General Household Survey (GHS)
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Measures describe a question asked to a participant during a survey or an item of information requested from a manager when they fill out a data return. For example, ‘Who do you live with?’ is a measure and the possible responses might be, mother, father, brother, sister etc.
Need/provision/receipt | Description of measure | Start Year | Age range | Age from | Age to | Informant | Multiple rater | Reporting term | Sweep title | Standard instrument | Question/Data item | Response scale | Notes | Physical health measures | Dataset | |
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Provision; | Unpaid help given to non-household members - frequency | 2006 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Participant | Yes | Past year | 2006 Sweep | No | Thinking about the unpaid help you have mentioned, how often would you say you give this kind of help? |
Daily |
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Provision; | Unpaid help given to non-household members | 2006 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Participant | Yes | Past year | 2006 Sweep | No | Now I’d like to talk about any unpaid help you may have given to people who do not live with you. In the past 12 months have you given any unpaid help, such as providing transport or running errands? For example, cooking or shopping. Please do not count any help you gave through a group, club or organisation. |
Yes |
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Receipt; | Receipt of care component of disability allowance. | 2006 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Participant | Yes | Current | 2006 Sweep | No | And looking at this card, are you at present receiving any of the state benefits shown on this card – either in your own right, or on behalf of someone else in the household? |
Care component of Disability Living Allowance |
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Receipt; | Receipt of carer's allowance etc. | 2006 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Participant | Yes | Current | 2006 Sweep | No | Looking at this card, are you at present receiving any state benefits in your own right: that is, where you are the named recipient? |
Child Benefit |
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Receipt; | Receipt of care component of disability allowance. | 2006 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Participant | Yes | Current | 2006 Sweep | No | Ask if receiving CARE component of Disability Living Allowance WhoReCar Whom do you receive it for? |
IF CURRENT HOUSEHOLD MEMBER, ENTER PERSON NUMBER |
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Provision; | Not working due to looking after dependent | 2006 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Participant | Yes | Current | 2006 Sweep | No | The total number of hours you work per week on average is less than 30 hours. |
Undergoing education or training |
GHS |
Overview
Aims
The aim of the General Household Survey was to provide government departments and organisations with data on a range of topics relating to private households to aid monitoring and policy-making. The General Household Survey was carried out between 1971 and 2007, with two breaks (1997-1998 and 1999-2000) when the survey was redeveloped. The survey was discontinued in 2007.
Institution
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Geographic coverage - Nations
England; Northern Ireland; Scotland; Wales;
Start date
1971
Minimum age at recruitment
0
Sample Size
12,765
Sample
Study design
Repeated cross-sectional study
Sample details
Approximately 10,000 households are surveyed annually.
Sex
All
Sample Characteristics
Household panel
Sample size at most recent sweep
12765
Data
Data Access
https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/138ca035-a90c-4e37-80f5-4c73eeb6ae04/general-household-survey
https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/138ca035-a90c-4e37-80f5-4c73eeb6ae04/general-household-survey
Complementary Data
Genetic Data Collected
Linked Data
HDR UK Innovation Gateway
Additional information
Website
www.data.gov.uk/dataset/138ca035-a90c-4e37-80f5-4c73eeb6ae04/general-household-survey
Notes
Related Measures
Benefits, Education, Ethnicity and race, Household composition, Housing, Income/household income, Migration and immigration, Parenting and family, Pensions, Physical health assessment, Social security, Work and employment,
Study Code
GHS
Reference paper(s)
Funders
Office for National Statistics (ONS)