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General Lifestyle Survey in Great Britain

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Summary

The General Lifestyle Survey presents a picture of families and people living in private households in Great Britain.

Description

A multi-purpose continuous survey that has been carried out by the Office for National Statistics. The survey presents a picture of families and people living in private households in Great Britain. The survey was carried out up to 2011 when it was discontinued. The main topics of the survey are covered in seven chapters: Smoking; Drinking; Households, families, and people; Housing and consumer durables; Marriage and cohabitation; Pensions; and General health. The General Lifestyle Survey was previously known as the General Household Survey (GHS), but was renamed in 2008.

About this data

Data creator
Office for National Statistics
Temporal coverage
01 January 2000 to 31 December 2010
Frequency
Periodic
Dataset theme
Society
Restrictions for access
Access for all accredited researchers
Project approval
Projects must be accredited
Search keywords
Benefits Demography Earnings Education Employment Health Household characteristics Property Well-being Household survey

Metadata

Metadata

Dataset themeMain category for the topic of the resource
Society
Dataset resource typeThe type of the dataset resource
Survey
Geographic coverageThe geographic area covered by the dataset
Great Britain
Temporal coverageThe timeframes covered by these data
01 January 2000 to 31 December 2010
FrequencyThe frequency at which the dataset resource is published or updated
Periodic
Geographic levelThe lowest level of geography covered by the dataset
Postcode
Data creatorThe name of the organisation that produced or published this resource
Office for National Statistics
Data contributorsThe name(s) of any organisation(s), other than the data supplier or provider, that have data which are included in this dataset resource
Licensing statusThe license used for making this resource available and defining how it can be used
Restricted
Disclosure controlThe standard or bespoke disclosure control rules that apply to this dataset
Standard disclosure rules apply
Restrictions for accessRestrictions for users and researchers accessing data in Google Cloud Platform
Access for all accredited researchers
Research outputsThe approval route researchers must take for their outputs to be published
No requirements
Project approvalThe project approvals needed for this resource
Projects must be accredited
Research disclaimerThe disclaimer required to be published with the outputs for this dataset
No requirements
AcronymAny other names or acronyms used to refer to the data
GLF
ProvenanceDetails of how this dataset resource came to be generated
General Lifestyle Survey