Household: Accommodation Type

Description

Identifies whether a person lives in a household by the type of building or structure. This could be: a whole house or bungalow (detached, semi-detached, terraced); a flat, maisonette or apartment (in a purpose built block of flats, part of a converted or shared house, in a commercial building); or a mobile or temporary structure, such as a caravan. This variable applies to all people living in households. As such, this variable reports 'No code required' for the subset of the population living in communal establishments.

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Variable categories

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A breakdown of the categories in the variable, by code and label.
Label Code
Whole house or bungalow: Detached 1
Whole house or bungalow: Semi-detached 2
Whole house or bungalow: Terraced (including end-terrace) 3
Flat, maisonette or apartment: Purpose-built block of flats 4
Flat, maisonette or apartment: Part of a converted or shared house (including bed-sits) 5
Flat, maisonette or apartment: In a commercial building (for example in an office building, hotel, or over a shop) 6
Caravan or other mobile or temporary structure 7
No code required -8