Family Spending: UK Household Expenditure and Food Survey Results

Results of the Living Costs and Food Survey, a national survey conducted by the UK Office for National Statistics. This dataset is the successor to the Family Expenditure Survey and the National Food Survey. It is designated as National Statistics and is licensed under OGL-UK-3.0.

Use Cases

• Analyze household expenditure patterns based on the Living Costs and Food Survey methodology.
• Model food consumption trends based on the historical National Food Survey lineage.
• Compare living costs across different demographics based on the survey's national coverage.

Strengths

• Designated as National Statistics by the UK Office for National Statistics, indicating official quality standards.
• Licensed under OGL-UK-3.0, which facilitates open use and redistribution.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Survey results from the Living Costs and Food Survey.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:08.403377; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom