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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Expenditure and Food Survey, 2002-2003

Variable Details

VariableELECPAY
LabelElectricity: by which method do you pay?
Question text By which of these methods do you pay for your electricity... slot meter, account, Board Budgeting Scheme, electricity card, disc, token or electronic key, DSS pay the whole bill, DSS pay part of the bill, some other method, paid direct by someone outside the household (except DSS) or by C.O.C.D. (N Ireland only)?
Responses
1 slot meter 79
2 account 2600
3 Budgeting Scheme 3098
4 electricity card, disc, token etc 1075
5 DSS pay the whole bill 5
6 DSS pay part of the bill 1
7 some other method 14
8 paid direct by someone outside the house 55
9 or by C.O.C.D. (N. Ireland only)? 0
10 NO ELECTRICITY SUPPLY 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationExpenditure and Food Survey, 2002-2003
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD E2. INCLUDE a 'Slot' meter owned by landlord but EXCLUDE meter with own key which should be coded as 'Other'
UniverseNational;Households in the United Kingdom during 2002-2003.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The 2001-2002 wave is the first in the EFS series.
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