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Household Expenditure Variables

Table 26 lists derived household-level expenditure, as collected in the Self-Completion Questionnaire for wave 5.

While the person in the household responsible for the household bills was asked to complete these questions, sometimes more than one person in a household provided answers. The variables with prefix _xp are the derived annualised response for each person who provided a response to these questions. The variables with the prefix _hx averages the responses across all individuals who provided a response to these expenditure questions. Most users will use the _hx variables.

Table 26: Derived household expenditure variables

Table 26a: Household expenditure (averaged across individuals providing response)
Variable Description
_HXYALC DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Alcohol ($)
_HXYCIG DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Cigarettes and tobacco ($)
_HXYPUBT DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Public transport and taxis ($)
_HXYMEAL DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Meals eaten out ($)
_HXYHSGE1 DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Hobbies, sports, gambling, entertainment ($)
_HXYMVF DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Motor vehicle fuel ($)
_HXYCLTH1 DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Clothing and footwear ($)
_HXYMCF2 DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Mens clothing and footwear ($)
_HXYWG2 DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Womens clothing and footwear ($)
_HXYCCF2 DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Childrens clothing and footwear ($)
_HXYTEL1 DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Telephone rent and calls (excl. internet charges) ($)
_HXYTELI2 DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Telephone rent, calls and internet charges ($)
_HXYHOL DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Holidays and holiday travel ($)
_HXYPHI DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Private health insurance ($)
_HXYOI2 DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Other insurance (home/contents/motor vehicle) ($)
_HXYHLTH1 DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Health care ($)
_HXYHLTP2 DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Fees paid to health practitioners ($)
_HXYPHRM2 DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Medicines, prescriptions, pharmaceuticals, alternative medicines ($)
_HXYELEC1 DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Electricity bills ($)
_HXYGAS1 DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Gas bills ($)
_HXYOHF1 DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Other heating fuels ($)
_HXYUTIL DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Electricity, gas and other heating fuel bills ($)
_HXYHMRN DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Home repairs/renovations/maintenance ($)
_HXYMVR DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Motor vehicle repairs/maintenance ($)
_HXYEDUC DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Education fees ($)
_HXYNCAR2 DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – New motor vehicles, motorbikes or other vehicles ($)
_HXYUCAR2 DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Used motor vehicles, motorbikes or other vehicles ($)
_HXYCOMP2 DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Computers and related devices ($)
_HXYTVAV2 DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Televisions, home entertainment systems and other AV equipment ($)
_HXYWG2 DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Whitegoods such as ovens, fridges etc ($)
_HXYFURN2 DV: SCQ Household annual expenditure – Furniture ($)
1 Only in wave 5.
2 From wave 6.

 

Table 26b: Annualised household expenditure (individuals providing a response)
Variable Description
_XPYGROC DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Groceries ($)
_XPYALC DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Alcohol ($)
_XPYCIG DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Cigarettes and tobacco ($)
_XPYPUBT DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Public transport and taxis ($)
_XPYMEAL DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Meals eaten out ($)
_XPYHSGE1 DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Hobbies, sports, gambling, entertainment ($)
_XPYMVF DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Motor vehicle fuel ($)
_XPYCLTH1 DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Clothing and footwear ($)
_XPYMCF2 DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Mens clothing and footwear ($)
_XPYWG2 DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Womens clothing and footwear ($)
_XPYCCF2 DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Childrens clothing and footwear ($)
_XPYTEL1 DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Telephone rent and calls (excl. internet charges) ($)
_XPYTELI2 DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Telephone rent, calls and internet charges ($)
_XPYHOL DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Holidays and holiday travel ($)
_XPYPHI DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Private health insurance ($)
_XPYOI2 DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Other insurance (home/contents/motor vehicle) ($)
_XPYHLTH1 DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Health care ($)
_XPYHLTP2 DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Fees paid to health practitioners ($)
_XPYPHRM2 DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Medicines, prescriptions, pharmaceuticals, alternative medicines ($)
_XPYELEC1 DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Electricity bills ($)
_XPYGAS1 DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Gas bills ($)
_XPYOHF1 DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Other heating fuels ($)
_XPYUTIL DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Electricity, gas and other heating fuel bills ($)
_XPYHMRN DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Home repairs/renovations/maintenance ($)
_XPYMVR DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Motor vehicle repairs/maintenance ($)
_XPYEDUC DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Education fees ($)
_XPYNCAR2 DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – New motor vehicles, motorbikes or other vehicles ($)
_XPYUCAR2 DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Used motor vehicles, motorbikes or other vehicles ($)
_XPYCOMP2 DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Computers and related devices ($)
_XPYTVAV2 DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Televisions, home entertainment systems and other AV equipment ($)
_XPYWG2 DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Whitegoods such as ovens, fridges etc ($)
_XPYFURN2 DV: SCQ Annual household expenditure – person level – Furniture ($)
1 Only in wave 5.
2 From wave 6.

 
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