Northern Ireland Family Expenditure Survey, 1987

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P>The <i>Northern Ireland Family Expenditure Survey</i> (NIFES) was conducted in Northern Ireland from 1967-1998, and was the counterpart to the <i>Family Expenditure Survey</i> (FES), which was conducted annually in Great Britain from 1957-2001 (see under GN 33057). The FES/NIFES provided reliable data on expenditure and income in relation to household characteristics.

The results of the survey show how expenditure patterns of different kinds of households vary, and the extent to which individual members of a household contribute to the household income. Although originally commissioned to provide expenditure details for the calculation of weights for the Retail Price Index, the FES/NIFES collected much additional information was also collected on the characteristics of co-operating households and the incomes of their members.