The Opinions and Lifestyle Survey collects a range of classificatory variables.
Household variables include (among others):
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region (Government Office Region)
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number of adults in the household
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number of children in the household
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household type
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housing tenure
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car ownership
Individual demographic variables include (among others):
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sex
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age
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relationship to household reference person
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marital status
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national identity
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ethnicity
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employment status
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National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC)
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income
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general health
A full list of these variables and notes are available in the Classificatory variables download.
Please note that the names used for the classification variables follow ONS standards for surveys wherever possible.
