Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2009

Variable Details

VariableExPFilt
LabelItems Paid: Did anyone from outside the hh, including the DSS, pay direct for any of the items of hh expenditure?
Question text Did anyone from outside the household, including the DWP, pay direct for any of the items of household expenditure you have mentioned?
Responses
1 Yes 55
2 No 5767
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2009
Interviewer InstructionsExclude housing benefit but include other direct payments by the DWP. Exclude one-off payments & money given by employer.
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.