Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2008

Variable Details

VariableOutsum
LabelWas no one interviewed because ...
Responses
1 they refused or couldn t be contacted? 0
2 no-one eligible to be interviewed? 0
3 there was insufficient evidence of eligi 0
Sysmiss 5843
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2008
Interviewer InstructionsWas no-one interviewed because... they refused or couldn't be contacted, no-one eligible to be interviewed, there was insufficient evidence of eligibility? Code <1> for outright and circumstantial refusals. Code <2> covers those cases where you found - or SIU confirmed - that the address or residents did not qualify, e.g. empty, non residential. Code <3> for addresses that exist but where you are unable to establish occupancy.
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.