Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2009

Variable Details

VariableCTdisab
LabelCouncil Tax: lower band disabled person in hhold?
Question text Was your council tax bill reduced to a lower band because there is a disabled person in your household?
Responses
1 Yes 124
2 No 5091
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2009
Interviewer InstructionsNo disablement relief if the property is already in Band A. Do not change the band because of the answer to the check question CTLVCHK.
UniverseNational;Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2009.
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.