SN:3064 Family Expenditure Survey 1992


COMMUNITY CHARGE DATA (ccband92* for all formats)

Users should note the following in relation to these files:

1.  The files can be matched into the main dataset using the variable CASENO1
    which is the case number.

2.  The variable CASENO2 is the case number used by the effects of taxes and
    benefits section of CSO (equivalent to igotmcaseno in the 1990/91
    community charge file)and should be ignored.

3.  In order to protect the anonymity of the responding households, CSO have
    taken the average community charge over several local authorities with
    similar community charges and averaged them.

4.  LACODE is the DSS local authority grouping - any cases with the same
    value for this are included in the same group.

5.  AVECC92 is the average community charge for the DSS group .  CSO
    calculations for the data use the community charge rates set by local
    authorities for each financial year.  Therefore the calculation of the
    average grouped community charges will vary between the first quarter
    (January to March) and the other three quarters (April to December).

6.  Any household interviewed in the first quarter will have community charge
    data consistent with households who were interviewed in the second, third
    and fourth quarters of the previous year.

7.  AVEWC92 is the average community water charge for the DSS group.

UK DA, September 2001