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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2008

Variable Details

VariableOAC3D
LabelOutput Area Classification
Responses
1a1 Terraced Blue Collar (1) 105
1a2 Terraced Blue Collar (2) 67
1a3 Terraced Blue Collar (3) 81
1b1 Younger Blue Collar (1) 252
1b2 Younger Blue Collar (2) 156
1c1 Older Blue Collar (1) 162
1c2 Older Blue Collar (2) 45
1c3 Older Blue Collar (3) 124
2a1 Transient Communities (1) 50
2a2 Transient Communities (2) 46
2b1 Settled in the City (1) 86
2b2 Settled in the City (2) 110
3a1 Village Life (1) 181
3a2 Village Life (2) 165
3b1 Agricultural (1) 179
3b2 Agricultural (2) 101
3c1 Accessible Countryside (1) 144
3c2 Accessible Countryside (2) 111
4a1 Prospering Younger Families (1) 127
4a2 Prospering Younger Families (2) 178
4b1 Prospering Older Families (1) 99
4b2 Prospering Older Families (2) 124
4b3 Prospering Older Families (3) 72
4b4 Prospering Older Families (4) 95
4c1 Prospering Semis (1) 133
4c2 Prospering Semis (2) 174
4c3 Prospering Semis (3) 101
4d1 Thriving Suburbs (1) 78
4d2 Thriving Suburbs (2) 179
5a1 Senior Communities (1) 67
5a2 Senior Communities (2) 34
5b1 Older Workers (1) 89
5b2 Older Workers (2) 91
5b3 Older Workers (3) 165
5b4 Older Workers (4) 122
5c1 Public Housing (1) 50
5c2 Public Housing (2) 29
5c3 Public Housing (3) 94
6a1 Settled Households (1) 182
6a2 Settled Households (2) 103
6b1 Aspiring Households (1) 89
6b2 Aspiring Households (2) 114
6b3 Aspiring Households (3) 111
6c1 Young Families in Terraced Homes (1) 102
6c2 Young Families in Terraced Homes (2) 138
6d1 Aspiring Households (1) 116
6d2 Aspiring Households (2) 120
7a1 Asian Communities (1) 83
7a2 Asian Communities (2) 104
7a3 Asian Communities (3) 137
7b1 Afro-Caribbean Communities (1) 101
7b2 Afro-Caribbean Communities (2) 77
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2008
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.
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