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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2008

Variable Details

VariableOAC2D
LabelOutput Area Classification
Responses
1a Terraced Blue Collar 253
1b Younger Blue Collar 408
1c Older Blue Collar 331
2a Transient Communities 96
2b Settled in the City 196
3a Village Life 346
3b Agricultural 280
3c Accessible Countryside 255
4a Prospering Younger Families 305
4b Prospering Older Families 390
4c Prospering Semis 408
4d Thriving Suburbs 257
5a Senior Communities 101
5b Older Workers 467
5c Public Housing 173
6a Settled Households 285
6b Least Divergent 314
6c Young Families in Terraced Homes 240
6d Aspiring Households 236
7a Asian Communities 324
7b Afro-Caribbean Communities 178
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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