Survey of English Housing, 1993-1994

UKDA study number:3475

Principal Investigator

Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. Social Survey Division

Sponsor

Department of the Environment

Distributed by

UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.

October 1995

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Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. Social Survey Division, Survey of English Housing, 1993-1994 [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], October 1995. SN: 3475, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-3475-1

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3475 . Survey of English Housing, 1993-1994

Depositor:

Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. Social Survey Division

Principal Investigator:

Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. Social Survey Division

Sponsor:

Department of the Environment

Abstract:

The Survey of English Housing (SEH) was a continuous annual survey series, which began in 1993. The survey provided key housing data on tenure, owner occupation and the social rented sector, and regular information about the private rented sector. The survey was originally sponsored by the Department of the Environment, which became the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions in time for the 1996-1997 survey, then the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, by 2000-2001. Responsibility for the SEH was transferred to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister after the fieldwork for the 2002-2003 survey commenced, and on 5 May 2006 the series became part of the remit of the newly-established Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG).

The main aims of the SEH were to provide regular information about the main features of people's housing and their views about their circumstances, and information about the private rented sector (not covered by routine administrative statistics like the owner-occupied and social rented sectors).

From 2008, the SEH merged with the English House Condition Survey (EHCS) to form the new English Housing Survey (EHS). The last SEH dataset is the 2007-2008 study. The EHS data are available at the UK Data Archive under GN 33422.

Further information about the SEH and the EHS may be found on the DCLG web site Survey of English Housing and English Housing Survey web pages.

Main Topics:

The following subjects were covered in the 1993-1994 survey:
Household Interview
All Households: classification section, demographic data; housing tenure; details of accommodation; sharing (if any); moves and housing history, reasons for moving; age at which HOH left parents' home; satisfaction with present accommodation; waiting lists.
Owner Occupiers: details of mortgages; cost of housing; difficulties with mortgage payments; sale of previous property; trading up and trading down.
Public Sector Tenants: rents and rent arrears; receipt of housing benefit; expectations of buying.
All Households: employment and income.
Private Renters Module
All Tenancy Groups: type of tenancy agreement, security of tenure; rents, changes in rent, what is included in rent; rent arrears, difficulties in paying rent; repairs and getting them done; relations with landlord; finding rented accommodation; housing expectations and future expectations; employment details (if head of tenancy group is not HOH), income.

Coverage:

Dates of Fieldwork: April 1993 - March 1994
Country: England
Spatial Units: Standard Regions
Observation Units: Families/households; tenancy groups

Universe Sampled:

Location of Units of Observation: National
Population: Private households and privately renting tenancy groups in England

Methodology:

Time Dimensions: Repeated cross-sectional study
conducted annually from 1993/1994-2007/2008. The SEH was replaced by the EHS from 2008 (see Abstract section for details).
Sampling Procedures: Multi-stage stratified random sample
Number of Units: Weighted sample size: 19819. Weighting factors used: H5D (household, waiting list file); H5DT (tenancy group file)
Addresses 28000 (target)
Households 25375 (target) 20307 (obtained)
Method of Data Collection: Face-to-face interview; Computer assisted interviewing.

Language(s) of Written Materials:

Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:

Access Conditions: The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See terms and conditions for further information.
Availability: ESDS Government, UK Data Archive
Recommendation : We recommend that users of this dataset obtain a copy of the technical report
Contact: Help desk: govsurveys@esds.ac.uk

Date of First Release:

19 October 1995

Copyright:

Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland

File last updated:

4 January 2012