Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2009

Variable Details

VariableChgPer
LabelAccommodation: what period does payment for charges cover?
Question text What period did this cover?
Responses
1 one week 2
2 two weeks 1
3 three weeks 0
4 four weeks 0
5 calendar month 17
7 two calendar months 1
8 eight times a year 0
9 nine times a year 0
10 ten times a year 0
13 three months 13 weeks 10
26 six months 26 weeks 47
52 one year 12 months 52 weeks 259
90 less than one week 0
95 one off lump sum 0
97 None of these 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2009
Interviewer InstructionsGround Rent Feu duty (Scotland) Chief Rent Service charge Compulsory or regular maintenance charges Site rent (caravans) Factoring (Scotland) Any other regular payments
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.