Northern Ireland Family Expenditure Survey
The NI Family Expenditure Survey (FES)
is a continuous survey of household expenditure and income which has been in
existence since 1967. From 1968 the Great Britain FES incorporated a sample
drawn from the Northern Ireland FES to become the UK FES which is carried out
by the Central Survey Unit of the Northern Ireland Research and Statistics Agency
(NISRA).
From 2001, the FES and the National Food Survey (NFS) have been combined and
replaced by a new survey, the Expenditure and Food Survey (EFS). There has previously
been considerable overlap between the FES and NFS, with both surveys asking
respondents to keep a diary of expenditure. The NFS covers only food expenditure,
but in more detail than the FES. The decision to go ahead with the new survey
followed successful piloting. Thus, the 2000-2001 survey is the final FES in
its current format. The design of the new EFS is based on the current FES and
the information currently provided by the FES will continue to be provided by
the new survey.
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