1971 Census Appendix 2

Variable : POB

1971 Place of Birth

PLACE OF BIRTH CODES
(Converted from the Census BIRPER CODES 1-110)

 

pns = place not stated

 

1W = Scotland

2W = Northern Ireland

3A = Irish Republic

3B = Jersey; Guernsey & adjacent islands; I.O.M.

3C = UK (pns); England

3D = Ireland (pns)

3G = Wales

3W = Rest of world; At sea; Not stated

4D = Belgium; Luxembourg

4E = Netherlands

4G = France

4H = Spain

4L = Italy

4M = Austria

4Q = Germany (East and West)

4W = Other Europe (excluding USSR)

4X = Hungary

4Y = Poland

5A = Gibraltar

5B = Malta; Gozo

5D = Ghana

5E = Sierra Leone

5F = Nigeria

5H = Rhodesia

5J = Kenya

5K = Malawi

5L = Tanzania

5M = Uganda

5P = Zambia

5W = Other Africa (Commonwealth)

6A = Cyprus

6C = India

6D = Ceylon

6E = Malaysia; Singapore; Other Asia/Oceania (Commonwealth)

6F = Hong Kong

6G = Australia

6H = New Zealand

6K = Canada

6M = Barbados

6P = Jamaica

6Q = Trinidad and Tobago

6S = Other and unspecified Commonwealth countries in the Americas

6T = Guyana

7A = USA

7W = Latin America

8F = South Africa

9A = Israel and Palestine

9C = Turkey

9E = Iran

9G = Burma

9J = China

9L = USSR

9N = Pakistan (includes Bangladesh)