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General Lifestyle Survey - Great Britain

Dataset

Summary

Citation:
Office for National Statistics, released 18 April 2016, ONS SRS Metadata Catalogue, dataset, General Lifestyle Survey - Great Britain, https://doi.org/10.57906/34e1-5x71

Documentation

Description:
A multi-purpose continuous survey that has been carried out by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). 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 GLF was previously known as the General Household Survey (GHS), but was renamed in 2008

Coverage

Spatial

Spatial Coverage:
Great Britain
Geographical Levels:
  • country
  • full postcode
  • region

Temporal

Start Date:
01 January 2000
Latest Data:
31 December 2010
Frequency:
STATIC
Distribution Release Date:
18 April 2016

Provenance

Source:
Survey

Access and Governance

Usage

Condition of Access:
Standard access conditions for the use of data in the SRS
Condition of Use:
Standard conditions for the use of data in the SRS
Resource Creator:
Office for National Statistics

Access

Access Service:
  • Safe Rooms, SafePods
  • Assured Organisational Connectivity – office based
  • Assured Organisational Connectivity – remote access
Jurisdictions:
  • GB-EAW
  • GB-SCT
Data Controller:
Office for National Statistics
Access Level:
Access Level 3

Format and Standards

Languages:
en
Formats:
  • SAS
  • SPSS
  • STATA