Household: Central Heating
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.
Variable categories
Showing all 25 categories from this variable.
| Label | Code |
|---|---|
| One type of central heating: Oil | 1 |
| One type of central heating: Mains gas | 2 |
| One type of central heating: Electric (for example storage heaters) | 3 |
| One type of central heating: Tank or bottled gas | 4 |
| One type of central heating: Solid fuel (for example coal) | 5 |
| One type of central heating: Renewable heating system | 6 |
| One type of central heating: Wood (for example logs or waste wood) | 7 |
| One type of central heating: Other | 8 |
| Two or more types of central heating: Oil and solid fuel (for example coal) | 9 |
| Two or more types of central heating: Oil, wood (for example logs or waste wood), and solid fuel (for example coal) | 10 |
| Two or more types of central heating: Oil and wood (for example logs or waste wood) | 11 |
| Two or more types of central heating: Oil and electric (for example storage heaters) | 12 |
| Two or more types of central heating: Mains gas and electric (for example storage heaters) | 13 |
| Two or more types of central heating: Oil and tank or bottled gas | 14 |
| Two or more types of central heating: Mains gas and solid fuel (for example coal) | 15 |
| Two or more types of central heating: Mains gas and wood (for example logs or waste wood) | 16 |
| Two or more types of central heating: Oil, electric (for example storage heaters) and solid fuel (for example coal) | 17 |
| Two or more types of central heating: Oil, electric (for example storage heaters), wood (for example logs or waste wood) and solid fuel (for example coal) | 18 |
| Two or more types of central heating: Mains gas, wood (for example logs or waste wood) and solid fuel (for example coal) | 19 |
| Two or more types of central heating: Oil and renewable heating system | 20 |
| Two or more types of central heating: Oil, tank or bottled gas and solid fuel (for example coal) | 21 |
| Two or more types of central heating: Oil and mains gas | 22 |
| Two or more types of central heating: Other combinations | 23 |
| No central heating | 24 |
| No code required | -8 |