Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2011

Variable Details

VariableOAC2D
LabelOutput Area Classification
Responses
1A Terraced Blue Collar 216
1B Younger Blue Collar 390
1C Older Blue Collar 320
2A Transient Communities 102
2B Settled in the City 197
3A Village Life 333
3B Agricultural 81
3C Accessible Countryside 251
4A Prospering Younger Families 164
4B Prospering Older Families 271
4C Prospering Semis 252
4D Thriving Suburbs 301
5A Senior Communities 91
5B Older Workers 455
5C Public Housing 129
6A Settled Households 321
6B Least Divergent 352
6C Young Families in Terraced Homes 114
6D Aspiring Households 245
7A Asian Communities 328
7B Afro-Caribbean Communities 191
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2011
UniverseNational;Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2011.
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.