Coventry Skills survey report

Figure 1.1 - Participant ethnicities

• White British* - 41.4%
• White Other* - 21.1%
• Asian backgrounds - 22.8%
• Black backgrounds - 9%
• Other - 3%
• Prefer not to say - 2%

Ethnicity: The representation of different ethnic groups generally mirrored that of the resident population of Coventry. However, there was an overrepresentation of ‘White Other*’ groups with 21% of respondents identifying as this ethnicity compared to 10.2% of Coventry residents. In contrast, there was an underrepresentation of White British* respondents with 41.1% identifying as such compared to 55.3% of the resident population.

• *Black Backgrounds includes – Mixed White and Black Caribbean, Black/African, Caribbean Black or Black British Caribbean, Black or Black British, Black African Other, Mixed White and Black African
• *Asian Backgrounds includes - Asian or Asian British Chinese Asian, Asian British Bangladeshi, Asian or Asian British Pakistani, Asian or Asian British Indian, Mixed White and Asian
• *White British includes - White English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British
• *White Other includes – White Gypsy or Irish Traveller, White Irish, White Roma or Other White Other

Figure 1.2 - Participant ages

• 16-24 years - 19%
• 25-49 years - 67%
• 50+ years - 14%

Age: The representation of age-groups was also closely aligned to that of the resident population. However, there was an overrepresentation of the 25-49 age bracket (67.4% compared to 59.6%) at the expense of the 16-24 age bracket (18.7% compared to 25.9%.