Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2008

Variable Details

VariableDiarstat
LabelChild is/is not completing a youth diary
Responses
1 completing youth dairy 1578
2 Absent spender 12
3 Refused youth diary task 78
7 Do not use (Northern Ireland only) 3
Sysmiss 12139
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2008
Interviewer InstructionsCode whether child is completing a youth diary, is an absent spender or refused to participate.
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.