Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

General Household Survey, 2005

Variable Details

Variableendsmeet
LabelIs household able to make ends meet?
Question text A household may have different sources of income and more than one household member may contribute to it. Thinking of your household's total monthly or weekly income, is your household able to make ends meet, that is pay your usual expenses... with great difficulty, with difficulty, with some difficulty, fairly easily, easily, or very easily?
Responses
-9 DNA 2162
-8 NA 30
1 with great difficulty, 503
2 with difficulty, 802
3 with some difficulty, 2508
4 fairly easily, 3992
5 easily, 1819
6 or very easily? 986
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationGeneral Household Survey, 2005
Interviewer InstructionsIF NOT MAKING ENDS MEET, CODE AS 'WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY' (CODE 1). RUNNING PROMPT.
UniversePrivate households in Great Britain;Households;National
SamplingSee documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study