Living in Britain 2001


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	1 Introduction The 2001/2 GHS Content of the interview People aged 65 and over Mobility aids Usual alcohol consumption in the last 12 months Changes to classification variable The new socio-economic classification: NS-SEC Classification of ethnic groups National identity Weighting and grossing Inclusion of extra households Disseminating the results Content of the report The availability of unpublished data 2 A summary of changes over time Households Families with dependent children People National identity Housing tenure Cars Consumer durables Marriage and cohabitation Pensions Self-reported illness Use of health services Mobility Smoking Drinking 3 Households, families and people Household size and composition One person households Households containing two or more adults without dependent children Households and families with dependent children Dependent children Age of youngest child Stepfamilies Household income People Socio-economic classification Ethnic group National identity 4 Housing and consumer durables Tenure - trends over time Accommodation Characteristics of tenure groups Owner occupiers Social renters Private renters National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC) by tenure Persons per room Cars and vans Consumer durables - trends over time Consumer durables and socio-economic classification (NS-SEC) Consumer durables and gross weekly income Consumer durables and household type Consumer durables and lone parent families 5 Marriage and cohabitation Marital status Current cohabitation Current cohabitation and trends over time among women Women aged 16 to 59 and dependent children 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 6 Occupational and personal pension schemes Pension arrangements for employees Membership of current employer's pension scheme Trends in membership of an occupational pension scheme Variation in pension scheme membership by employee characteristics Personal pension arrangements among the self-employed 7 General health and use of health services Self-reported health Chronic sickness Acute sickness Self-reported sickness, socio-economic classification 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 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 Cigarette smoking and marital status Regional variation in cigarette smoking Cigarette smoking and socio-economic class Cigarette smoking and economic activity status Cigarette consumption Cigarette type Tar level Cigar and pipe smoking Dependence on cigarette smoking 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 Trends in daily drinking Daily drinking and sex, age and marital status Daily drinking and socio-economic characteristics Daily drinking and household income Daily drinking, economic activity status and earnings from employment Regional variation in daily drinking Average weekly alcohol consumption Trends in weekly alcohol consumption Weekly alcohol consumption and household socio-economic classification Weekly alcohol consumption, income and economic activity status Weekly alcohol consumption and Government Office Region 10 Mobility Dificulties and Mobility Aids Prevalence of mobility difficulties Possession of mobility aids People with mobility difficulties Source and types of mobility aid Appendix A: Definitions and terms A -C D - E F - Hos Household to Household Reference Person Household type I - L M - O P - Q R - S T-Z Appendix B: Sample design and response Sample design Conversion of Multi-Occupancy addresses to households Data Collection Data Quality Proxy interviews and the Proxy Conversion exercise Response Trends in response Improving response Sample Sizes Appendix C Sampling Errors Sources of error in surveys Systematic error Random error Sampling errors for complex sample designs Standard error Design factors (deft) Confidence intervals Standard errors for the 2001 GHS Estimating standard errors for other survey measures Appendix D Weighting and Grossing Weighting for nonresponse Sample-based weighting using the Census Population based weighting (grossing) Presentation and interpretation of weighted data Effects of weighting on data Appendix E Changes to classifications in the 2001 data set The introduction of NS-SEC Analytical classes Continuity issues relating to Socio-economic group (SEG) Comparison of GHS NS-SEC outputs with the Labour Force Survey (LFS) The change in ethnic classification Comparison of GHS ethnic classification data with the LFS National Identity Comparison of GHS national identity with the LFS Appendix F: Household and individual interview questionnaires Appendix G: Summary of main topics included in the GHS questionnnaires: 1971-2001 Appendix H: List of tables Appendix I: Previous volumes in the GHS series SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT: PEOPLE AGED 65 AND OVER Summary of main findings Characteristics of people aged 65 and over Housing and consumer durables Health Smoking and drinking Mobility Self-care and domestic tasks Sources of help with mobility, self-care and domestic tasks Private and public transport Social networks Use of health and Social services Introduction Characteristics of people aged 65 and over Housing and consumer durables Health, eyesight and hearing Chronic and acute sickness Chronic illness and type of interview Self reported health Eyesight and hearing Smoking and drinking Mobility Self care and domestic tasks Self care Domestic tasks Cooking Sources of help with mobility, self care and domestic tasks Personal care Mobility aids Using private and public transport Social networks Use of health and social services Health services Personal social services Relationship of service to need Appendix: Type of interview