Location in the United Kingdom of the Household of the Individual (please calculate three-year averages

Field: Location in the United Kingdom of the Household of the Individual (please calculate three-year averages - click on i for the correct method)

Description

Location in the United Kingdom of the household of the individual , as reported by FRS respondents.

PLEASE ENSURE THAT ALL ESTIMATES ARE PRESENTED AS THREE-YEAR AVERAGES - SEE QUALITY STATEMENT FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Classification

Applicable to: All Individuals

Great Britain:

England

North East (E12000001)
North West (E12000002)
Yorkshire and the Humber (E12000003)
East Midlands (E12000004)
West Midlands (E12000005)
East (E12000006)
London (E12000007)

London (E12000007) (Inner and Outer London split not avaialble before 1997/98)
Inner London (E12000007)
Outer London (E12000007)

South East (E12000008)
South West (E12000009)

Wales
Scotland

Northern Ireland

Total number of United Kingdom categories: 2

Total number of Country categories: 4

Total number of Region categories: 13

Total number of London categories: 3

Quality Statement

Location analysis must be presented as three-year averages, as single-year estimates are considered too volatile. Although the FRS sample is large enough to allow some analysis to be performed at a country level, it should be noted that no adjustment has been made for regional cost of living differences, as the necessary data are not available. In the analysis here it is therefore assumed that there is no difference in the cost of living between countries, although the AHC measure will partly take into account differences in housing costs.

To calculate a three-year average, output estimates for at least three consecutive financial years:

For numbers - these can be outputted for all years in one table.
For percentages - please output one year at a time in a table (as outputting several years may result in incorrect percentage groupings).

Click on 'Financial Year', tick the required year and add to column. To remove the latest financial year, go to 'Financial Year', tick on the latest year and then select 'Remove' at the top. This should leave just the required financial year.

Alternatively, output several years as numbers in a table and manually calculate the percentages for each year separately in Excel. From this, three year averages can be calculated as below.

An example calculation is:

Year 1 estimate = 120,000

Year 2 estimate = 145,000

Year 3 estimate = 110,000

Three-year average estimate (Year 1 to Year 3) = (Year 1 estimate + Year 2 estimate + Year 3 estimate)/3 = (120,000 + 145,000 + 110,000)/3 = 125,000

Data relating to 2020/21 is not available in Stat Xplore due to data quality concerns affecting many of the HBAI estimates calculated below UK (headline) level for that year. Further details can be found in the technical report which accompanied the release of the 2020/21 statistics. This report details the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the size and composition of the FRS sample.

All rolling three-year averages calculated and published for any period including 2020/21 are based on the remaining two available data points only. Therefore:

When calculating 2018/19 to 2020/21 estimates, please calculate a two-year average using 2018/19 and 2019/20 estimates.
When calculating 2019/20 to 2021/22 estimates, please calculate a two-year average using 2019/20 and 2021/22 estimates.
When calculating 2020/21 to 2022/23 estimates, please calculate a two-year average using 2021/22 and 2022/23 estimates.

See the User Guide for a worked example here.

Analysis at geographies below the regional level is not available from this data. Please see the Children in Low-Income Families publication for local level geographies.

Further information can be found in the HBAI Quality and Methodology Report here.