Experiencing maternity care: the care received and perceptions of women from different ethnic groups

Table 1 Ethnic groups listed in questionnaire, and groupings (in bold) used for analysis

	N	%
White	20633	80.9
British	18617	73.0
Irish	102	0.4
Any other white background	1914	7.5
Mixed	319	1.2
White and Black Caribbean	80	0.3
White and Black African	66	0.3
White and Asian	61	0.2
Any other mixed background	112	0.4
Asian or Asian British	1714	6.7
Indian	584	2.3
Pakistani	596	2.3
Bangladeshi	163	0.6
Any other Asian background*	371	1.5
Black or Black British	966	3.8
Caribbean	162	0.6
African	659	2.6
Any other black background*	145	0.6
Chinese or other ethnic group	687	2.7
Chinese	142	0.6
Any other ethnic group	545	2.1
Not known	1169	4.6
Total	24319	100

*Any other Asian background and any other black background included with any other ethnic group.

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