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Variable
UK Data Service variable record for:
Living Costs and Food Survey, 2008
Variable Details
| Variable | ElecPay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Electricity: by which method do you pay? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Question text | By which of these methods do you pay for your electricity... slot meter, account, Board Budgeting Scheme, electricity card, disc, token or electronic key, DWP pay the whole bill, DWP pay part of the bill, some other method, paid direct by someone outside the household (except DSS) or by C.O.C.D. (N Ireland only), no electricity supply? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disclaimer | Please note that these frequencies are not weighted. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Living Costs and Food Survey, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interviewer Instructions | Include 'slot' meter owned by landlord but exclude meter with own key which should be coded as 'other'. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Universe | National;Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2008. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sampling | Multi-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 Type | Repeated cross-sectional study; From January 2006, the EFS (now LCF) moved from a financial to calendar year basis in anticipation of the IHS. |
