Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2009

Variable Details

VariableSchool
LabelEducation: type of school attended
Question text What type of school does ... attend?
Responses
1 Not yet attending education 495
2 Nursery school/nursery class/playgroup/preschool 326
3 STATE run primary (including reception classes) 915
4 STATE run special school (e.g. for children with disabilitie 31
5 Middle deemed primary (STATE run or ASSISTED) 220
6 Middle deemed secondary (STATE run or ASSISTED) 342
7 Secondary/grammar school (STATE run or ASSISTED) 335
8 Non-advanced further education/sixth form/tertiary/further e 1
9 Any PRIVATE/Independent school, preparatory, primary, second 45
10 University polytechnic any other higher 0
11 Home Schooling 5
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2009
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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.