Family Resources Survey, 2021-2022

<p class="x_x_MsoNormal">The Family Resources Survey (FRS) has been running continuously since 1992 to meet the information needs of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). It is almost wholly funded by DWP. </p><p class="x_x_MsoNormal">The FRS collects information from a large, and representative sample of private households in the United Kingdom (prior to 2002, it covered Great Britain only). The interview year runs from April to March.</p><p class="x_x_MsoNormal">The focus of the survey is on income, and how much comes from the many possible sources (such as employee earnings, self-employed earnings or profits from businesses, and dividends; individual pensions; state benefits, including Universal Credit and the State Pension; and other sources such as savings and investments). Specific items of expenditure, such as rent or mortgage, Council Tax and water bills, are also covered.</p><p class="x_x_MsoNormal">Many other topics are covered and the dataset has a very wide range of personal characteristics, at the adult or child, family and then household levels. These include education, caring, childcare and disability. The dataset also captures material deprivation, household food security and (new for 2021/22) household food bank usage.</p><p>

</p><p class="x_x_MsoNormal">The FRS is a national statistic whose results are published on the gov.uk website. It is also possible to create your own tables from FRS data, using DWP’s <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/dataCatalogueExplorer.xhtml">Stat Xplore</a> tool. Further information can be found on the gov.uk <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Family Resources Survey</a> webpage.</p>
<p><strong>Secure Access FRS data</strong><br> In addition to the standard End User Licence (EUL) version, Secure Access datasets, containing unrounded data and additional variables, are also available for FRS from 2005/06 onwards - see SN 9256. Prospective users of the Secure Access version of the FRS will need to fulfil additional requirements beyond those associated with the EUL datasets. Full details of the application requirements are available from <a title="Guidance on applying for the Family Resources Survey: Secure Access" href="http://ukdataservice.ac.uk/media/178323/secure_frs_application_guidance.pdf" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Guidance on applying for the Family Resources Survey: Secure Access</a>.</p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">FRS, HBAI and PI</span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br></span>The FRS underpins the related <em>Households Below Average Income </em>(HBAI) dataset, which focuses on poverty in the UK, and the related <em>Pensioners' Incomes</em> (PI) dataset. The EUL versions of HBAI and PI are held under SNs 5828 and 8503, respectively. The Secure Access versions are held under SN 7196 and 9257 (see above).<br></p> <div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Latest version information</span></div><div><br></div><div>In May 2024, the variable CTAMTBND (Annual council tax payment bands), was updated to resolve some missing cases.</div>

家计资源调查（Family Resources Survey, FRS）自1992年起持续开展，旨在满足工作与养老金部（Department for Work and Pensions, DWP）的信息需求，其运作资金几乎全部由该部门提供。

该调查从英国大量具有代表性的私人家庭样本中采集信息（2002年之前仅覆盖大不列颠地区），调查年度为4月至次年3月。

本次调查的核心聚焦于收入来源及其构成：涵盖雇员薪资、自营职业收入或企业经营利润、股息等劳动与资产性收入，个人养老金、包括通用信贷（Universal Credit）与国家养老金（State Pension）在内的国家福利，以及储蓄、投资等其他收入渠道。同时，调查亦覆盖房租或按揭贷款、议会税（Council Tax）、水费等特定支出项目。

数据集还涵盖诸多其他主题，包含成人、儿童、家庭及住户多个层级的丰富个人特征信息，涉及教育、照护、育儿与残疾状况等维度。此外，该数据集还收录了物质匮乏程度、家庭粮食安全状况，以及2021/22年度新增的家庭食品银行使用情况相关数据。

家计资源调查属于官方统计项目，其调查结果发布于英国政府官网（gov.uk）。用户还可通过工作与养老金部的Stat Xplore工具，自主基于家计资源调查数据生成统计表格。更多详细信息可查阅英国政府官网的「家计资源调查」专题页面。

**安全访问型家计资源调查数据**
除标准最终用户许可（End User Licence, EUL）版本外，2005/06年度及之后的家计资源调查还提供安全访问型数据集，该数据集包含未四舍五入的原始数据与额外变量，相关数据集编号为SN 9256。申请使用安全访问型家计资源调查数据的用户，需满足相较于最终用户许可版本数据集更多的额外要求。申请要求的完整细则可查阅《家计资源调查安全访问申请指南》（Guidance on applying for the Family Resources Survey: Secure Access）。

**家计资源调查、家庭收入低于平均水平数据集与养老金领取者收入数据集**
家计资源调查是支撑相关的「家庭收入低于平均水平」（Households Below Average Income, HBAI）数据集与「养老金领取者收入」（Pensioners' Incomes, PI）数据集的核心基础：前者聚焦英国贫困问题，后者则针对养老金领取者的收入状况。其中，家庭收入低于平均水平与养老金领取者收入数据集的最终用户许可版本分别由编号SN 5828与SN 8503收录，其安全访问型版本则分别由SN 7196与SN 9257收录（详见前文）。

**最新版本更新信息**
2024年5月，变量CTAMTBND（年度议会税缴纳档位）已完成更新，以修复部分缺失值问题。