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Results from the General Household Survey (GHS)
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24/8/09
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Title:
Results from the General Household Survey (GHS)
National Statistics product:
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Organisation (Sponsor):
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Type of contents:
Mainly data & analyses
Primary medium:
Online edition
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Summary description:
The General Household Survey (GHS) is an inter-departmental multi-purpose continuous survey carried out by the ONS collecting information on a range of topics from people living in private households in Great Britain. The survey has run continuously since 1971, except for breaks in 1997/8 (when the survey was reviewed) and 1999/2000 when the survey was re-developed.
Since April 1994, the GHS has been conducted on a financial year basis, with fieldwork spread evenly across the year April-March. However, in 2005 the survey period reverted to a calendar year and the whole of the annual sample was dealt with in the nine months April to December 2005. From 2006, the GHS runs from January to December.
From April 2000, the survey consists of the Continuous Survey and trailers. The Continuous Survey remained unchanged for the five-years April 2000 - March 2005, apart from essential changes to take account of, for example, changes in benefits. It consists of a household questionnaire, answered by the Household Reference Person or spouse, and an individual questionnaire, completed by all adults aged 16 and over resident in the household.
