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British Population Survey (LSOA Geography)

The British Population Survey (BPS) is a face to face market research rolling survey taken monthly from 2008-2015. It includes 6000-8000 records a month covering demographics, economics, shopping preferences, durables, media and internet use.

This dataset is an spatially generalised version of British Population Survey. Please see the secure version for more data protection details.

Scale: Lower Super Output Area.
Variables:

  • Family: Gender, Age Group, Numeric age, Lifestage, Ethnic Origin, Marital Status, Parent of children, Parental Status, Child Maintenance, Number in household, Presence of children in household, No. of children in household, Age of children in household
  • Geography: Country, Standard Region 4, Standard Region 11, Urban/Rural, Postcode Area (City), Lower Super Output Area.
  • Economics: Social Grade, Qualification level, Working status of respondent, household income, chief income earner (CIE), working status of CIE, Home tenure, main shopper, main supermarket, debit card/s, credit card/s.
  • Media: daily newspaper, Sunday newspaper, ITV station most watched.
  • Durables: no. of cars in household, TV, Satellite TV, Cable TV, Freeview, Freesat, Landline telephone, simple mobile phone, web mobile phone, video, DVD recorder, DVD player, personal computer, laptop PC, tablet PC, games console, MP3, DAB radio, DIG camera (ex phone).
  • Internet access: internet access – frequency, internet access – method, cable broadband, ADSL broadband, other broadband, non broadband, internet access – history.
  • Internet use: emails, info-requests, info-products, purchases – not groceries, grocery shopping, bank a/c & finances, job search, play games online, online gaming for money, download music, download movies, download/stream TV, online dating, VOIP, social networks/blogs, other.
  • Date: Year and month.
  • Survey: ID, Weight.

 
Selected metadata on variables and geographic coverage are included.
 

Variable Data Table Type Count # NA % NA # Categories Largest Category: First Largest Category: Second
Gender 2015 Categorical 87028 0 0 2 MALE: N=44255 / 50.9% FEMALE: N=42773 / 49.1%
Age_Group2 2015 Categorical 87028 0 0 10 20 to 29: N=15044 / 17.3% 50 to 60: N=13200 / 15.2%
Lifestage 2015 Categorical 87028 0 0 5 Post Family: N=44144 / 50.7% Family: N=25750 / 29.6%
Marital_Status 2015 Categorical 87028 0 0 8 MARRIED: N=39418 / 45.3% SINGLE: N=24612 / 28.3%
Parent_Y_N 2015 Categorical 87028 0 0 2 NO: N=63952 / 73.5% YES: N=23076 / 26.5%
Number_in_Household 2015 Categorical 87028 0 0 6 2: N=29704 / 34.1% 1: N=17730 / 20.4%
Children_in_Household 2015 Categorical 87028 0 0 10 NONE: N=61278 / 70.4% 1: N=11789 / 13.5%
Qualification 2015 Categorical 87028 0 0 9 BACHELOR DEGREE OR EQUIVA(..): N=18348 / 21.1% GCSE/O-LEVEL/CSE: N=16830 / 19.3%
Chief_Income_Earner 2015 Categorical 87028 0 0 2 YES: N=57120 / 65.6% NO: N=29908 / 34.4%
Social_Grade 2015 Categorical 87028 0 0 6 C1 - Social Grade: N=26427 / 30.4% C2 - Social Grade: N=17191 / 19.8%
Working_Status 2015 Categorical 87028 0 0 12 Full Time Job: N=28922 / 33.2% Retired: N=23515 / 27%
HH_Income 2015 Categorical 87028 0 0 17 REFUSED: N=19427 / 22.3% DO NOT KNOW: N=15595 / 17.9%
Household_Tenure 2015 Categorical 87028 0 0 6 Owned: N=29547 / 34% Bought on Mortgage: N=22444 / 25.8%
Year_Month 2015 Categorical 87028 0 0 12 Jul 15: N=12186 / 14% Aug 15: N=8364 / 9.61%
lsoa11 2015 Categorical 87028 986 1.13 9218 E01003495: N=166 / 0.193% E01003537: N=119 / 0.138%
Controller: 
University College London (UCL)
Additional Info: 
FieldValue

Temporal Scope

2008 - 2015

Minimum Temporal Unit

Month

Data and Resources

FieldValue
Modified
2024-02-22
Release Date
2019-12-01
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location
Great Britain
Granularity
LSOA; Month
Author
DataTalk
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