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Title:	Living Costs and Food Survey, 2008
Keywords:	ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS AGE AIR TRAVEL ALCOHOLIC DRINKS APARTMENTS APPOINTMENT TO JOB ASSOCIATIONS BANK ACCOUNTS BANK CHARGES BEDROOMS BEVERAGES BICYCLES BONDS BONUS PAYMENTS BOOKS CHIEF INCOME EARNERS BUILDING MAINTENANCE BUILDING MATERIALS BUILDING OPERATIONS BUILDING SERVICES BUILDING SOCIETIES BUILDING SOCIETY ACCOUNTS BUSINESS RECORDS CARE OF DEPENDANTS CARPETS CENTRAL HEATING CEREAL PRODUCTS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS CHILD BENEFITS CHILD WORKERS CHILD-MINDING CHILDREN CLEANING AGENTS CLEANING SERVICES CLOTHING COAL HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS COLOUR TELEVISION RECEIVERS COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS COHABITATION COMPACT DISC PLAYERS COMPANY CARS COMPUTER SOFTWARE COMPUTERS CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT CONFECTIONERY CONSUMER GOODS CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION CONVEYANCING COSTS COUNCIL TAX CREDIT CREDIT CARD USE CULTURAL GOODS DAIRY PRODUCTS DIESEL OIL DISABLED PERSONS DOMESTIC APPLIANCES DRIVING DRIVING LICENCES DRUG USE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC VALUE EDIBLE FATS EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND EDUCATIONAL COURSES EDUCATIONAL FEES EDUCATIONAL GRANTS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EGGS (FOOD) ELDERLY ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT DIGITAL GAMES ELEVATORS EMPLOYEES EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT HISTORY EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMMES ENDOWMENT ASSURANCE ENERGY ENTERTAINMENT EQUIPMENT RENTAL ETHNIC GROUPS EXAMINATIONS EXPENDITURE FAMILIES FEES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FINES FISH (AS FOOD) FOOD FOSTER CHILDREN FRINGE BENEFITS FRUIT FUEL OILS FOSSIL FUELS FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT FURNISHED ACCOMMODATION FURNITURE REMOVAL SERVICES GAMBLING GARAGES GARDENING GAS FUELS GAS SUPPLY GENDER GIFTS HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD HEALTH SERVICES HEATING SYSTEMS HIGHER EDUCATION HIRE PURCHASE HOBBIES HOLIDAYS HOLIDAYS ABROAD HOME BUYING HOME OWNERSHIP HOME SELLING HOME SHARING HORTICULTURE HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS HOUSEHOLD PETS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING FINANCE HOUSING IMPROVEMENT HOUSING TENURE INCOME INCOME TAX INDUSTRIES INSURANCE INSURANCE CLAIMS INSURANCE PREMIUMS INTEREST (FINANCE) INTERNET INVESTMENT INVESTMENT RETURN JOB DESCRIPTION JOB HUNTING JOB SEEKER'S ALLOWANCE LANDLORDS LEAVE RECREATIONAL EDUCATION LEISURE GOODS LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES LESSONS LICENCES LIFE INSURANCE LOANS LODGERS LOTTERIES MAIL ORDER SERVICES MANAGERS MARITAL STATUS MARKETING MARRIED WOMEN MARRIED WOMEN WORKERS MATERNITY LEAVE MATERNITY PAY MEALS MEALS-ON-WHEELS MEAT MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL INSURANCE MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS METHODS OF PAYMENT MILK MOBILE HOMES MOBILE PHONES MORTGAGE PROTECTION INSURANCE MORTGAGES MOTOR VEHICLE HIRE MOTOR VEHICLES NEWSPAPERS OCCUPATIONAL PENSIONS OCCUPATIONS ONE-PARENT FAMILIES OUTDOOR PURSUITS OVERSEAS TRANSACTIONS OVERTIME PACKAGE HOLIDAYS PACKETED FOODS PART-TIME COURSES PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT PARTNERSHIPS (BUSINESS) PATERNITY LEAVE PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS PERIODICALS PERSONAL FASHION GOODS PET FOODS PETROL PETROLEUM PRODUCTS PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT POCKET MONEY POSTAL SERVICES PRESERVED FOODS PRICES PRIVATE EDUCATION PRIVATE PENSIONS PRIVATE PERSONAL PENSIONS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PRIVATE SECTOR PROFIT SHARING PROFITS PUBLIC SECTOR PURCHASING RATES REBATES REDUNDANCY REDUNDANCY PAY RENTED ACCOMMODATION RENTS RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY RETIREMENT ROAD VEHICLE MAINTENANCE ROOM SHARING ROOMS ROYALTIES SALT SATELLITE RECEIVERS SAVINGS SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL MEALS SCHOOL MILK PROVISION SCHOOLCHILDREN SCHOOLS SECOND HOMES SELF-EMPLOYED SERVICE INDUSTRIES SEWAGE DISPOSAL AND HANDLING SHARES SICK LEAVE SICK PAY SICK PERSONS SMALL BUSINESSES SOAP SOCIAL CLASS SOCIAL HOUSING SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS SOFT DRINKS SPECTACLES SPORT SPORTS EQUIPMENT SPOUSES STATE RETIREMENT PENSIONS STRIKE PAY STRIKES STUDENT LOANS STUDENT TRANSPORTATION STUDENTS SUBSCRIPTIONS SUBSIDIARY EMPLOYMENT SUPERVISORS TAKE-AWAY MEALS TAX RELIEF TAXATION TELEPHONES TELEVISION CHANNELS TELEVISION RECEIVERS TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT TENANTS' HOME PURCHASING TIED HOUSING TINNED FOODS TOBACCO TOP MANAGEMENT TOURIST ACCOMMODATION TRADE UNIONS TRANSPORT TRAVEL TURNOVER TUTORING UNEARNED INCOME UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNFURNISHED ACCOMMODATION UNWAGED WORKERS VEGETABLE OILS VEGETABLES VIDEO RECORDERS WAGES WINNINGS WORKERS WORKING MOTHERS HOURS OF WORK WORKING WOMEN WRITING MATERIALS INTERNET USE ONLINE SHOPPING ELECTRONIC COMMERCE RETAIL SERVICES ONLINE SERVICES ONLINE BANKING NUTRIENTS FAMILY BENEFITS SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS SICKNESS AND DISABILITY BENEFITS CARERS' BENEFITS HOUSING BENEFITS LOCAL TAX BENEFITS MATERNITY BENEFITS DEATH ALLOWANCES 2008
Description:	<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><p><i>Background</i>:<br> A household food consumption and expenditure survey has been conducted each year in Great Britain (excluding Northern Ireland) since 1940. At that time the <i>National Food Survey</i> (NFS) covered a sample drawn solely from urban working-class households, but this was extended to a fully demographically representative sample in 1950. From 1957 onwards the <i>Family Expenditure Survey</i> (FES) provided information on all household expenditure patterns including food expenditure, with the NFS providing more detailed information on food consumption and expenditure. The NFS was extended to cover Northern Ireland from 1996 onwards. In April 2001 these surveys were combined to form the <i>Expenditure and Food Survey</i> (EFS), which completely replaced both series. From January 2008, the EFS became known as the <i>Living Costs and Food</i> (LCF) module of the <i>Integrated Household Survey</i> (IHS). As a consequence of this change, the questionnaire was altered to accommodate the insertion of a core set of questions, common to all of the separate modules which together comprised the IHS. Some of these core questions are simply questions which were previously asked in the same or a similar format on all of the IHS component surveys. For further information on the LCF questionnaire, see Volume A of the LCF 2008 User Guide, held with SN 6385. Further information about the LCF, including links to published reports based on the survey, may be found by searching for 'Living Costs and Food Survey' on the <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/" target="_blank">ONS</a> website. Further information on the NFS and Living Costs and Food Module of the IHS can be found by searching for 'Family Food' on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/" title="GOV.UK">GOV.UK</a> website.<br> <br> <i>History</i>:<br> The LCF (then EFS) was the result of more than two years' development work to bring together the FES and NFS; both survey series were well-established and important sources of information for government and the wider community, and had charted changes and patterns in spending and food consumption since the 1950s. Whilst the NFS and FES series are now finished, users should note that previous data from both series are still available from the UK Data Archive, under GNs 33071 (NFS) and 33057 (FES). <br><br> <i>Purpose of the LCF</i><br> The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has overall project management and financial responsibility for the LCF, while the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) sponsors the food data element. As with the FES and NFS, the LCF continues to be primarily used to provide information for the <i>Retail Prices Index</i>, <i>National Accounts</i> estimates of household expenditure, analysis of the effect of taxes and benefits, and trends in nutrition. The results are multi-purpose, however, providing an invaluable supply of economic and social data. The merger of the two surveys also brings benefits for users, as a single survey on food expenditure removes the difficulties of reconciling data from two sources. <i>Design and methodology</i> The design of the LCF is based on the old FES, although the use of new processing software by the data creators has resulted in a dataset which differs from the previous structure. The most significant change in terms of reporting expenditure, however, is the introduction of the <i>European Standard Classification of Individual Consumption by Purpose</i> (COICOP), in place of the codes previously used. An additional level of hierarchy has been developed to improve the mapping to the previous codes. The LCF was conducted on a financial year basis from 2001, then moved to a calendar year basis from January 2006 (to complement the IHS) until 2015-16, when the financial year survey was reinstated at the request of users. Therefore, whilst SN 5688 covers April 2005 - March 2006, SN 5986 covers January-December 2006. Subsequent years cover January-December until 2014. SN 8210 returns to the financial year survey and currently covers April 2015 - March 2016. <br><br> <i>Northern Ireland sample</i><br> Users should note that, due to funding constraints, from January 2010 the Northern Ireland (NI) sample used for the LCF was reduced to a sample proportionate to the NI population relative to the UK.<br> <br> <i>Family Food database:</i><br> 'Family Food' is an annual publication which provides detailed statistical information on purchased quantities, expenditure and nutrient intakes derived from both household and eating out food and drink. Data is collected for a sample of households in the United Kingdom using self-reported diaries of all purchases, including food eaten out, over a two week period. Where possible quantities are recorded in the diaries but otherwise estimated. Energy and nutrient intakes are calculated using standard nutrient composition data for each of some 500 types of food. Current estimates are based on data collected in the Family Food Module of the LCFS. Further information about the LCF food databases can be found on the GOV.UK <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-food-statistics" title="Family Food Statistics">Family Food Statistics</a> web pages.<br><br> <i>Secure Access version</i><br> A Secure Access version of the LCF from 2006 onwards is available from the UK Data Archive under SN 7047, subject to stringent access conditions. The Secure Access version includes variables that are not included in the standard End User Licence (EUL) version, including geographical variables with detail below Government Office Region, to postcode level; urban/rural area indicators; other sensitive variables; raw diary information files (derived variables are available in the EUL) and the family expenditure codes files. Users are strongly advised to check whether the EUL version is sufficient for their needs before considering an application for the Secure Access version.</p><p><span style="font-style: italic;">Occupation data for 2021 and 2022 data files<br></span>The ONS have identified an issue with the collection of some occupational data in 2021 and 2022 data files in a number of their surveys. While they estimate any impacts will be small overall, this will affect the accuracy of the breakdowns of some detailed (four-digit Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)) occupations, and data derived from them. None of ONS' headline statistics, other than those directly sourced from occupational data, are affected and you can continue to rely on their accuracy. For further information on this issue, please see: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/news/statementsandletters/occupationaldatainonssurveys" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://www.ons.gov.uk/news/statementsandletters/occupationaldatainonssurveys</a>.</p><p> </p> <p>For the second edition (May 2011), the variables A012p and A013p in file dvper were replaced with new versions to correct data errors. For the third edition (June 2011), a new version of the DV Set89 data file was deposited. The variable COI_PLUS (Coicop-plus expenditure code) has been updated to correct truncated codes that were present in the previous version.</p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">DEFRA Family Food database</span>:<br>This is available as a separate Access download zip file for those users who require it.<br> <br> </p> <B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><i>Household questionnaire:</i><br /> The first part of the LCF questionnaire collects information about households; the majority of the questions are asked at a household-level, with the household reference person typically responding on behalf of the household as a whole. The household questionnaire includes questions on a range of subjects including family relationships, ethnicity, employment details and the ownership of household durables. It is also the source of all expenditure information not recorded in the LCF diary; principally that which concerns regular payments typically made by all households and large, infrequently purchased items such as vehicles, package holidays and home improvements.<br /><br /> <i>Individual questionnaire:</i><br /> The income questionnaire follows on immediately from the household questionnaire and collects the key person-level variables used on the survey. The principal components of the LCF income questionnaire are the sections covering income from employment, benefits and assets. These together form an overview of the total income received by each household, as well as each household member individually.<br /><br /> <i>LCF Diary:</i><br /> In addition to the two questionnaires, each individual aged 16 years and over in the household is asked to keep diary records of daily expenditure for two weeks. The EUL version includes only derived variables from the expenditure diary.
URI:	https://t2-4.bsc.es/jspui/handle/123456789/63708
Other Identifiers:	10.5255/UKDA-SN-6385-1 6385 http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-6385-1
Appears in Collections:	Cessda

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