Question bank
Demographic information
These questions collect basic demographic information, including age, gender, ethnicity, education, employment, and household makeup
Age
1. What is your age?
Select age from 0 to 120
Don’t know
Prefer not to say
2. Are you 16 years or older?
Yes
No
3. Please can you tell me how old you are?
Enter age from 0 to 15
4. What is your date of birth?
- Enter date of birth
- Prefer not to say
5. What was your age on your last birthday?
- Select age from 0 to 105 years
Ethnicity
1. What is your ethnic group?
- White
- Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups
- Asian / Asian British
- Black / African / Caribbean / Black British
- Chinese
- Arab
- Other ethnic group
- Prefer not to say
2. What is your ethnic group? I will read out the options. Please choose one option that best describes your ethnic group or background.
- White
- Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups
- Asian / Asian British
- Black / African / Caribbean / Black British
- Chinese
- Arab
- Other ethnic group
- Prefer not to say
Sex/Gender
1. What is your sex?
Female
Male
Prefer not to say
For face-to-face LFS only: Which of the options on this card best describes how you think of yourself? Please just read out the number next to the description. Or for telephonic LFS only: I will now read out a list of terms people sometimes use to describe how they think of themselves. Or for TUS only: Which of the following options best describes how you think of yourself?
Which of the options on this card best describes how you think of yourself? Please just read out the number next to the description. Or for telephonic LFS only: I will now read out a list of terms people sometimes use to describe how they think of themselves. Or for TUS only: Which of the following options best describes how you think of yourself?
(Answers for all options)
Heterosexual
Gay or Lesbian
Bisexual
Other?
Prefer not to say (TUS only)
Nationality/ Citizenship
1. What nationality passport do you hold?
nationality of respondent selected from list of countries
2. What is your nationality?
UK, British/British
Irish Republic/Irish
India/Indian
Pakistan/Pakistani
Poland/Polish
Other, please specify
3. Which country were you born?
UK, British/British
England
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
UK, Britain (don't know country)
Republic of Ireland
India
Pakistan
Poland
Other
4. What is your usual country of residence?
UK
Other
5. Do you currently live at any other addresses for part of the year
Yes
No
6. Are you currently away from <display first line of address> for a continuous period of 6 months or more?
Yes
No