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Public Health Sciences conducted an adult Health and Lifestyle Survey during early
2007 which involved quota sampling to obtain a sample of residents who were broadly
similar to Hull‟s population in terms of their gender, age and where they lived. A total of
4,086 people took part in the survey, and from this information, it is estimated that the
BME population of Hull is now 16 thousand (having nearly doubled in the last 6 years),
and that 93.4% of Hull‟s population identify themselves as White British (and a further
0.4% as Irish). Together with the adult BME Health and Lifestyle Survey conducted at
the same time involving 1,163 residents of Hull, these two surveys found 70 different
nationalities with at least 60 different languages spoken in homes in Hull. However, due
to the methodology involved in obtaining survey responders for the BME Survey, the
survey is not necessarily representative of the BME population of Hull. A further survey
was conducted using the same questionnaire involving 100 Gypsy and Travellers; again
it is not known if they are representative of Hull‟s overall population of Gypsy and
Travellers, but it provides useful local knowledge about their health and risk factors.
More information about these local surveys is given in section 13.2.1 on page 790. The
survey reports which details their health and lifestyle characteristics are available at
www.hullpublichealth.org. A summary of the findings from the BME Health and Lifestyle
Survey are given in section 8.2.1 on page 239, and from the Gypsy and Traveller
Health and Lifestyle Survey in section 8.2.2 on page 242.
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