[GB] General Lifestyle Survey (GLS)

Full name of the series in original language

General Lifestyle Survey (GLS)

Abstract

The General Household Survey (GHS) is a continuous national survey of people living in private households conducted on an annual basis, by the Social Survey Division of the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The main aim of the survey is to collect data on a range of core topics, covering household, family and individual information. This information is used by government departments and other organisations for planning, policy and monitoring purposes, and to present a picture of households, family and people in Great Britain. In addition, with the Living Conditions Survey for Northern Ireland, the survey provides information on the UK for EU-SILC, the European Union Survey on Income and Living Conditions.

From 2008, the General Household Survey became a module of the Integrated Household Survey (IHS). In recognition, the survey was renamed the General Lifestyle Survey (GLS).

The survey interview consists of questions relating to the household, answered by a household reference person or their spouse, and an individual questionnaire, asked of all resident adults aged 16 and over. Demographic and health information is also collected about children in the household.

Specifically, the GLS collects data on a wide range of core topics which are included on the survey every year. These are:

• demographic information about households, families and people;
• housing tenure and household accommodation;
• access to and ownership of consumer durables, including vehicles;
• employment;
• education;
• health and use of health services;
• smoking;
• drinking;
• family information, including marriage, cohabitation and fertility;
• income.

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

Time method

Other

Time period

2000 => 2010

Types of available microdata

Consistency type

Access mode

Update date

15/09/2021