Northern Ireland Family Expenditure Survey, 1997-1998
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Northern Ireland Family Expenditure Survey (NIFES) was conducted in Northern Ireland from 1967-1998, and was the counterpart to the Family Expenditure Survey (FES), which was conducted annually in Great Britain from 1957-2001 (see under GN 33057). The FES/NIFES provided reliable data on expenditure and income in relation to household characteristics. The results of the survey show how expenditure patterns of different kinds of households vary, and the extent to which individual members of a household contribute to the household income. Although originally commissioned to provide expenditure details for the calculation of weights for the Retail Price Index, the FES/NIFES collected much additional information was also collected on the characteristics of co-operating households and the incomes of their members. It thus became a multi-purpose survey, and provided a unique fund of important economic and social data. From 1968 the Great Britain FES incorporated a sample drawn from the NIFES to become the UK FES. The FES was replaced in 2001 by a new survey series, the Expenditure and Food Survey (EFS) (see under GN 33334), covering the whole of the UK. The EFS is an amalgamation of the previous National Food Survey (NFS) (see under GN 33071) and UK FES.
Main Topics:Household Schedule: This schedule was taken at the main interview. Information for most of the questions was obtained from the head of household or housewife, but certain questions of a more individual character were put to every spender aged 15 or over (or 16 or over from 1973 onwards). Until the introduction of the community charge, information on rateable value and rate poundage was obtained from the appropriate local authority, as was information on whether the address was within a smokeless zone. Information was collected about the household, the sex and age of each member, and also details about the type and size of the household accommodation. The main part of the questionnaire related to expenditure both of a household and individual nature, but the questions were mainly confined to expenses of a recurring nature, e.g.:Household: housing costs, payment to Gas and Electricity Boards and companies, telephone charges, licences and television rentalIndividual: motor vehicles, season tickets for transport, life and accident insurances, payments through a bank, instalments, refund of expenses by employer, expenditure claimed by self-employed persons as business expenses for tax purposes, welfare foods, education grants and feesIncome Schedule: Data were collected for each household spender. Apart from page 1, the schedule was concerned with income, National Insurance contributions and income tax. Income of a child not classed as a spender was obtained from one or other of his parents and entered on the parent's questionnaire. Information collected included: employment status and recent absences from work, earnings of an employee, self-employed earnings, National Insurance contributions, pensions and other regular allowances, occasional benefits - social security benefits and other types, investment income, miscellaneous earnings of a 'once-only' character, tax paid directly to Inland Revenue or refunded, income of a child. Diary Records Each diary covered fourteen days. Each household member aged 15 or over (or 16 or over from 1973 onwards) was asked to record all expenditure made during the 14 days. The NIFES was identical to the UK FES and therefore used the same questionnaires and documentation. However, starting in 1988, a voluntary question on religious denomination was asked of those aged 16 and over in Northern Ireland.
Multi-stage stratified random sample
The sample of addresses used for the NIFES was taken from the Rating Valuation list for Northern Ireland. The sample was stratified by region to ensure proportional sampling across NI and a simple random sample was drawn from each area. The regional strata were: Belfast (Belfast District Council only), East of the Province and West of the Province.
Face-to-face interview
Diaries
- 1997 1998
- ABSENTEEISM
- ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS
- AGE
- AIR TRAVEL
- ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
- APARTMENTS
- APPOINTMENT TO JOB
- ASSOCIATIONS
- BANK ACCOUNTS
- BANK CHARGES
- BEDROOMS
- BEVERAGES
- BICYCLES
- BONDS
- BONUS PAYMENTS
- BOOKS
- BUILDING MAINTENANCE
- BUILDING MATERIALS
- BUILDING OPERATIONS
- BUILDING SERVICES
- BUILDING SOCIETIES
- BUILDING SOCIETY AC...
- BUSINESS RECORDS
- CARE OF DEPENDANTS
- CARPETS
- CENTRAL HEATING
- CHARITABLE ORGANIZA...
- CHIEF INCOME EARNERS
- CHILD BENEFITS
- CHILD MINDING
- CHILD WORKERS
- CHILDREN
- CLEANING AGENTS
- CLEANING SERVICES
- CLOTHING
- COAL
- COHABITATION
- COLOUR TELEVISION R...
- COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
- COMPACT DISC PLAYERS
- COMPANY CARS
- COMPUTER SOFTWARE
- COMPUTERS
- CONDITIONS OF EMPLO...
- CONFECTIONERY
- CONSUMER GOODS
- CONSUMERS
- CONSUMPTION
- CONVEYANCING
- COSTS
- COUNCIL TAX
- CREDIT
- CREDIT CARD USE
- CULTURAL GOODS
- Consumption and con...
- DIESEL OIL
- DIGITAL GAMES
- DISABLED PERSONS
- DOMESTIC APPLIANCES
- DRIVING
- DRIVING LICENCES
- DRUG USE
- ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
- ECONOMIC VALUE
- EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
- EDUCATIONAL COURSES
- EDUCATIONAL FEES
- EDUCATIONAL GRANTS
- EDUCATIONAL INSTITU...
- EDUCATIONAL VOUCHERS
- ELDERLY
- ELECTRIC POWER
- ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY
- ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
- ELEVATORS
- EMPLOYEES
- EMPLOYMENT
- EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
- EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMMES
- ENDOWMENT ASSURANCE
- ENERGY
- ENTERTAINMENT
- EQUIPMENT RENTAL
- ETHNIC GROUPS
- EXAMINATIONS
- EXPENDITURE
- FAMILIES
- FEES
- FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
- FINANCIAL RESOURCES
- FINANCIAL SUPPORT
- FINES
- FOOD
- FOSSIL FUELS
- FOSTER CHILDREN
- FRINGE BENEFITS
- FUEL OILS
- FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT
- FURNISHED ACCOMMODA...
- FURNITURE
- Family life and mar...
- GAMBLING
- GARAGES
- GARDENING
- GAS FUELS
- GAS SUPPLY
- GENDER
- GIFTS
- HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD
- HEALTH SERVICES
- HEATING SYSTEMS
- HIGHER EDUCATION
- HIGHER EDUCATION IN...
- HIRE PURCHASE
- HOBBIES
- HOLIDAYS
- HOLIDAYS ABROAD
- HOME BUYING
- HOME OWNERSHIP
- HOME SELLING
- HOME SHARING
- HORTICULTURE
- HOURS OF WORK
- HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS
- HOUSEHOLD PETS
- HOUSEHOLDS
- HOUSES
- HOUSING
- HOUSING FINANCE
- HOUSING IMPROVEMENT
- HOUSING TENURE
- INCOME
- INCOME TAX
- INDUSTRIES
- INSURANCE
- INSURANCE CLAIMS
- INSURANCE PREMIUMS
- INTEREST FINANCE
- INVESTMENT
- INVESTMENT RETURN
- Income
- JOB DESCRIPTION
- JOB HUNTING
- JOB SEEKER S ALLOWANCE
- LANDLORDS
- LEAVE
- LEISURE GOODS
- LEISURE TIME ACTIVI...
- LESSONS
- LICENCES
- LIFE INSURANCE
- LOANS
- LODGERS
- LOTTERIES
- MAIL ORDER SERVICES
- MAINTENANCE
- MANAGERS
- MARITAL STATUS
- MARKETING
- MARRIED WOMEN
- MARRIED WOMEN WORKERS
- MATERNITY LEAVE
- MATERNITY PAY
- MEALS
- MEDICAL CARE
- MEDICAL INSURANCE
- MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS
- METHODS OF PAYMENT
- MILK
- MOBILE HOMES
- MOBILE PHONES
- MORTGAGE PROTECTION...
- MORTGAGES
- MOTOR VEHICLE HIRE
- MOTOR VEHICLES
- NEWSPAPERS
- OCCUPATIONAL PENSIONS
- OCCUPATIONS
- ONE PARENT FAMILIES
- OUTDOOR PURSUITS
- OVERSEAS TRANSACTIONS
- OVERTIME
- PACKAGE HOLIDAYS
- PART TIME COURSES
- PART TIME EMPLOYMENT
- PARTNERSHIPS BUSINESS
- PATERNITY LEAVE
- PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS
- PERIODICALS
- PERSONAL FASHION GOODS
- PET FOODS
- PETROL
- PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
- PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT
- POCKET MONEY
- POSTAL SERVICES
- PRICES
- PRIVATE EDUCATION
- PRIVATE PENSIONS
- PRIVATE PERSONAL PE...
- PRIVATE SCHOOLS
- PRIVATE SECTOR
- PROFIT SHARING
- PROFITS
- PUBLIC SECTOR
- PURCHASING
- RATES
- REBATES
- RECREATIONAL EDUCATION
- REDUNDANCY
- REDUNDANCY PAY
- REMOVAL SERVICES
- RENTED ACCOMMODATION
- RENTS
- RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY
- RETIREMENT
- ROAD VEHICLE MAINTE...
- ROOM SHARING
- ROOMS
- ROYALTIES
- SATELLITE RECEIVERS
- SAVINGS
- SCHOLARSHIPS
- SCHOOL MEALS
- SCHOOL MILK PROVISION
- SCHOOLCHILDREN
- SCHOOLS
- SECOND HOMES
- SELF EMPLOYED
- SERVICE INDUSTRIES
- SEWAGE DISPOSAL AND...
- SHARES
- SICK LEAVE
- SICK PAY
- SICK PERSONS
- SMALL BUSINESSES
- SOAP
- SOCIAL CLASS
- SOCIAL HOUSING
- SOCIAL SECURITY
- SOCIAL SECURITY BEN...
- SOCIAL SECURITY CON...
- SOCIAL SERVICES
- SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS
- SOFT DRINKS
- SPECTACLES
- SPORT
- SPORTS EQUIPMENT
- SPOUSES
- STATE RETIREMENT PE...
- STRIKE PAY
- STRIKES
- STUDENT TRANSPORTATION
- STUDENTS
- SUBSCRIPTIONS
- SUBSIDIARY EMPLOYMENT
- SUPERVISORS
- TAKE AWAY MEALS
- TAX RELIEF
- TAXATION
- TELEPHONES
- TELEVISION CHANNELS
- TELEVISION RECEIVERS
- TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT
- TENANTS HOME PURCHA...
- TIED HOUSING
- TOBACCO
- TOP MANAGEMENT
- TOURIST ACCOMMODATION
- TRADE UNIONS
- TRANSPORT
- TRAVEL
- TURNOVER
- TUTORING
- UNEARNED INCOME
- UNEMPLOYED
- UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
- UNFURNISHED ACCOMMO...
- UNWAGED WORKERS
- VIDEO RECORDERS
- WAGES
- WINNINGS
- WORKERS
- WORKING MOTHERS
- WORKING WOMEN
- WRITING MATERIALS
- property and invest...
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Creator | Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency |
Publisher | UK Data Service |
Publication Year | 2000 |
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Discipline | Economics; History; Humanities; Social and Behavioural Sciences |
Spatial Coverage | Northern Ireland |