General Lifestyle Survey (GLF)
Data Type:Sample survey
Adults aged 16 and over at every household at the sampled address. Very broad range of subject areas covered by the survey, particularly relevant to housing is household composition, housing tenure, housing costs including mortgage payments, rents and benefits and property type. In 2011, 11,381 addresses were sampled, and 7,934 full or partial interviews were obtained. The survey employs a probability, stratified two-stage sample design.
Originally known as the General Household Survey
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Dataset Quality
General issues associated with sample surveys including sampling error and non response,
The 2005-2006 GLF fieldwork is the first to be undertaken with a longitudinal survey design and with a slight change in substantive emphasis, which leans towards a greater range of questions on social exclusion.
Dataset Access and Use
Data free to download from the ONS website and also accessible from UK Data Service where it can be downloaded as SPSS, Stata or tab-delimited files. when via UK Data Service: Registration required and terms and conditions apply
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Resources
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