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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Behaviours and Attitudes of the Fuel Poor in England, 2015

Variable Details

Variablea05
LabelA5. What is the main way you heat this property during the winter?
Responses
1 Central heating - Gas 2116
2 Central heating - Oil 21
3 Central heating - Solid fuel - coal 9
4 Central heating - Solid fuel - wood or biomass 12
5 Central heating - Other central heating (e.g. LPG, heat pump 9
6 Fixed room heaters - Electric storage heaters 105
7 Fixed room heaters - Gas 86
8 Fixed room heaters - Fixed electric fires/ heaters (not stor 28
9 Fixed room heaters - Solid fuel (open fire/ enclosed stove) 10
10 Fixed room heaters - Solid fuel (open fire/ enclosed stove) 6
11 Portable heaters - Electric 111
12 Portable heaters - Other 6
13 Other - Communal or district heating 3
14 Other - Other 1
15 No - no other forms of heating 0
16 Don't know 8
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBehaviours and Attitudes of the Fuel Poor in England, 2015
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