Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2008

Variable Details

VariableScndHome
LabelAccommodation: second dwelling?
Question text Do (any of) you have a second dwelling, apart from any timeshares?
Responses
1 Yes 353
2 No 5490
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2008
Interviewer InstructionsInclude as main dwelling all dwellings occupied in the last 12 months. Exclude second dwelling overseas & timeshares. For spenders intending to move, include any expenditure on their new home under main dwelling.
UniverseNational;Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2008.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;Due to funding constraints, from January 2010 the Northern Ireland (NI) sample used for the LCF will be reduced to a sample proportionate to the NI population relative to the UK.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; From January 2006, the EFS (now LCF) moved from a financial to calendar year basis in anticipation of the IHS.