Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Continuous Household Survey, 2011-2012

Variable Details

Variablerooms
LabelNumber of rooms in accommodation
Question text How many rooms do you have altogether in your accommodation, that's excluding bathrooms and toilets, but including kitchens?
Responses
1 1 room 1
2 2 rooms 21
3 3 rooms 94
4 4 rooms 336
5 5 rooms 975
6 6 rooms 599
7 7 rooms 348
8 8 rooms 201
9 9 rooms 108
10 10 or more rooms 97
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationContinuous Household Survey, 2011-2012
Interviewer InstructionsIF A ROOM IS OPEN-PLAN COUNT IT AS 2 ROOMS IF IT IS DIVIDED BY A SLIDING OR FOLDING PARTITION. COUNT IT AS 1 ROOM IF IT IS DIVIDED BY CURTAINS OR PORTABLE SCREENS
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Private households in Northern Ireland.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;The CHS is based on a systematic random sample of addresses drawn each year from the Land and Property Services Agency’s (LPSA) list of domestic addresses. The LPSA addresses are sorted by district council and ward, so the sample is effectively stratified geographically. Data is collected by personal interview using CAPI, and the interviews are spread equally over the 12 months from April to March.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; Data are collected annually