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SN 4068 -Family Resources Survey, 1997-1998
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Title:
Family Resources Survey, 1997-1998

Subject Categories:
Family Resources Survey - Major studies
Consumer behaviour - Economics
Family life and marriage - Social stratification and groupings
Income, property and investment - Economics

Depositor(s):
Department for Work and Pensions

Principal Investigator(s):
Department for Work and Pensions
Department of Social Security
Office for National Statistics. Social Survey Division
National Centre for Social Research

Data Collector(s):
Department of Social Security

Sponsor(s):
Department of Social Security



Other Acknowledgements:
This dataset was originally deposited by the Department of Social Security.

Abstract:

Special Licence Access FRS data:
From the 2005-2006 survey, a Special Licence version of the Family Resources Survey (FRS) data is also available in addition to the version of the FRS data made available under the standard End User Licence. This contains extra variables, and therefore is subject to more restrictive access conditions. Prospective users of the Special Licence edition will need to complete an extra application form and demonstrate to the data owners exactly why they need access to the extra variables, in order to get permission to use that version. Therefore, most users should order the standard version of the data. In order to help users choose the correct dataset, 'Special Licence Access' has been added to the dataset titles for the Special Licence versions of the data.
Further information about the FRS can be found on the Family Resources Survey pages on the Department for Work and Pensions web site.

The Family Resources Survey aims to: support the monitoring of the social security programme; support the costing and modelling of changes to national insurance contributions and social security benefits; provide better information for the forecasting of benefit expenditure.
For the sixth edition of the 1997-1998 survey, the new grossing regime, GROSS 3, has been included.


Main Topics:
Household characteristics (composition, tenure type); tenure and housing costs including Council Tax, mortgages, insurance, water and sewage rates; consumer durables; vehicles; use of health services; welfare/school milk and meals; educational grants and loans; children in education; informal care (given and received); occupation and employment; health restrictions on work; children's health; wage details; self-employed earnings; travel to work; personal and occupational pension schemes; income and benefit receipt; income from pensions and trusts, royalties and allowances, maintenance and other sources; income tax payments and refunds; National Insurance contributions; earnings from odd jobs; children's earnings; interest and dividends; investments; National Savings products; assets.
Standard Measures
Standard Occupational Classification

Coverage:
Dates of Fieldwork: April 1997-March 1998
Country: Great Britain
Spatial Units: Government Office Regions
Observation Units: Families/households

Universe Sampled:
Location of Units of Observation:National
Population:Private households in Great Britain south of the Caledonian Canal.
Private households in Northern Ireland.

Methodology:
Time Dimensions: Repeated cross-sectional study
annual - analysed on a financial year basis.
Sampling Procedures: Multi-stage stratified random sample
Number of Units: 24000 (target) 23484 (obtained)
Method of Data Collection: Face-to-face interview
Weighting: Weighting used. See documentation for details

Language(s) of Written Materials:
Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:
Access Conditions: The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See terms and conditions for further information.
Availability: ESDS Government, UK Data Archive
Contact: Help desk: govsurveys@esds.ac.uk

Date of Release:
First Edition: 10 January 2000
Latest Edition: 12 April 2005 ( 6th Edition )

Copyright:
Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland

 

Documentation:
FormatNameSize in KilobytesDescription
EXCELfrs_1997_98_account.xls17Accounts table
EXCELfrs_1997_98_benefits.xls95Benefits question guide
EXCELfrs_1997_98_benefits_map.xls95Guide to mapping between benefits questions
EXCELfrs_1997_98_changes_metadata.xls651Variable changes since 1998-1999
EXCELfrs_1997_98_data_summary1_missing_values_a.xls306Data summary 1, missing values
EXCELfrs_1997_98_data_summary2_missing_values_b.xls389Data summary 2, missing benefit values
EXCELfrs_1997_98_data_summary3_minmaxmean.xls517Data summary 3, minimum and maximum values
EXCELfrs_1997_98_dv_documentation.xls146Derived variable information
EXCELfrs_1997_98_dv_metadata.xls232Derived variables tables
EXCELfrs_1997_98_flatfile_documentation.xls976Flatfile mapping spreadsheet
EXCELfrs_1997_98_hierachical_documentation.xls1093Variables in the hierarchical dataset
EXCELfrs_1997_98_period_code.xls125Period code conversion
EXCELfrs_1997_98_usage.xls18Information on usage
PDF4068userguide1.pdf427Introduction, guides, analysing the FRS, grossing and data conversion
PDF4068userguide10.pdf58Tables and technical notes
PDF4068userguide11.pdf800Derived variable specifications
PDF4068userguide2.pdf68Guide to changes/interviewer's guide to changes
PDF4068userguide3.pdf751Question instructions
PDF4068userguide4.pdf573Questionnaire routing (Part 1)
PDF4068userguide5.pdf569Questionnaire routing (Part 2)
PDF4068userguide6.pdf725Questionnaire routing (Part 3)
PDF4068userguide7.pdf666Questionnaire routing (Part 4)
PDF4068userguide8.pdf210Showcards, pocket guides to benefits and savings
PDF4068userguide9.pdf89Releases, editing, imputation and data summaries
PDFin4068.pdf16Index file
HTMLUKDA_Study_4068_Information.htm18Study information and citation

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14 July 2010






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