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Table 7. Number and percentage of home applications and number of acceptances and percentage success rate by ethnic origin

Men and Women

2000 1999
Applications Acceptances Applications Acceptances
No. % of total No. % success rate No. % of total No. % success rate
Bangladeshi 31 0.3 4 13 37 0.4 13 35
Chinese 199 2.0 65 33 192 1.9 56 29
Indian 333 4.1 97 29 317 3.2 91 29
Pakistani 76 0.8 17 22 79 0.8 20 25
Other Asian 156 1.8 38 24 166 1.7 36 22
Black Caribbean 17 0.1 5 29 25 0.3 9 36
Black African 65 0.6 6 9 74 0.8 22 30
Black Other 15 0.2 1 7 17 0.2 4 24
White 7,711 80.1 2,411 31 7,847 79.1 2,433 31
Other 205 2.1 64 31 163 1.6 45 28
Unknown 819 8.5 154 19 1,004 10.1 186 19
Total 9,627 2,862 9,921 2,915

Men

2000 1999
Applications Acceptances Applications Acceptances
No. % of total No. % success rate No. % of total No. % success rate
Bangladeshi 22 0.4 2 9 17 0.3 3 18
Chinese 115 2.2 40 35 107 2.0 33 31
Indian 210 4.1 63 33 196 3.7 54 28
Pakistani 42 0.8 8 19 43 0.8 11 26
Other Asian 91 1.6 25 27 82 1.6 15 18
Black Caribbean 7 0.1 2 28 10 0.2 3 30
Black African 33 0.6 1 3 38 0.7 7 18
Black Other 5 0.1 1 20 6 0.1 1 17
White 3,998 79.3 1,222 31 4,179 78.8 1,293 31
Other 98 1.9 28 29 77 1.5 19 25
Unknown 420 8.3 88 21 552 10.4 115 21
Total 5,041 1,480 5,307 1,554

Women

2000 1999
Applications Acceptances Applications Acceptances
No. % of total No. % success rate No. % of total No. % success rate
Bangladeshi 9 0.2 2 22 20 0.4 10 50
Chinese 84 1.8 25 30 85 1.8 23 27
Indian 123 2.6 34 28 121 2.6 37 31
Pakistani 34 0.7 9 26 36 0.8 9 25
Other Asian 65 1.4 13 20 84 1.8 21 25
Black Caribbean 10 0.2 3 30 15 0.3 6 40
Black African 32 0.7 5 16 36 0.8 15 42
Black Other 10 0.2 0 - 11 0.2 3 27
White 3,713 80.9 1,189 32 3,668 79.5 1,140 31
Other 107 2.3 36 33 86 1.9 26 30
Unknown 399 8.7 66 17 452 9.8 71 16
Total 4,586 1,382 4,614 1,361
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Cambridge University Reporter Special, 8 December 2000
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