Household: Central Heating - 11 Categories

Description

Identifies whether a person lives in a household by central heating. Central heating is a central system that generates heat for multiple rooms. A household's accommodation is classified as having central heating if it is present in some or all rooms (whether used or not). 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
Oil only 1
Mains gas only 2
Electric (for example storage heaters) only 3
Tank or bottled gas only 4
Solid fuel (for example coal) only 5
Renewable heating system only 6
Wood (for example logs or waste wood) only 7
Other central heating only 8
Two or more types of central heating 9
No central heating 10
No code required -8