Living in Britain 2000


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	1 Introduction The 2000/1 GHS Content of the interview Usual alcohol consumption in the last 12 months Social Capital Informal Carers Weighting and grossing Disseminating the results Content of the report The availability of unpublished data 2 A summary of changes over time Households Families with dependent children People Housing tenure Cars Consumer durables Marriage and cohabitation Pensions Self-reported illness Use of health services Smoking Drinking 3 Households, families and people Household size and composition - Trends over time One person households Households with two or more adults Households and families with dependent children Number of dependent children Age of youngest child Stepfamilies Household income People - ageing of the population Socio-economic group Ethnic group Tables 3.1 - 3.21 4 Housing and consumer durables Tenure - trends over time Characteristics of tenure groups Owner occupiers Social renters Private renters Persons per room Cars and vans Consumer durables - trends over time Consumer durables and socio-economic group Consumer durables and gross weekly income Consumer durables and household type Consumer durables and lone parent families Tables 4.1 - 4.24 5 Marriage and cohabitation Marital status Current cohabitation Current cohabitation and trends over time among women Dependent children and current cohabitation among women Past cohabitations which did not end in marriage Previous cohabitations by current marital status First cohabitations which did not end in marriage Duration of past cohabitations not ending in marriage End of previous cohabitations Tables 5.1 - 5.14 6 Occupational and personal pension schemes Pension scheme membership among employees Membership of current employer's pension scheme Trends in membership of occupational pension schemes Socio-economic group and pension scheme membership Income and pension scheme membership Length of time with current employer and pension scheme membership Size of establishment and pension scheme membership Industry and pension scheme membership Personal pension arrangements among the self-employed Tables 6.1 - 6.11 7 General health and use of health services Self-reported health Chronic sickness Acute sickness Self-reported sickness, socio-economic group and economic activity status Self-reported sickness and regional variations Details of longstanding conditions Use of health services General Practitioner (GP) consultations Practice nurse consultations Children's use of other health services Hospital visits Tables 7.1 - 7.34 8 Smoking The reliability of smoking estimates The effect of weighting on the smoking data Targets for the reduction of smoking Trends in the prevalence of cigarette smoking Trends in the prevalence of smoking among men and women Regional variation in cigarette smoking Cigarette smoking and socio-economic group Cigarette smoking and economic activity status Cigarette consumption Cigarette type Tar level Cigar and pipe smoking Age started smoking Dependence on cigarette smoking Tables 8.1 - 8.35 9 Drinking Measuring alcohol consumption Maximum daily amount drunk last week Weekly alcohol consumption level Frequency of drinking during the last week Maximum daily amount drunk last week Daily drinking and sex, age and marital status Daily drinking and weekly alcohol consumption level Daily drinking and socio-economic group Daily drinking, income and economic activity status Regional variation in daily drinking Weekly alcohol consumption level Trends in weekly alcohol consumption level Weekly alcohol consumption level and socio-economic group Tables 9.1 - 9.20 Appendix A: Definitions and terms A -C D E F - H Household Reference Person and households I - L Marital Status M - Q R - S T-W Appendix B: Sample design and response Conversion of Multi-Occupancy addresses to households Data Collection Data Quality Proxy interviews and the proxy conversion exercise Response Nonresponse Comparison of the 2000 GHS with population estimates for mid-2000 Tables B.1-B.7 Appendix C Sampling Errors Appendix D Weighting and Grossing Weighting for nonresponse Advantages and disadvantages of using characteristics of sample nonrespondents for weighting Sample-based weighting using the Census Advantages and disadvantages of using Census for weighting Population-based weighting Advantages and disadvantages of population-based methods of weighting Presentation and interpretation of weighted data Effects of weighting on data Effects on trend data Tables D.1-D.2 Appendix E Development of the 2000/01 GHS The five-yearly review of the GHS Development work for the new continuous element of the GHS The sample design Alternative methods of data collection Questionnaire content Other major changes during the life of the GHS Appendix F: Household and individual interview questionnaires Appendix G: Summary of main topics included in the GHS questionnnaires: 1971-2000 Appendix H: List of tables Appendix I: Previous volumes in the GHS series Appendix J: Technical papers