Health Survey for England - The Health of Minority Ethnic Groups '99

Table 14.27

Main spoken language,a by minority ethnic group

Aged 16 and over         1999

Main spoken language Minority ethnic group    
Black
Caribbean
Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese
% % % % %

English 99 55 45 20 41
Gujarati - 19 0 - c
Hindi - 1 0 0 c
Punjabi - 20 32 - c
Urdu - 2 20 0 c
Bengali - 0 0 54 c
Sylheti - - 0 25 c
Patois/Creole 1 - 0 - c
Other European language 0 0 0 0 c
Other language 0 3 3 - c
Cantonese b b b b 50
Mandarin b b b b 3
Haka b b b b 4
Hokien b b b b 1
Other language (Chinese sample only) b b b b 1

Bases (weighted) 866 1206 725 274 207

Bases (unweighted) 1289 1275 1258 1092 657


a Asked of Black Caribbean, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Chinese respondents only.

b Asked of Chinese sample only.

c Not asked of Chinese sample.


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