓

Census categories

      

Survey of Lifestyles, Attitudes and Nutrition

✓

✓

Census categories

✓

  

✓

  

Healthy Ireland survey

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✓

Census categories

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European Social Survey

✓

✓

Belonging to an ethnic minority group

✓

✓

 

✓

✓