Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Expenditure and Food Survey, 2006

Variable Details

VariableCHMFilt
LabelCentral Heat: paid contractor for maintenance?
Question text In the last 12 months, have (any of) you paid a contractor or anyone else for repairs, servicing or maintenance of central heating (Please exclude the cost of any items you bought direct from a shop)?
Responses
1 Yes 1767
2 No 4578
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationExpenditure and Food Survey, 2006
Interviewer InstructionsInclude gas maintenance contracts.
UniverseNational;Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2006.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. From January 2006, the EFS moved from a financial to calendar year basis in anticipation of the CPS.