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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

  1999   1998
  Applications Acceptances Applications Acceptances
  No. % of
total		 No. %
success
rate		 No. % of
total		 No. %
success
rate
Bangladeshi 37 0.4 13 35   53 0.5 10 19
Chinese 192 1.9 56 29 152 1.5 55 36
Indian 317 3.2 91 29 321 3.2 94 29
Pakistani 79 0.8 20 25 87 0.9 12 14
Other Asian 166 1.7 36 22 124 1.3 30 24
Black Caribbean 25 0.3 9 36 22 0.2 3 14
Black African 74 0.8 22 30 45 0.5 8 18
Black Other 17 0.2 4 24 26 0.3 6 23
White 7,847 79.1 2,433 31 7,497 75.7 2,452 33
Other 163 1.6 45 28 152 1.5 38 25
Unknown 1,004 10.1 186 19 1,424 14.4 258 18
Total 9,921   2,915     9,903   2,966  

Men

  1999   1998
  Applications Acceptances Applications Acceptances
  No. % of
total		 No. %
success
rate		 No. % of
total		 No. %
success
rate
Bangladeshi 17 0.3 3 18   33 0.6 6 18
Chinese 107 2.0 33 31 86 1.6 30 35
Indian 196 3.7 54 28 198 3.7 51 26
Pakistani 43 0.8 11 26 65 1.2 9 14
Other Asian 82 1.6 15 18 77 1.5 16 21
Black Caribbean 10 0.2 3 30 8 0.2 - -
Black African 38 0.7 7 18 29 0.5 5 17
Black Other 6 0.1 1 17 10 0.2 3 30
White 4,179 78.8 1,293 31 3,995 75.3 1,325 33
Other 77 1.5 19 25 79 1.5 22 28
Unknown 552 10.4 115 21 725 13.7 152 21
Total 5,307   1,554     5,305   1,619  

Women

  1999   1998
  Applications Acceptances Applications Acceptances
  No. % of
total		 No. %
success
rate		 No. % of
total		 No. %
success
rate
Bangladeshi 20 0.4 10 50   20 0.4 4 20
Chinese 85 1.8 23 27 66 1.4 25 38
Indian 121 2.6 37 31 123 2.7 43 35
Pakistani 36 0.8 9 25 22 0.5 3 14
Other Asian 84 1.8 21 25 47 1.0 14 30
Black Caribbean 15 0.3 6 40 14 0.3 3 21
Black African 36 0.8 15 42 16 0.3 3 19
Black Other 11 0.2 3 27 16 0.3 3 19
White 3,668 79.5 1,140 31 3,502 76.2 1,127 32
Other 86 1.9 26 30 73 1.6 16 22
Unknown 452 9.8 71 16 699 15.2 106 15
Total 4,614   1,361     4,598   1,347  
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Cambridge University Reporter Special, 3 December 1999
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