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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2008

Variable Details

VariableGasPay
LabelGas: by which of these methods do you pay?
Question text By which of the methods on this card do you pay for your gas? Slot meter, account, budgeting scheme, gas card or disc, DWP pay the whole bill, DWP pay part of the bill, some other method, paid direct by someone outside the household (except DWP).
Responses
1 Slot meter 47
2 Account 1919
3 Budgeting Scheme 2047
4 Gas card or disc 473
5 DWP pay the whole bill 3
6 DWP pay part of the bill 0
7 or by some other method 2
8 Paid direct by someone outside Household 31
Sysmiss 1321
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2008
Interviewer InstructionsInclude at 'slot' meter owned by landlord but exclude meter with own key which should be coded as 'other'.
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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