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UK Data Archive Study Number 5709 - Survey of English Housing, 2004-2005 SURVEY OF ENGLISH HOUSING 2004-05 SPSS DATABASES Geographical Coverage: England Period covered: April 2004 - March 2005 Files The data files each give the data at a particular level and are as follows. Database ADD04ESS.SAV HHD04ESS.SAV FUT04ESS.SAV IND04ESS.SAV TEN04ESS.SAV Level Address Household Family unit Person Tenancy group (Also available in Stata and tab-delimited formats). Linking of files A household level serial number (HHSERNO1) can be found on all of the above data files. A household is uniquely identified within an address by the variable HHOLD, which is found on all of the above data files, except ADD04ESS.SAV. A family unit is uniquely identified within a household by the variable AFAM, which is found on FUT04ESS.SAV and IND04ESS.SAV. A person is uniquely identified within a household, even across different family units, by PERSNO, which is found on IND04ESS.SAV. A tenancy group is uniquely identified within a household by TGNUM, which is found on TEN04ESS.SAV and IND04ESS.SAV (members of tenancy groups only). Household reference person From April 2001 the SEH in common with other Government surveys replaced the traditional concept of the "head of the household" by "household reference person". The household reference person is defined as "householder" (that is a person in whose name the accommodation is owned or rented) and in addition as the following: for households with joint householders, the person with the highest income; if two or more householders have exactly the same income, the older; for households with a sole householder, he or she is the household reference person. Thus the household reference person definition, unlike the old head of household definition, no longer gives automatic priority to male partners. 1

Grossing Data from the SEH should be produced grossed. The grossing factors convert numbers in the sample to numbers in the population in thousands, and allow for some groups being more likely to respond to the Survey than others. Tables should be grossed by H4B, unless they make use of tenancy group data when the grossing factor H4BT should be used. H4B is on HHD04ESS.SAV and TEN04ESS.SAV, H4BT is on TEN04ESS.SAV only. There are four stages of grossing which produce H4B. Only H4B and H4BT are included in this database. H4B, the final stage of the latest grossing, should be used for grossing household data. The tenancy group grossing factor H4BT corresponds to H4B, and should be used for tenancy group data. Documentation The following documentation is enclosed with the data. (Compiled into a multi-volume user guide at UKDA) Filename File type Description SEH04 Essex.doc Word This database guide to the SEH varlists04.xls Excel Lists of all the variables in each data set design04.doc Word Information on the sample design, data collection and response grossing04.doc Word Describes how the sample was grossed up for the estimated totals provided in the report and shows the effect this has on a number of key measures. Grossingtabs04.xls Excel Tables to support grossing04 samperror04.doc Word Gives the calculated standard errors, confidence intervals and design factors for certain characteristics and details the method used to estimate them. samptab1.xls Excel Tables to support samperror04 through to samptab6.xls questionnaire04.pdf Word Details all the questions and response categories in the survey divided into sections showing the general routings to each section defns04.pdf Word Details some crucial definitions for terms used in the survey and report dvspecs04.doc Word Derived variable specifications fieldinst04.doc Word Field instructions detailing the sample, terms/definitions used within the survey and important field procedures for the interviewers. questioninst04.doc Word Questionnaire instructions providing the background and structure of the survey followed by details of all the questions asked in the interview. showcards04.doc Word Interviewers showcards (2004-05) 2

Also, the SPSS variables utility gives information about individual variables on the dataset. Gross income (household level variables - on file H04ESS.SAV). Variable Persons Period Values GROSSHRP Hrp Annual Ungrouped WEEKHRP Hrp Weekly Ungrouped WEEKHRP1 Hrp Weekly Grouped JOINTINC Hrp&part Annual Ungrouped WEEKJNT Hrp&part Weekly Ungrouped WEEKJNT1 Hrp&part Weekly Grouped HYEARGR Household Annual Ungrouped HWEEKGR Household Weekly Ungrouped HWEEKGR1 Household Weekly Grouped Hrp stands for household reference person. Hrp&part for household reference person and partner; if there is no partner or the partner has no income, the income is that of the household reference person. The ungrouped values are in pounds. It should be noted that income is partly based on the midpoints of groups identified by the respondent and hence does not necessarily give an exact value. Please note that the variables JOINTINC, WEEKJNT and WEEKJNT1 includes the income of the household reference person and the partner of the household reference person, whether married or not, even though the word spouse occurs in the variable label. 3

Rent variables (Local Authority and housing association tenure) on HHD04ESS.SAV Use LRENTBH and LRENTAH, which give, in pounds a week, the rent of Local Authority and housing association tenants before and after Housing Benefit respectively. (LRENTBH1 and LRENTAH1 are grouped versions of these variables). Housing Benefit variables (Local Authority and housing association tenure) on HHD04ESS.SAV HBEN gives whether household receives Housing Benefit. LRENTBH-LRENTAH gives the amount received. To avoid problems with unknown data, when tabulating amount of Housing Benefit received, always filter for LRENTBH>=0 AND LRENTAH>=0 AND LRENTBH >= LRENTAH. The value of LRENTBH-LRENTAH (positive or zero) should not be used to determine whether the household receives Housing Benefit as there may be some households known to receive Housing Benefit but with LRENTBH or LRENTAH or both unknown. Gross rent variables ( tenancy group level) on TEN04ESS.SAV The useful variables for gross rent (rent before deduction of Housing Benefit) at tenancy group level for private renters are CRENT1 (pence a week) and CRENTGP1 (grouped). These should always be used as they exclude services, meals, water rates, sewerage rates and business rental. The other variables may include some element of these and hence should not normally be used. All the variables below give a weekly amount. Variable WRENT WRENT1 WRENTG Comments Unadjusted (pence) Unadjusted (pounds) Unadjusted (group) COMPRENT Excluding services, meals, water rates sewerage rates and business rental if known (pence) CRENT1 Excluding services, meals, water rates, sewerage rates and business rental (pence) (set to unknown (-1,000) if business rental unknown) CRENTGP1 Excluding services, meals, water rates, sewreage rates and business rental (grouped) (set to unknown (-1,000) if business rental unknown) Note. Care is required in dealing with missing values, e.g. CRENT1=-1000 probably means that the premises have unknown business rental. Housing Benefit variables (tenancy group level) on TEN04ESS.SAV For whether privately renting tenancy groups receive Housing Benefit, use PHBEN. For amount of Housing Benefit received, use HBAMT(pounds a week) or HBAMTP (pence a week). The value of HBAMT or HBAMTP (positive or zero) should not be used to determine whether any in a tenancy group receives Housing Benefit as there may be some groups known to receive Housing Benefit but with the amount unknown. 4

Net rent variables (tenancy group level) on TEN04ESS.SAV The variables on the database for net rent (rent after deduction of Housing Benefit) at tenancy group level for private renters are as follows. Variable Comments NETRENT Unadjusted (pence) CRENTNET Excluding services, meals, water rates, sewerage rates and business rental (pence) (set to unknown (-1,000) if business rental unknown) However, the use of the above variables is not recommended. The method used to calculate them was different from that used in 1998-99 and I think the earlier method should be used, as its method of dealing with "odd" cases is, I think, preferable. Net rent should be calculated as follows (calling the variable NRENT). Set NRENT to missing. DO IF CRENT1 GE 0 AND HBAMTP GE 0. COMPUTE NRENT=CRENT1-HBAMTP. IF (CRENT1 LT HBAMTP)NRENT=0. END IF. This method is consistent with the method used for the 1999-00 SEH report and for the database variable CRENTNET in 1998-99. As shown above, net rent should be set to zero for tenancy groups where CRENT1>=0 & HBAMTP>=0 & CRENT1<HBAMTP. Mortgage interest on HHD04ESS.SAV MORTN gives amount of mortgage payment in pounds a month. Please note that from 2004-05 MORTN is in pounds a month, whereas previously it was in pounds a week. Please note that from April 2000 there was no longer any Income Tax relief on mortgages. Satisfaction with landlord (HAS238N) (council or housing association households) on HHD04ESS.SAV This variable was given a new name (HAS238N instead of HAS238) from 2000-01 onwards because the wording of the question has been changed. Respondents were asked about satisfaction with housing services provided by landlord instead of satisfaction with landlord. The variable HAS238N exists for the entire period April 2004 - March 2005. Satisfaction with landlord (PHA238N) (privately renting tenancies) on TEN04ESS.SAV This variable was given a new name (PHA238N instead of PHA238) from 2000-01 onwards because the wording of the question has been changed. Respondents were asked about satisfaction with services provided by landlord instead of satisfaction with landlord. The variable PHA238N exists for the entire period April 2004 - March 2005. 5

Regional variables GOVREG2 (on ADD04ESS.SAV and HHD04ESS.SAV) should be used for Government Office Region (Merseyside is now part of the North West Government Office Region and GOVREG2 is coded accordingly). GOVREG1 (on HHD04ESS.SAV) gives Government Office region grouped. GOREG (on ADD04ESS.SAV and HHD04ESS.SAV) also gives Government Office Region but with separate codes for metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas and with Inner London coded separately from Outer London (the code for North West metropolitan covers both Greater Manchester and Merseyside). STAREGGB (on ADD04ESS.SAV and HHD04ESS.SAV) gives the old Standard Statistical Regions. Whether accommodation is furnished At household level, TENURE2 or FURN (both on HHD04ESS.SAV) gives this information for privately renting households. At tenancy group level, these variables will give this information for tenancy groups containing the household reference person and FURNPR (on TEN04ESS.SAV) for other tenancy groups. Note that FURNPR does not usually have a valid value if the tenancy group includes the household reference person. 6

Location of second home on HHD04ESS.SAV The locations of second homes in Great Britain are classified by county or country (variable WHSECH1-WHSECH10). The locations of second homes outside Great Britain are given by WHSECAB1 - WHSECAB7. Sample size Consideration always has to be given to the sample sizes involved, as data based on very small samples will not be meaningful. Hence, tabulations must not be too disaggregated or with too many dimensions. For example, as stated above, the sample sizes for an individual local authority are too small for meaningful data. Unknown and inconsistent data Problems can arise with unknown or inconsistent data. When using a variable, it may be necessary to filter out, or code as unknown, all cases except those with possible or reasonable values for the variable. In particular, it should be assumed that variables for which the value is an amount of money (ungrouped) have a known value only if greater than, or equal to, 0. In particular, such variables may have arbitrary negative codes, e.g. CRENT1=-1000 probably means that the premises have unknown business rental. Similar care may need to be taken when using two or more variables which could have inconsistent values e.g., as stated above, net rent should be set to zero (not negative) for tenancy groups where CRENT1>=0 & HBAMTP>=0 & CRENT1<HBAMTP. Robin Oliver Department for Communities and Local Government 20 June 2007 7

2004/5 Survey of English Housing Appendix B Survey design and response

Sample design The SEH sample is selected from the small user version of the postcode address file (PAF), i.e. the version that excludes large users such as businesses and institutions which receive a substantial volume of post. The PAF is the Post Office s list of all delivery points in the country and the small user PAF is the file of delivery points which receive fewer than 50 items of mail each day. (The addresses at which people live are smaller users in terms of postal delivery, but the small user PAF also includes non-residential addresses.) A two-stage sample design is used with postcode sectors, which are similar in size to wards, as the primary sampling units (PSUs). (See Appendix A for the definition of postcode sectors). The design involves both stratification and clustering. The first stratifier used was Government Office Region. Except in London a distinction was made between metropolitan areas (i.e. Metropolitan Districts and the Outer Metropolitan Area around London) and non-metropolitan areas, resulting in 16 regions as follows: 1 North East Metropolitan 2 North East Non-Metropolitan 3 North West Metropolitan 4 North West Non-Metropolitan 5 Yorkshire and Humberside Metropolitan 6 Yorkshire and Humberside Non-Metropolitan 7 East Midlands Non-Metropolitan 8 West Midlands Metropolitan 9 West Midlands Non-Metropolitan 10 South West Non-Metropolitan 11 Eastern Metropolitan 12 Eastern Non-Metropolitan 13 Inner London 14 Outer London 15 South East Metropolitan 16 South East Non-Metropolitan Within each region, postcode sectors were further stratified according to selected housing and economic indicators from the 2001 Census. Sectors were initially ranked according to the proportion of households in privately rented accommodation and six roughly equal sized (in terms of addresses) bands were created for each of the 16 regional strata. Within each of the 96 bands thus created, sectors were re-ranked according to the proportion of households living in local authority accommodation and two roughly equal sized bands were produced. The resulting 192 bands were similar in size, in terms of the number of addresses they contained. Finally, within each of the 192 bands, sectors were re-ranked according to the proportion of household reference persons in non-manual occupations (socio-economic groups 1 to 6 and 13). The stratification did not alter the sampling probabilities as the SEH does not sample disproportionately from strata, (so a sector in stratum 1 had the same chance of selection as a sector in, say, stratum 78). The stratification ensures that the sample is representative in terms of important subgroups, such as different regions and tenures. If the sample frame were not stratified in this way there would be a risk that by chance a particular subgroup

could be over or under-represented, for example the sample could predominantly cover the North of England, and under-represent the South. Once the stratification was carried out the first stage of sampling took place. This was to sample 1,176 sectors with probability proportional to the size of the sector (i.e. the number of addresses in that sector). This was done by taking the complete stratified list of all the postcode sectors in England and calculating the cumulative sum of the addresses down the list. The postcode sectors for the SEH are selected using list sampling, a sampling interval of N/1,176 is used, where N is the total number of addresses in England at the date when the sample is drawn (21,309,423 in early 2004). This gave a sampling interval, I, of 18,120. A random start, R, between 1 and 18,120 was taken and the 1,176 sectors were selected by taking those containing the R th address, the (R+I) th address, the (R+2I) th address and so on, working down the cumulative address total. So if the random start was 952 the sectors selected for SEH would be those containing the 952 nd address, the 19,072 nd address, the 37,192 nd address, and so on. Having selected 1,176 postcode sectors, 98 sectors were allocated to each month of the year so as to provide, as far as possible, a nationally representative sample each quarter. As the sectors were selected with probability proportional to size, the selection of an equal number of addresses per sector resulted in a sample with equal selection probabilities. This means that every address in England had the same probability of selection. Within each sector 25 addresses were selected using the same method as at the previous stage. A sampling interval of M/25 and a random start between 1 and M/25 was used, where M was the number of addresses in that sector. (As the probability that a sector was selected was M/I, where I was the sampling interval, the overall probability that an individual address was selected was [M/I] x [25/M] = [25/I] i.e. the product of the probability that a sector was selected, and the probability of selection of an address within the chosen sector.) The 25 selected addresses in each sector represented one interviewer assignment for one month. The total set sample size of the SEH is 29,400 addresses each year (25 addresses in 1,176 postcode sectors). The delivery point count for England at the time of the PSU selection was 21,309,423. The sampling fraction was therefore 29,400/21,309,423 = 1/725. (This can also be derived as 25/I, see previous paragraph, where I was 18,120.) There is a very low probability of an individual address being selected in two successive years (1 in 503,000) so that there is no need to take steps to exclude this outcome. Conversion of addresses to households Eight per cent of the sampled addresses were ineligible, most commonly because they were empty but addresses were also ineligible if they did not contain any private households (for example, institutions and addresses used solely for business purposes). Most of the remaining eligible addresses contained just one household. Where an address was multioccupied (i.e. occupied by more than one household), interviews were sought with all households at the address.

Table B1 The sample of addresses and households ADDRESSES Selected addresses 29 400 Ineligible addresses: Demolished or derelict 135 Non-residential address e.g. business 271 Address occupied, but no resident household, e.g. second home 177 Institution/communal establishment 47 Vacant/empty housing unit 1 529 Address not traced 37 Other ineligible 271 Total ineligible 2 467 Eligible addresses 26 933 HOUSEHOLDS Extra ineligible households identified at multi-household Addresses 96 Extra eligible households identified at multi-household addresses 409 Total effective sample of households 1 27 342 Non contact 1 395 Refusal 6 225 Other unproductive 1 326 Total number of households interviewed 18 396 Total number of households used for analysis 18 386 1 Eligible addresses plus extra eligible households (i.e. 26,933+409) Ten of the household interviews were not used in the analysis because their tenure was not known. Data collection Interviews took place week by week throughout the year beginning 12 April 2004 using computer assisted personal interview (CAPI). Interviews were sought with the household reference person or their spouse/partner at each household. In certain circumstances when the household reference person or spouse/partner was not available, an interview was conducted with another responsible adult (usually, though not necessarily, another household member). This was necessary in only 2 per cent of interviews. Interviewers working on the SEH form part of the Nat Cen field force. Before working on SEH, they attend a briefing session and are accompanied in the field by a supervisor.

3. Response Table B2 shows the response rate achieved among eligible households for England as a whole and for each Government Office Region. Overall, 5 per cent of households could not be contacted despite repeated attempts, 23 per cent refused to take part and 5 per cent were classified as unproductive for other reasons. Thus, overall, interviews were achieved with 67 per cent of eligible households. As in earlier years, the lowest response rate was achieved in London and the highest in the North East. At the co-operating households, 1,984 privately renting tenancy groups were identified. A private renter's interview was carried out with 1,930 tenancy groups, 97 per cent of those eligible. Table B2 Response by Government Office Region, 2004/5 Government Office Region Interview Non-contact Refusal Other unproductive Total percentages England 67 5 23 5 100 North East 76 3 19 2 100 North West 68 5 22 5 100 Yorkshire and the Humber 72 4 20 4 100 East Midlands 72 4 21 3 100 West Midlands 65 7 23 5 100 East 70 4 23 4 100 London 57 8 26 9 100 South East 67 5 24 4 100 South West 69 5 22 4 100

2004/5 Survey of English Housing Appendix C Grossing and weighting

As in previous years, results are presented in this report as estimated total numbers of households, and as percentages based on those numbers rather than directly on the sample numbers. This annex describes how the sample was grossed up to provide the estimated totals, and shows the effect on a number of key measures: tenure, household size, household type and economic status. Outline of the grossing and weighting The grossing and weighting method is the "cascade" method that has been used from 1994/5 onwards, and is very similar to the method developed for the Housing Trailer to the 1991 Labour Force Survey 1. The 1993/4 SEH was a little different, in that a special adjustment to LFS tenure and household size proportions was used 2. There are several stages. The first is to use the sampling fraction and response rate. Broadly, if the end result of sampling and non-response is that there is an interview for one in a thousand households, the grossing factor is one thousand. The initial grossing compensates for different response rates among households that were more or less difficult to find at home, measured by the number of calls needed to make contact. Households that were harder to contact receive a bigger grossing factor than those that were easier to contact (see "Sampling fraction and response rate" below). The remaining stages adjust the factors so that there is an exact match with population estimates, separately for males and females and for broad age groups. An important feature of the SEH grossing is that this is done by adjusting the factors for whole households, not by adjusting the factors for individuals. The population figures being matched are those for the household population and exclude people who are not covered by the SEH, that is those in bed-and-breakfast accommodation, hostels, residential care homes and other institutions. There is a final stage which applies only to private tenancy groups. This compensates for the small dropout between the main stage of the survey and the private renters module. The effect of grossing and weighting Tables C1 to C4 show the effects of grossing and weighting on a number of key household characteristics. The main points are: Tenure (Table C1) - the proportion of households renting privately was increased from 10.0% to 11.3%, a larger increase than in 2003/4. There was a fall in the proportion of outright owners, from 31.7% to 30.0%, a larger fall than in 2003/4. Household size (Table C2) - one person households increased from 26.5% to 28.3% while the proportion with four or more persons fell from 21.5% to 20.4%. Both changes were similar to those in 2003/4. Household type (Table C3) - apart from one person households, the largest effect was on couples with dependent children, reduced from 23.2% to 21.8%, a very slightly larger change than in 2003/4. The proportion of lone parent households with dependent children was also reduced, from 6.9% to 6.8%, the amount of the decrease being smaller than in 2003/4.

Employment status of household reference person (Table C4) - grossing increased the proportion of household reference persons in full time employment from 52.1% to 54.0%, a considerably larger increase than in 2003/4. The proportion of retired people was reduced from 28.0% to 26.2%, a larger decrease than in 2003-04.. [Insert Tables C1-C4] The stages of grossing and weighting The outline above described the stages briefly. In order, they were as follows. Sampling fraction and response rate 1. Calculate factors from the sampling fraction and response rates. Response rates were calculated separately according to the number of calls needed to make contact. Hard to contact households who do, eventually, give an interview tend to be different from those found more easily. In particular they are more likely to be private renters and to be small households. Response rates fall as the number of calls needed to make contact (or for the interviewer to conclude that contact will not be made) increases. The effect, therefore, is to give a higher grossing factor to the households interviewed only after many calls. To avoid random effects due to small sample size, numbers of calls were grouped into four ranges: 1 or 2 3 4 or 5 6 or more. Age composition of the household 2. Calculate correction factors to achieve an exact match with ONS figures for the population by age group. The figures include only people in the private household population, excluding those in institutions. The method employs household types defined in terms of the youngest person in the household. It starts with all households with children under 5. The correction factor for these households is simply the number of children in the population aged under 5 divided by the initial estimate from the previous stage of grossing. The next step is to deal with households with children aged 5 to 15 but none younger. Their correction factor gets the number of children aged 5 to 15 right, after allowing for those in households with younger children, whose numbers were fixed in the first step. The method proceeds up the age ranges in similar fashion. A refinement from age 20 upward is to introduce a further division, into households that consist of people in the youngest age group only and those with older persons. The aim is to correct for the underrepresentation in the sample of young adults in households consisting only of young adults, relative to young adults still living in the parental home or with their own children. From age 30 upwards, the age groups are broad (30 to 44, for example) as response does not vary rapidly with age at ages above 30. The method is described more fully in reference 1. Age and sex

3. Calculate correction factors to get the numbers of each sex right within each age group. In the young adult and the middle aged groups there are too few men and two many women, both in the original sample and in the estimates resulting from the first two stages of grossing. The method still keeps to household factors. Households are again allocated to types based on the age of the youngest person in the household but this time based also on whether the people in the youngest age group are all male, all female or there are members of both sexes. The method proceeds up the age ranges as for the previous stage. No adjustment is made to households with children up to age 15 (correction factor 1.0). No adjustment is made, either, to households with both males and females in the youngest age group. Factors are calculated for households with all males or all females in the youngest age group to give an exact match with the population figures for the age group by sex. Region 4. Finally, calculate correction factors to give an exact match with the total population figures in each region, with the metropolitan areas in each region treated as separate regions and Inner London treated separately from Outer London. The factors correct for response rates that are lower in some regions than in others. Response rates are lower in London, and especially in Inner London. Private tenancy groups 5. A small percentage (less than 5%) of the tenancy groups identified in the household interview do not provide a useable interview. Uplifts are therefore applied to the grossing factors used for tenancy group tables (but not for privately renting households). Nearly all of the loss of tenancy groups after a successful household interview comes from lodgers forming part of their landlord's household, and from tenancy groups in multi-tenancy households. These two groups together are therefore given a higher uplift factor than the other groups. References 1. Department of the Environment. Housing in England: Housing Trailers to the 1988 and 1991 Labour Force Surveys. HMSO, 1993. 2. Hazel Green and Jacqui Hansbro. Housing in England 1993/94. HMSO, 1995

2004/5 Survey of English Housing Appendix D Sampling errors 1

Sources of error in surveys Like all estimates based on samples, the results of the SEH are subject to various possible sources of error. The total error in a survey estimate is the difference between the estimate derived from the data collected and the (unknown) true value for the population. The total error can be divided into two main types: systematic error and random error. Systematic error, or bias, covers those sources of error which will not average to zero over repeats of the survey. Bias may occur, for example, if certain sections of the population are omitted from the sampling frame, if non-respondents to the survey have different characteristics to respondents, or if interviewers systematically influence responses in one way or another. When carrying out a survey, substantial efforts are put into the avoidance of systematic errors but it is possible that some may still occur. The most important component of random error is sampling error, which is the error that arises because the estimate is based on a sample survey rather than a full census of the population. The results obtained for any single sample may, by chance, vary from the true values for the population but the variation would be expected to average to zero over a number of repeats of the survey. The amount of variation depends on the size of the sample and the sample design and weighting method. Random error may also arise from other sources, such as variation in the informant s interpretation of the questions, or interviewer variation. Efforts are made to minimise these effects through interviewer training and through pilot work. Confidence intervals Although the estimate produced from a sample survey will rarely be identical to the population value, statistical theory allows us to measure the accuracy of any survey result. The standard error can be estimated from the values obtained for the sample and this allows calculation of confidence intervals which give an indication of the range in which the true population value is likely to fall. This report gives the 95% confidence intervals around selected survey estimates. The interval is calculated as 1.96 times the standard error on either side of the estimated percentage or mean since, under a normal distribution, 95% of values lie within 1.96 standard errors of the mean value. If it were possible to repeat the survey under the same conditions many times, 95% of these confidence intervals would contain the population value. This does not guarantee that the intervals calculated for any particular sample will contain the population values but, when assessing the results of a single survey, it is usual to assume that there is only a 5% chance that the true population value falls outside the 95% confidence interval calculated for the survey estimate. 2

Confidence intervals for percentages and means The 95% confidence interval for a sample percentage estimate, p, is given by the formula: p ± 1. 96 se ( p) where se (p) represents the standard error of the percentage estimate. For results based on a simple random sample (srs), which has no clustering or stratification or weighting, estimating standard errors is straightforward. In the case of a percentage, the standard error is based on the percentage itself (p) and the subsample size (n): ( p) = p( 100 p) n se / When, as in the case of the SEH, the sample design is not simple random, the standard error needs to be multiplied by a design factor (deft). The design factor is the ratio of the standard error with a complex sample design to the standard error that would have been achieved with a simple random sample of the same size. The 95% confidence interval for a percentage from the SEH is therefore calculated as: (1) p ± 1.96 deft p( 1 p) n The 95% confidence interval for a mean (x) is given by: (2) x ± 1.96 deft var( x) n The standard errors (taking account of sample design and weights), design factors and 95% confidence intervals for selected percentages and means estimated from the SEH are given in Tables D1-D2 for households and D4-D5 for private renters tenancy groups. The errors shown are for weighted data. Confidence intervals for grossed estimates Tables D3 and D6 shows sampling errors for selected grossed estimates for households and tenancy groups respectively. The gross number of households of a particular type (g) can be represented by: g = c n N where c = the number of households of a particular type in the sample n = the total sample size N = the total number of households in England As explained in Appendix C, the SEH sample was grossed to population totals so that there is no sampling error associated with N. The sampling error of the grossed estimate (g) can therefore be represented by the error associated with (c/n), that is, the proportion of such households in the sample. The standard errors and confidence intervals for the grossed 3

estimate can therefore be calculated simply by multiplying the corresponding errors for the percentage estimates by the weighted sample total. The above method has been used to derive the errors for grossed estimates based on the full sample. For estimates based on subsamples (including tenancy groups), a slight refinement has to be applied because the weighted number of households in the subsample is not fixed by population figures. The characteristic has first to be expressed as a percentage of the total sample and then the method above can be applied. How to estimate sampling errors for other characteristics For percentages based on the full sample of households, standard errors can be estimated using formula (1) 1. The sample size n is the unweighted sample total, 18 386. The design factor should be the factor for a variable in Table D1 or D2 which is likely to be clustered in the same way. Errors for grossed estimates can be calculated using the method described above. For estimates based on subsamples, the summary tables show unweighted subsample sizes for selected characteristics or an approximation is given by the number of thousands in the corresponding cell in the tables. The design factor could be taken as the factor for a similar characteristic. However, design factors for characteristics based on subsamples are generally smaller than those for characteristics based on the total sample. Therefore, if the design factor for the characteristic is close to 1.0, it is probably sufficient to use the SRS standard error for estimates based on a subsample. 1 There is no simple method for users to make their own estimates of the sampling errors of means. 4

Table D1 Sampling errors using weighted data: Percentages Households Characteristic Unweighted Percentage Standard 95% CI Design base error 1 factor number percentage number Household type One person households 18,384 28.3 0.41 27.5 29.1 1.22 Tenure Owner occupied 18,384 70.0 0.54 68.9 71.1 1.60 All social renters 18,384 18.7 0.46 17.8 19.6 1.60 Rented from Council or New Town 11.4 0.39 10.6 12.2 1.68 Rented from Housing Association 7.3 0.29 6.7 7.8 1.53 Private renters 18,384 11.3 0.36 10.6 12.0 1.54 Rented privately unfurnished 8.2 0.27 7.65 8.70 1.32 Rented privately furnished 3.1 0.22 2.69 3.57 1.74 Type of Accommodation 18,382 House, detached 22.4 0.54 21.33 23.45 1.76 House, semi-detached 32.8 0.55 31.73 33.91 1.60 House, Terrace 26.8 0.57 25.68 27.91 1.75 Flat or Maisonette, purpose built 12.6 0.36 11.85 13.26 1.47 Flat or maisonette, conversion 4.1 0.30 3.55 4.72 2.03 Number of storeys 18,382 Three 10.9 0.36 10.21 11.60 1.54 Four 3.0 0.19 2.66 3.42 1.53 Five to nine 1.5 0.19 1.16 1.90 2.08 Ten or more 0.8 0.10 0.57 0.96 1.56 Ethnic Group of head of household 18,372 White 91.6 0.37 90.88 92.32 1.80 Black caribbean 1.2 0.11 0.99 1.42 1.37 Indian 1.7 0.16 1.39 2.02 1.70 Pakistani or Bangladeshi 1.1 0.12 0.88 1.36 1.59 Other or mixed 4.4 0.22 3.94 4.79 1.44 Economic status within tenure 18,384 Owner occupiers 13,079 % HRPs in employment 68.2 0.47 67.3 69.1 1.15 % HRPs unemployed 0.7 0.08 0.5 0.8 1.04 % HRPs economically inactive 31.1 0.47 30.2 32.0 1.16 Council tenants 2,102 % HRPs in employment 32.2 1.09 30.1 34.4 1.06 % HRPs unemployed 7.8 0.66 6.6 9.1 1.12 % HRPs economically inactive 59.9 1.17 57.6 62.2 1.09 HA tenants 1,348 % HRPs in employment 32.7 1.34 30.0 35.3 1.05 % HRPs unemployed 5.9 0.70 4.5 7.3 1.09 % HRPs economically inactive 61.5 1.37 58.8 64.1 1.03 Private renters 1,841 % HRPs in employment 67.5 1.35 64.8 70.1 1.24 % HRPs unemployed 5.0 0.71 3.6 6.4 1.40 % HRPs economically inactive 27.5 1.26 25.1 30.0 1.21 Marital status within tenure 18,384 Owner occupiers 13,086 % HRPs married or cohabiting 68.6 0.45 67.7 69.5 1.10 % HRPs single and never married 10.9 0.34 10.3 11.6 1.23 % HRPs widowed 10.6 0.28 10.0 11.1 1.05 % HRPs divorced or separated 9.9 0.28 9.3 10.4 1.07 Council tenants 2,106 % HRPs married or cohabiting 34.4 1.05 32.4 36.5 1.01 % HRPs single and never married 23.6 1.03 21.6 25.6 1.11 % HRPs widowed 18.9 0.95 17.0 20.8 1.11

% HRPs divorced or separated 23.1 0.94 21.2 24.9 1.03 HA tenants 1,349 % HRPs married or cohabiting 30.2 1.30 27.7 32.7 1.04 % HRPs single and never married 27.1 1.42 24.3 29.9 1.17 % HRPs widowed 19.7 1.10 17.5 21.8 1.01 % HRPs divorced or separated 23.0 1.17 20.7 25.3 1.02 Private renters 1,843 % HRPs married or cohabiting 42.3 1.44 39.5 45.1 1.25 % HRPs single and never married 38.1 1.58 35.0 41.2 1.40 % HRP's widowed 5.8 0.54 4.7 6.8 0.99 % HRPs divorced or separated 13.8 0.88 12.1 15.6 1.09 Household composition within tenure 18,384 Owner occupiers 13,086 % Couple, no children 43.9 0.46 43.0 44.8 1.05 % Couple with children 24.1 0.41 23.3 24.9 1.09 % Lone parent 3.5 0.17 3.1 3.8 1.07 % Large adult group 5.0 0.20 4.6 5.4 1.04 % One male 10.1 0.31 9.5 10.7 1.16 % One female 13.4 0.33 12.8 14.0 1.10 % One single adult 23.5 0.40 22.7 24.3 1.09 Council tenants 2,106 % Couple, no children 18.6 0.88 16.9 20.4 1.04 % Couple with children 14.7 0.82 13.1 16.3 1.06 % Lone parent 17.1 0.82 15.5 18.7 1.00 % Large adult group 8.4 0.66 7.1 9.7 1.09 % One male 17.3 0.94 15.5 19.2 1.14 % One female 23.9 0.99 21.9 25.8 1.06 % One single adult 41.2 1.18 38.9 43.5 1.10 HA tenants 1,349 % Couple, no children 15.2 0.96 13.3 17.1 0.99 % Couple with children 14.6 1.01 12.6 16.6 1.05 % Lone parent 18.1 1.11 15.9 20.2 1.06 % Large adult group 7.5 0.75 6.0 9.0 1.05 % One male 18.6 1.22 16.3 21.0 1.15 % One female 26.0 1.27 23.5 28.5 1.06 % One single adult 44.6 1.42 41.9 47.4 1.05 Private renters 1,843 % Couple, no children 27.1 1.13 24.8 29.3 1.09 % Couple with children 14.9 0.91 13.2 16.7 1.10 % Lone parent 9.7 0.73 8.3 11.2 1.06 % Large adult group 13.6 0.95 11.7 15.4 1.19 % One male 19.2 1.18 16.8 21.5 1.29 % One female 15.5 0.96 13.6 17.4 1.14 % One single adult 34.7 1.39 31.9 37.4 1.25 Movers HRPs resident less than 1 year 18,384 10.9 0.30 10.3 11.5 1.32 New HRPs 889 % Owner occupiers 45.0 2.05 41.0 49.0 1.23 % Council or New Town tenants 12.5 1.24 10.1 15.0 1.12 % Housing association tenants 10.4 1.09 8.3 12.5 1.06 % Rented privately unfurnished 19.1 1.47 16.2 22.0 1.12 % Rented privately furnished 13.0 1.81 9.5 16.5 1.60 Existing HRPs 5,522 % Owner occupiers 57.3 0.89 55.5 59.0 1.33 % Council or New Town tenants 11.4 0.57 10.2 12.5 1.33 % Housing association tenants 8.7 0.46 7.8 9.6 1.20 % Rented privately unfurnished 16.3 0.62 15.1 17.5 1.25 % Rented privately furnished 6.4 0.50 5.4 7.3 1.51 Received housing benefit for last rent 3,437 All social rented sector tenants 61.2 1.28 58.7 63.8 1.07 Council tenants 61.9 1.14 59.7 64.1 1.07 Housing association tenants 60.6 1.43 57.8 63.4 1.07 1 Complex standard error taking account of sample design and weighting

Table D2 Sampling errors using weighted data: means Households Characteristic Unweighted 95% CI Mean Standard Design base error 1 factor number per week number Rent after Housing Benefit All social rented sector tenants 3,121 29 31 30 1 1.15 Council tenants 26 30 28 1 1.17 Housing association tenants 31 35 33 1 1.10 All private renters 1,728 90 101 95 3 1.34 in unfurnished accommodation 85 95 90 3 1.18 in furnished accommodation 98 121 110 6 1.29 Rent before Housing Benefit All social rented sector tenants 2,847 61 64 62 1 1.13 Council tenants 57 60 59 1 1.16 Housing association tenants 66 70 68 1 1.12 All private renters 1,494 107 119 113 3 1.35 in unfurnished accommodation 100 112 106 3 1.19 in furnished accommodation 118 142 130 6 1.36 Weekly housing benefit All social rented sector tenants 1,678 54 57 56 1 1.04 Council tenants 51 55 53 1 1.11 Housing association tenants 57 62 59 1 1.00 All private renters 329 71 81 76 3 0.91 in unfurnished accommodation 72 82 77 3 0.82 in furnished accommodation 58 87 72 7 1.36 Mortgage payment per week 6,071 108 114 111 2 1.28 number Number in household 18,384 2 2 2 0 1.17 Rooms per person Owners 18,372 3 3 3 0 1.16 Social renters 2 3 2 0 1.18 Private renters 2 3 2 0 1.17 1 Complex standard error taking account of sample design and weighting

Table D3 Sampling errors using weighted data: Grossed up figures Households Characteristic Unweighted Estimated Standard 95% CI Design base Total error 1 factor number thousands number Household type One person households 18,384 5,872 84 5,707 6,038 1.22 Tenure Owner occupied 18,384 14,519 112 14,298 14,739 1.60 All social renters 18,384 3,876 95 3,689 4,062 1.60 Rented from Council or New Town 2,369 82 2,209 2,529 1.68 Rented from Housing Association 1,507 61 1,388 1,626 1.53 Private renters 18,384 2,346 75 2,200 2,492 1.54 Rented privately unfurnished 1,696 56 1,587 1,805 1.32 Rented privately furnished 650 46 558 741 1.74 Type of Accommodation 18,382 House, detached 4,644 112 4,424 4,863 1.76 House, semi-detached 6,806 115 6,581 7,031 1.60 House, Terrace 5,557 118 5,325 5,788 1.75 Flat or Maisonette, purpose built 2,603 74 2,458 2,749 1.47 Flat or maisonette, conversion 857 62 736 978 2.03 Number of storeys 18,382 Three 2,262 74 2,117 2,406 1.54 Four 630 40 552 709 1.53 Five to nine 317 39 241 394 2.08 Ten or more 159 21 118 200 1.56 Ethnic Group of head of household 18,372 White 18,986 76 18,837 19,136 1.80 Black caribbean 250 23 205 295 1.37 Indian 354 34 288 420 1.70 Pakistani or Bangladeshi 232 26 182 282 1.59 Other or mixed 905 45 817 993 1.44 Economic status within tenure 18,384 Owner occupiers 13,079 % HRPs in employment 10,084 69 9,948 10,220 1.15 % HRPs unemployed 103 11 81 125 1.04 % HRPs economically inactive 4,599 69 4,463 4,735 1.16 Council tenants 2,102 % HRPs in employment 677 23 633 722 1.06 % HRPs unemployed 165 14 138 192 1.12 % HRPs economically inactive 1,260 25 1,212 1,308 1.09 HA tenants 1,348 % HRPs in employment 492 20 453 532 1.05 % HRPs unemployed 89 11 68 109 1.09 % HRPs economically inactive 926 21 886 967 1.03 Private renters 1,841 % HRPs in employment 1,583 32 1,521 1,645 1.24 % HRPs unemployed 117 17 84 149 1.40 % HRPs economically inactive 646 30 588 704 1.21 Marital status within tenure 18,384 Owner occupiers 13,086 % HRPs married or cohabiting 10,144 66 10,014 10,274 1.10 % HRPs single and never married 1,618 50 1,520 1,715 1.23 % HRPs widowed 1,563 42 1,482 1,645 1.05 % HRPs divorced or separated 1,460 41 1,380 1,541 1.07 Council tenants 2,106 % HRPs married or cohabiting 723 22 680 767 1.01 % HRPs single and never married 497 22 454 539 1.11 % HRPs widowed 397 20 358 436 1.11 % HRPs divorced or separated 485 20 446 523 1.03

HA tenants 1,349 % HRPs married or cohabiting 455 20 417 493 1.04 % HRPs single and never married 408 21 366 450 1.17 % HRPs widowed 297 17 264 329 1.01 % HRPs divorced or separated 347 18 313 382 1.02 Private renters 1,843 % HRPs married or cohabiting 992 34 926 1,058 1.25 % HRPs single and never married 894 37 821 967 1.40 % HRP's widowed 136 13 111 160 0.99 % HRPs divorced or separated 325 21 284 365 1.09 Household composition within tenure 18,384 Owner occupiers 13,086 % Couple, no children 6,496 67 6,363 6,628 1.05 % Couple with children 3,558 60 3,440 3,677 1.09 % Lone parent 514 25 464 564 1.07 % Large adult group 743 29 686 801 1.04 % One male 1,493 45 1,404 1,581 1.16 % One female 1,981 48 1,886 2,076 1.10 % One single adult 3,474 60 3,357 3,591 1.09 Council tenants 2,106 % Couple, no children 392 18 355 428 1.04 % Couple with children 308 17 275 342 1.06 % Lone parent 360 17 326 394 1.00 % Large adult group 177 14 150 204 1.09 % One male 364 20 325 403 1.14 % One female 501 21 461 542 1.06 % One single adult 866 25 817 914 1.10 HA tenants 1,349 % Couple, no children 229 15 201 258 0.99 % Couple with children 220 15 191 250 1.05 % Lone parent 272 17 239 305 1.06 % Large adult group 113 11 90 135 1.05 % One male 281 18 245 317 1.15 % One female 392 19 354 429 1.06 % One single adult Private renters 1,843 % Couple, no children 635 27 583 687 1.09 % Couple with children 351 21 309 392 1.10 % Lone parent 228 17 195 262 1.06 % Large adult group 319 22 275 362 1.19 % One male 449 28 395 504 1.29 % One female 364 23 319 408 1.14 % One single adult 813 33 749 877 1.25 Movers HRPs resident less than 1 year 18,384 2,267 63 2,144 2,390 1.32 New HRPs 889 % Owner occupiers 528 24 481 575 1.23 % Council or New Town tenants 147 15 119 176 1.12 % Housing association tenants 122 13 97 147 1.06 % Rented privately unfurnished 224 17 190 258 1.12 % Rented privately furnished 153 21 111 194 1.60 Existing HRPs 5,522 % Owner occupiers 3,694 57 3,582 3,806 1.33 % Council or New Town tenants 732 36 661 804 1.33 % Housing association tenants 561 29 504 619 1.20 % Rented privately unfurnished 1,052 40 973 1,130 1.25 % Rented privately furnished 411 32 348 473 1.51 Received housing benefit for last rent 3,437 All social rented sector tenants 2,360 49 2,263 2,457 1.07 Council tenants 1,465 27 1,412 1,518 1.07 Housing association tenants 1,433 34 1,367 1,499 1.07 1 Complex standard error taking account of sample design and weighting

Table D4 Sampling errors using weighted data: percentages Private tenancies Characteristic Unweighted Percentage Standard 95% CI Design base error 1 factor number percentage number Type of tenancy 1,930 Assured 10.1 0.82 8.5 11.7 1.20 Assured shorthold 62.7 1.48 59.8 65.6 1.34 All Assured and Assured shorthold tenancies 72.8 1.40 70.1 75.5 1.38 Regulated, registered 2.3 0.35 1.6 3.0 1.03 Regulated, non registered 2.7 0.34 2.0 3.3 0.93 All Regulated 5.0 0.50 4.0 6.0 1.01 Not accessible to the public, pays rent 6.8 0.91 5.0 8.6 1.59 Not accessible to the public, rent free 7.4 0.64 6.1 8.6 1.07 All tenancies not accessible to the public 14.2 1.06 12.1 16.3 1.33 Resident landlord 7.3 1.02 5.3 9.3 1.71 No security 0.7 0.23 0.2 1.1 1.25 Resident landlord and no security 8.0 1.03 6.0 10.0 1.67 Type of property Assured and Assured shorthold tenancies 1,394 Detached house 5.2 0.59 4.0 6.3 1.00 Semi-detached house 18.5 1.23 16.1 20.9 1.18 Terraced house 33.4 1.55 30.4 36.5 1.23 Flat, purpose built 19.9 1.31 17.3 22.4 1.22 Flat, other 22.7 1.72 19.3 26.0 1.53 Other/business 0.3 0.15 0.1 0.6 0.94 Regulated 113 Detached house 27.3 4.38 18.7 35.9 1.04 Semi-detached house 20.5 3.83 13.0 28.0 1.01 Terraced house 28.0 4.43 19.4 36.7 1.04 Flat, purpose built 15.3 4.05 7.3 23.2 1.19 Flat, other 6.9 2.71 1.6 12.2 1.13 Other/business 1.9 1.39 0.0 4.6 1.07 Tenancies not accessible to the public 298 Detached house 16.9 2.47 12.1 21.7 1.13 Semi-detached house 26.4 3.09 20.3 32.4 1.21 Terraced house 28.9 2.98 23.1 34.8 1.13 Flat, purpose built 14.8 2.38 10.1 19.5 1.16 Flat, other 11.0 2.37 6.3 15.6 1.30 Other/business 2.0 0.85 0.4 3.7 1.04 Resident landlord and no security 125 Detached house 8.5 3.40 1.9 15.2 1.35 Semi-detached house 24.3 5.66 13.2 35.4 1.47 Terraced house 23.9 4.16 15.7 32.0 1.09 Flat, purpose built 13.2 3.69 6.0 20.4 1.21 Flat, other 30.2 6.06 18.3 42.0 1.47 Other/business 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.00 Family composition Assured and Assured shorthold tenancies 1,394 1 adult aged 16-59 31.3 1.65 28.1 34.5 1.33 2 adults aged 16-59 26.6 1.34 24.0 29.3 1.13 Couple with dependent child(ren) 13.4 0.93 11.5 15.2 1.02 Lone parent with dependent child(ren) 9.6 0.81 8.0 11.2 1.02 Large mainly adult 12.3 1.04 10.2 14.3 1.19 2 adults at least one 60 or over 2.3 0.38 1.6 3.1 0.93 1 adult 60 or over 4.4 0.57 3.3 5.6 1.03 Regulated 113 1 adult aged 16-59 4.5 1.97 0.6 8.4 1.00 2 adults aged 16-59 10.8 3.14 4.6 16.9 1.07 Couple with dependent child(ren) 6.7 2.25 2.3 11.1 0.95 Lone parent with dependent child(ren) 0.8 0.80 0.0 2.4 0.95 Large mainly adult 14.5 3.33 8.0 21.1 1.00 2 adults at least one 60 or over 26.6 4.21 18.3 34.8 1.01 1 adult 60 or over 36.1 4.62 27.1 45.2 1.02

Tenancies not accessible to the public 298 1 adult aged 16-59 27.8 3.66 20.6 34.9 1.41 2 adults aged 16-59 18.8 2.49 13.9 23.7 1.10 Couple with dependent child(ren) 22.6 3.01 16.7 28.5 1.24 Lone parent with dependent child(ren) 1.9 0.72 0.5 3.3 0.91 Large mainly adult 8.1 1.65 4.9 11.3 1.04 2 adults at least one 60 or over 7.6 1.52 4.6 10.6 0.99 1 adult 60 or over 13.2 2.05 9.2 17.2 1.04 Resident landlord and no security 125 1 adult aged 16-59 67.1 5.69 56.0 78.3 1.35 2 adults aged 16-59 14.0 4.41 5.4 22.6 1.41 Couple with dependent child(ren) 2.1 1.33 0.0 4.7 1.02 Lone parent with dependent child(ren) 3.0 1.41 0.3 5.8 0.92 Large mainly adult 2.5 1.29 0.0 5.1 0.92 2 adults at least one 60 or over 1.8 1.05 0.0 3.8 0.89 1 adult 60 or over 9.4 2.47 4.6 14.3 0.94 Type's characteristics Assured and Assured shorthold tenancies 1,394 Men under 30 23.4 1.48 20.5 26.3 1.31 Women under 30 19.5 1.25 17.0 22.0 1.18 Men 30-59 31.1 1.50 28.2 34.0 1.21 Women 30-59 18.6 1.15 16.4 20.9 1.10 Men 60 or over 3.9 0.50 2.9 4.9 0.96 Women 60 or over 3.5 0.50 2.5 4.5 1.02 Regulated 113 Men under 30 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.00 Women under 30 1.0 1.04-1.0 3.1 1.08 Men 30-59 20.7 4.08 12.7 28.7 1.06 Women 30-59 10.1 2.76 4.7 15.5 0.97 Men 60 or over 35.3 4.51 26.5 44.2 1.00 Women 60 or over 32.8 4.42 24.1 41.5 1.00 Tenancies not accessible to the public 298 Men under 30 17.9 2.78 12.5 23.4 1.25 Women under 30 8.9 2.01 5.0 12.8 1.22 Men 30-59 41.4 3.29 34.9 47.8 1.15 Women 30-59 10.5 1.96 6.7 14.3 1.10 Men 60 or over 8.8 1.63 5.6 11.9 0.99 Women 60 or over 12.5 2.05 8.5 16.5 1.07 Resident landlord and no security 125 Men under 30 26.9 3.87 19.3 34.5 0.97 Women under 30 21.6 4.61 12.5 30.6 1.25 Men 30-59 28.5 4.28 20.1 36.8 1.06 Women 30-59 11.9 3.04 5.9 17.8 1.05 Men 60 or over 7.0 2.21 2.7 11.3 0.97 Women 60 or over 4.2 1.52 1.2 7.2 0.85 Employment status Assured and Assured shorthold tenancies 1,394 Working full-time 59.2 1.61 56.1 62.4 1.23 Working part-time 9.4 0.85 7.8 11.1 1.08 Unemployed 5.6 0.73 4.2 7.0 1.19 Retired 5.3 0.58 4.1 6.4 0.97 Other inactive 20.5 1.38 17.8 23.2 1.28 Regulated 113 Working full-time 27.4 4.08 19.4 35.4 0.97 Working part-time 8.5 2.75 3.1 13.9 1.04 Unemployed 0.9 0.85-0.8 2.5 0.98 Retired 49.5 4.50 40.7 58.3 0.95 Other inactive 13.7 3.44 6.9 20.4 1.06 Tenancies not accessible to the public 297 Working full-time 61.8 3.79 54.4 69.3 1.34 Working part-time 8.6 1.80 5.0 12.1 1.11 Unemployed 1.6 0.99-0.3 3.6 1.35 Retired 15.1 2.26 10.7 19.6 1.08 Other inactive 12.8 2.63 7.6 18.0 1.36 Resident landlord and no security 125 Working full-time 56.6 5.97 44.9 68.3 1.34 Working part-time 6.9 2.55 1.9 11.9 1.12 Unemployed 9.4 6.40-3.2 21.9 2.44 Retired 6.5 2.08 2.4 10.6 0.94 Other inactive 20.7 5.09 10.7 30.6 1.40 1 Complex standard error taking account of sample design and weighting