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Usage of the Survey of English Housing

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• Economic Assessment of Northumberland – Dr Julie Dowson. March 2012

  Economic, social and environmental data analysis to support the production of an Economic Assessment of Northumberland which is part of the statutory function of Northumberland County Council Policy and Research team.

• Rainwater harvesting effectiveness – Dr Brett Martinson (University of Portsmouth – civil engineering). March 2012

  The data will be used to establish household size and population ranges to be used in simulating the widespread take-up of rainwater harvesting and its effects on water and wastewater infrastructure.

• Input into establishment of smart metering in GB – Mr James Bennett. March 2012

  This data is intended to be used to provide input into the smart metering implementation programme, specifically information regarding the location of the electricity meter and building types, in order to inform participants in the programme of the challenges they face to connect smart meters in all households in GB to the smart metering system.

• Building data – Mr Alexandros Adam (UCL – Chemical Engineering). February 2012

  The building energy data will be used as the basis of my PhD project to enhance my understanding of the current UK household energy consumption. The purpose is to define the "typical" UK house in terms of its energy consumption and use this data for further energy modelling.

• Labour Economics: Theory and Applications – Dr Marco Ercolani (University of Birmingham – Economics). February 2012

  This course provides an introduction to labour economics and econometrics. We will seek an understanding of key labour market phenomena, both analytically and empirically. We will provide a foundation in modern labour economics methods in order to enable students to evaluate research in labour economics and to use its insights in their analysis of labour market policies.
  Other surveys used: LFS.

• High emitters – Miss Xinfang Wang (University of Southampton – Tyndall). February 2012

  The project of High Emitters need the access of several surveys. The data are very important to explore the group of people who have the largest footprint.
  Other surveys used: EFS SEH.

• Housing Choice Among the Elderly – Professor David Bell (University of Stirling – Economics). January 2012

  This research will consider the determinants of housing choice among the elderly, particularly the disabled elderly. The analysis involves household structure; household income, housing tenure, level of disability, financial and other assets.
  Other surveys used: FRS SEH BSA LOS.

• Finding Fuel Poverty Patterns – Dr Wenjia Wang (University of East Anglia – Computing Sciences). January 2012

  We have done some research on UK fuel poverty before by using the data collected by other organisations and discovered some potentially interesting/useful knowledge. We wish to use the relevant datasets available to carry out similar analysis with our data mining approaches to see if we can find the same or similar patterns in recent years in the UK's households to verify our previous research findings and/or new knowledge on fuel poverty.

• RESEARCH INTO GREEN DEAL – Mr Sam Arie (University of Oxford – The Smith School). December 2011

  I am carrying out research into the Green Deal. I wish to access datasets from the EHS and similar sources to help develop the case for alternative policies than the green deal. Topics include all areas of domestic energy use and national CO2 budgets / management etc.

• House of Commons Enquiry – Mr Paul Bolton (House of Commons Library – Statistics). November 2011

  Request from an MP for data relating to religious composition of society across various local authority, London Borough, and other areas. Information to be provided in connection with the Member's Parliamentary Duties.
  Other surveys used: BCS IHS FRS.

• Home Heat Helpline – Miss Anushree PAREKH. November 2011

  This study estimates the number of vulnerable households who are eligible for free CERT home insulation grants and other free help from their energy supplier in the UK.
  Other surveys used: APS HBAI FRS.

• Model Testing – Dr Emma Raven. September 2011

  JBA consulting are updating our in-house built environment model for the UK. Our current model includes information on house types and we plan to include attributes such as property age; building height and other information that we can obtain in the new version. Our existing model has been developed using data from various providers - where this data it is not available to us freely; we have contractual licenses detailing its use. We are currently exploring data sources for our planned updates. Our built environment model will be used to characterise levels of risk from windstorms; floods and freeze events. Since the EHS database is only a snapshot of properties in the UK (17;000 of the 16million); we would only use this data to compare our model results.

• Continued analysis of North West Housing Markets – Professor Philip Leather (University of Salford – IPEG). July 2011

  Data from the survey will be used to provide contextual data for a continuing analysis of housing markets in North West England, focussing on changes in house prices, housing occupancy and usage, and population change and composition.
  Other surveys used: IHS APS.

• Advising Chinese Housing Statistics Bureau Officials – Dr Wendy Olsen (University of Manchester – Social Statistics). July 2011

  The china housing and investment bureau sent 25 officials to the UK for a study visit. I am advising them on the Housing Statistics Surveys. This is an informal exchange of expertise.

• Monitoring poverty and social exclusion – Mr Guy Palmer. July 2011

  Maintenance of 100 key indicators of poverty and social exclusion both for the UK as a whole and for regions within it. Subjects covered include income, work, education, health, housing, crime and neighbourhoods. See www.poverty.org.uk
  Other surveys used: LFS NICHS EFS HSE FRS APS LIW BCS SCS WHS Omnibus HBAI FES NSW.

• Calculation of Health Expectancies – Mr Andrew Yeap (Office for National Statistics (ONS) – Centre for Health Analysis and Life Events). July 2011

  Calculation of health expectancies on a national and sub-national level. Users and stakeholders include the Deparment of Health; the Department for Work and Pensions; and various health-related organisations across Great Britain.
  Other surveys used: NICHS GHS HSE WHS BSA FRS SHES NORTHERN IRELAND HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELLBEING SURVEY; 2005-2006 SILC LIW.

• Empirical General Equilibrium Analysis of Housing – Dr Lars Nesheim (UCL – Economics). July 2011

  We will analyse the determinants of household choices of housing tenure in a dynamic lifecycle model and study the implications for a dynamic general equilibrium model of the housing market.

• Migration and the allocation of social housing – Professor Richard Dickens (University of Sussex – Economics). July 2011

  The project we propose will examine the allocation of social housing and its links with migrant populations. Specifically we will examine whether there is apparent discrimination in the allocation mechanism and how this might be related to political support for minority parties at the local level. It is a common belief among the white British population that the allocation of social housing is unfair, that preference is given to immigrants. But in spite of the importance of this issue; we have little in the way of accurate quantitative evidence on whether immigrants are more or less likely to be in social housing. In our proposed research we will use the Labour Force Survey to investigate the factors associated with being in social housing.
  Other surveys used: LFS SEH.

• Thesis for Maste of Science programme in Economics – Mr Gionata Castaldi. July 2011

  I would like to use the data for my thesis in environmental economics in order to complete the maser of Science in Economics. Particularly interested in the households dataset and in the expenditure household data.
  Other surveys used: EFS.

• Who are the White British Muslims? – Mr Muhammad Brice (University of Wales Trinity Saint David). July 2011

  This study aims to build a demographic and socio-economic profile of the minority etho-religious group "White British Muslims". This group is of interest as it represents a minority within a minority (representing some 3% of the Muslim population, which in itself represents some 3% of the total population), but is also a sub-group of the dominant majority ethnic group (White British). The profile will be compared to that of the majority ehtnic group and also to that of the religious group "Muslim" in order to gain a better understanding of just who the White British Muslims are.
  Other surveys used: APS BSA LFS Vital Statistics NSW.

• Housing future generations – Dr Christian Nygaard (University of Reading – Economics). June 2011

  The data is to be used in a study which looks at the housing problems of future generations compared with current generations. As part of this we need to examine the nature of mortgage debt accumulation by existing owners, notably their behaviour when they move home or purchase additional homes.

• Research – Dr Monjur Mourshed (Loughborough University – Civil and Building Engineering). May 2011

  Access to the data is sought for postgraduate research and teaching at the Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University. Example projects include: a. Embodied carbon in UK households b. Identifying characteristics of typical UK houses

• Exploring impact of housing benefit changes by region – Miss Rys Farthing. April 2011

  We are attempting to explore the impact on proposed changes to housing benefits by gender and region and possibly ethnicity. This is to inform our work with and advocacy for low income families.
  Other surveys used: FRS.

• Distributional impacts of climate change policy – Mr Pedro Guertler. February 2011

  We intend to use this data to understand households expenditure on energy for use in the home and to understand how the costs of meeting the UK's climate change objectives translates into increases in fuel bills across different household groups.
  Other surveys used: EFS LIW NSW.