UK Data Service variable record for:
Variable | GEAmt |
Label | Gas and Electricity Combined: Amount paid |
Question text | How much did you pay in total last time for electricity and gas? |
Disclaimer | Please note that these frequencies are not weighted. |
Location | Living Costs and Food Survey, 2014 |
Interviewer Instructions | If last bill in credit, record last actual payment made. Exclude rental of appliances, hire purchase, loans or regular maintenance charges. Include standing charge and VAT, and ensure all discounts have been applied. Enter the last specified payment actually made, even if this is a correcting payment. If the respondent has only recently moved to an address and has not paid a bill there, accept details of the last payment at the previous address, and explain in a note. |
Universe | Location of units of observation: National;Population: Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2014. |
Sampling | Multi-stage stratified random sample |
Study Type | Repeated cross-sectional study; From January 2006, the EFS (now LCF) moved from a financial to calendar year basis in anticipation of the IHS. |