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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2010

Variable Details

VariableOAC2D
LabelOutput Area Classification
Responses
1A Terraced Blue Collar 197
1B Younger Blue Collar 327
1C Older Blue Collar 365
2A Transient Communities 39
2B Settled in the City 213
3A Village Life 296
3B Agricultural 123
3C Accessible Countryside 232
4A Prospering Younger Families 145
4B Prospering Older Families 249
4C Prospering Semis 241
4D Thriving Suburbs 262
5A Senior Communities 90
5B Older Workers 406
5C Public Housing 147
6A Settled Households 299
6B Least Divergent 300
6C Young Families in Terraced Homes 116
6D Aspiring Households 200
7A Asian Communities 246
7B Afro-Caribbean Communities 36
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2010
UniverseNational;Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2010.
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.
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