English Housing Survey - Major studies
Housing
The English Housing Survey (EHS) is a continuous national survey commissioned by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) that collects information about people's housing circumstances and the condition and energy efficiency of housing in England. The EHS brings together two previous survey series into a single fieldwork operation: the English House Condition Survey (EHCS) (available from the UK Data Archive under GN 33158) and the Survey of English Housing (SEH) (available under GN 33277). The EHS covers all housing tenures and provides valuable information and evidence to inform the development and monitoring of the department's housing policies. Results from the survey are also used by a wide range of other users including other government departments, local authorities, housing associations, landlords, academics, construction industry professionals, consultants, and the general public.
The EHS has a complex multi-stage methodology consisting of two main elements; an initial interview survey of around 17,000 households and a follow-up physical inspection. Some further elements are also periodically included in or derived from the EHS: for 2008 and 2009, a desk-based market valuation was conducted of a sub-sample of 8,000 dwellings (including vacant ones), but this was not carried out for the 2010 survey. Also, a periodic follow-up survey of private landlords and agents (the Private Landlords Survey (PLS)) is conducted using information from the EHS interview survey.
The EHS interview survey sample forms part of the Integrated Household Survey (IHS) (available from the Archive under GN 33420), and the core questions from the IHS form part of the EHS questionnaire.
Further information about the EHS and the latest news, reports and tables can be found on the DCLG English Housing Survey web pages.
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The English Housing Survey, 2010: Housing Stock Data is available for all cases where a physical survey has been completed. For occupied cases the data comprises information from the household interview and from the physical survey. For vacant properties only, data from the physical survey are provided. The data are made available for a two year rolling sample i.e. approximately 16,000 cases together with the appropriate 2-year weights. For example, the EHS Housing Stock results presented here are for '2010', but cover the period April 2009 to March 2011. The Housing Stock dataset should be used for any analysis requiring information relating to the physical characteristics and energy efficiency of the housing stock. Derived datasets provide key analytical variables compiled post-fieldwork including energy efficiency ratings, decent home indicators and equivalised income.
Latest editions:
For the third edition (February 2013), updated 'physical_09plus10' and 'energy_performance_09plus10' files were deposited. Previously, there had been an error in the EHS programming for carbon dioxide emissions for dwelling cases with communal heating. As a result, an incorrect carbon dioxide factor had been applied to these cases, causing carbon dioxide emissions values to be too high and Environmental Impact Ratings too low. The files have now been corrected. For the fourth edition (March 2013), the previously unavailable energy dimensions file (energydims_09+10) data file was added, and the 'shape' data file was replaced with an updated version.
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Main Topics:
The EHS survey consists of a number of components.
Interview Survey
An interview is first conducted with the householder. The interview topics include: household characteristics, satisfaction with the home and the area, disability and adaptations to the home, work done to the property and income details.
Physical Survey
The interview is followed by a visual inspection of the property, both internally and externally, by a qualified surveyor. Data collected include the number and type of rooms and facilities contained in the property, the condition of a wide range of aspects of the physical structure, details of the heating systems, parking provision, and assessment of neighbourhood quality.
No Market Value Survey was conducted for the 2010 survey.
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Time period:
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01 January 2010 |
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Dates of fieldwork:
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April 2009, March 2011 |
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Country:
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England
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Spatial units:
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Government Office Regions
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Observation units:
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Individuals
Families and households
Housing Units
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Kind of data:
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Numeric
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Universe:
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National
Dwellings and their occupants in England, 2009-2011.
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Time dimensions:
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Repeated cross-sectional study
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Sampling procedures:
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Multi-stage stratified random sample
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Number of units:
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16,670 dwellings; 16,047 households
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Method of data collection:
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Face-to-face interview
House inspection; Surveyor property inspection; Desk-based property valuation
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Weighting:
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Weighting used. See documentation for details.
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Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (2008) The UK Fuel Poverty Strategy: 6th Annual Progress Report 2008, London: BERR.
Department for Communities and Local Government (July 2012) English Housing Survey 2010: Housing Stock Report, London: DCLG. ISBN 978-1-4098-3472-4.
Department for Communities and Local Government (July 2012) English Housing Survey 2010-2011: Household Report, London: DCLG. ISBN 978-1-4098-3473-1.
Further related publications, including bulletins and reports, may be found on the Department for Communities and Local Government English Housing Survey webpages.
