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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Expenditure and Food Survey, 2004-2005

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, DWP pay the whole bill, DWP 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), no electricity supply?
Responses
1 slot meter 85
2 account 2585
3 Budgeting Scheme 3053
4 electricity card, disc, token or electro 1012
5 #LDMDWP pay the whole bill 6
6 #LDMDWP pay part of the bill 0
7 some other method 5
8 paid direct by someone outside the house 49
9 or by C.O.C.D. (@BN. Ireland only@B)? 2
10 No electricity supply 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationExpenditure and Food Survey, 2004-2005
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 surveyed during 2004-2005.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The 2001-2002 survey is the first in the annual EFS series.
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