oh oh do the religion one too, it's just as irrelevant
White - British
White - Irish
White - other
Mixed - White and Black Caribbean
Mixed - White and Black African
Mixed - White and Asian
Mixed - other
Asian or Asian British - Indian
Asian or Asian British - Pakistani
Asian or Asian British - Bangladeshi
Asian or Asian British - other
Black or Black British - Caribbean
Black or Black British - African
Black or Black British - other
Chinese or other ethnic group - Chinese
Chinese or other ethnic group - other
White - Scottish
Inspired by this thread, and in line with the http://www.cerocscotland.com/forum/b...roc-goers.html thread, I'm interested in the ethnicity mix within MJ.
It's anonymous, feel free to add any comments in.
(The poll options are the same as used in the 2001 UK census, by the way)
oh oh do the religion one too, it's just as irrelevant
Seriously, what brought this on, DJ? You been bored and reading old threads from 2004?
I always struggle with what you're supposed to say to these polls, anyhow. My mum was clearly mixed race, and so my literal interpretation would be that I am as well. In fact, I suspect there are very few people who aren't mixed race, looking at it like that.
But in practical terms I'd guess people usually treat me as "White-British" rather than mixed race.
It would help if the poll choices were in response to a question.
What do you want DJ? My ethnicity (assuming I qualify as a ceroc goer) or the ethnicity of ceroc goers that I know or the ethnicity of all ceroc goers? I daresay that at least one person fitting each category has attended a ceroc night somewhere sometime.
No, it's research. It's important
I'm just interested in this stuff. We've got an age poll, which is interesting (to me), so I thought an ethnicity poll might be informative.
OK, the question is changed to ask "What's your ethnicity?" - I assumed that was self-evident...
Is "White" an ethnicity ? Where do albinos fall ? What can this data be used for other than to give badly fitting labels to people because someone feels they need one ? Its bad enough in the actual census but is as useful as a fish with a spatula for a dance class survey. The religion one is just as silly, you are free to be as religious as you like, its no one elses business what that is, and all a survey is going to do is collate the choices that you already know are popular ones.
My thoughts exactly. I'm sure I have some pictish blood in me. I could research thouroughly of course, but why? just so i can answer this question slightly more accurately - I put "mixed - other" for the safest choice
* In England!!
In Scotland at least, we had the option of saying "White - Scottish".
It seems that the 2011 census in England and Wales will include at least Welsh as an option too.
I'm going for "other", and I'd suggest if you're Scottish, Welsh or Cornish, you might want to do the same.
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I thought there was always an option to say you would rather not comment?
Nope, I can't.
I assume Franck could, I dunno, inspect the database or something to find out pretty much anything he wanted to. I can't imagine him going to the trouble however, it's not like it's of earth-shattering importance.
I don't want to add a "don't want to say" option. If you don't want to say, don't vote.
Where's the option for Essex Girl? I live oop North and am definitely a minority race.
Daisy
(An Ethnic Little FLower)
*except for viewers in Scotland. Bigot.
How can someone with Northern Irish connections (IIRC?) set up a poll including
- White - British
- White - Irish
as separate options and keep a straight face?
And how about a White - Scottish option for all us woad-wearing Braveheart obsessed Jocks, Mr B? If Irish is an ethnicity, so is Scottish. Come to think, how about a White - Ulster Scot option too?
Guys, I'm not changing the options, they're taken from the UK census and I want consistency.
OK, I missed the Scottish one, but you'll survive, I'm sure.
Um, they aren't. they're taken from the Census for England and Wales, which is the point. There is no such thing as a "UK census", so you've got nothing to be consistent with.
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