Summary information

Study title

Continuous Household Survey, 1991-1992

Creator

Policy Planning and Research Unit (Northern Ireland), Central Survey Unit

Study number / PID

3325 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-3325-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

The Continuous Household Survey (CHS) is one of the largest continuous surveys carried out in Northern Ireland. The survey is designed, conducted and analysed by the Central Survey Unit of the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). It is based on a sample of the general population resident in private households and has been running since 1983. The Survey is designed to provide a regular source of information on a wide range of social and economic issues relevant to Northern Ireland. The CHS is an important source of information in Northern Ireland and is used by many Government departments and Agencies. Regular clients include the Departments of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Culture Arts and Leisure, Regional Developments, Environment, Education, Employment and Learning and NISRA.

Further information about the series, including methodology, may be found on the NISRA Central Survey Unit (CSU) Continuous Household Survey web pages.

For the second edition, revised data from Record 11 (Income) were added to the study.
Main Topics:

Topics covered include: education, employment, family information, health, income and benefits, religion, population, housing, sports and entertainment, voluntary work, childcare and languages spoken. Some of the questions are based on those asked in the General Household Survey.

Health behaviourEducationGeneral health and well-beingWounds and injuriesReligion and valuesHousingSocial conditions and indicatorsLabour and employmentSpecific social services: use and availabilityHealth care services and policies

Data collection period

01/04/1991 - 01/03/1992

Country

Northern Ireland

Time dimension

Repeated cross-sectional study

Data are collected annually

Analysis unit

Families/households

National

Universe

Private households in Northern Ireland.

Sampling procedure

Multi-stage stratified random sample

The sample is drawn as a simple random sample from three strata. The first of these strata is the Belfast District Council area. The other two are formed by dividing the remainder of the province into East and West along district council boundaries. Within each of these strata a simple random sample of addresses is drawn, with size proportional to the distribution of domestic addresses on the rating list.

Kind of data

Numeric

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1995

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.