Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2010

Variable Details

Variablechfuel
LabelCentral Heating: What fuel does it use?
Question text What fuel does it use?
Responses
1 Electricity 365
2 Mains Gas 4187
3 Solid fuel 44
4 Oil 379
5 Solid fuel and oil 38
6 Bottled (Tanked) gas 43
7 Other 11
Sysmiss 196
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.