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Variable
UK Data Service variable record for:
Life Opportunities Survey: Wave One, 2009-2011
Variable Details
| Variable | EndmeetL | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Is household able to make ends meet | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Question text | A household may have different sources of income and more than one household member may contribute to it. Thinking of your household's total monthly or weekly income, is your household able to make ends meet, that is pay your usual expenses... with great difficulty, with some difficulty, fairly easily, or very easily? | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disclaimer | Please note that these frequencies are not weighted. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Life Opportunities Survey: Wave One, 2009-2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Interviewer Instructions | If respondent says 'not making ends meet', code as 'with great difficulty' (code 1) Running prompt | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Universe | People aged 16 and over in private households in Great Britain. Parents or guardians will also be asked to provide some key data about children, aged 11 to 15. Children will be able to take part in a face-to-face interview when they reach age 16.;National | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sampling | Multi-stage stratified random sample | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Study Type | Longitudinal/panel/cohort; Respondents will be interviewed every 12 months |
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