Documentation Variable List  Keywords  Publications  Related Studies

Title:
Family Resources Survey, 2005-2006

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
National Centre for Social Research
Office for National Statistics. Social and Vital Statistics Division

Data Collector(s):
Department for Work and Pensions

Sponsor(s):
Department for Work and Pensions

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 FRS 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.
From April 2002, the FRS was extended to include Northern Ireland.

Detailed information regarding anonymisation within the FRS can be found in User Guide 2 of the dataset documentation.

The Family Resources Survey, 2005-2006: Special Licence Access data is held under SN 5839.
Main Topics:
Household characteristics (composition, tenure type); tenure and housing costs including Council Tax, mortgages, insurance, water and sewage rates; welfare/school milk and meals; educational grants and loans; children in education; informal care (given and received); childcare; occupation and employment; health restrictions on work; children's health; National Health Service treatment; wage details; self-employed earnings; 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; vehicle ownership.

Standard Measures
Standard Occupational Classification

Coverage:
Dates of Fieldwork: April 2005-March 2006
Country: Great Britain; Northern Ireland
Spatial Units: Government Office Regions
Observation Units: Families/households

Universe Sampled:
Location of Units of Observation:National
Population:Private households in the United Kingdom

Methodology:
Time Dimensions: Repeated cross-sectional study
annual - analysed on a financial year basis.
Sampling Procedures: Multi-stage stratified random sample
Number of Units: 28,029 (obtained)
Method of Data Collection: Face-to-face interview; Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing
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: 16 November 2007

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

READ File

Download Acrobat PDF Reader