OPEN - ESDS

. You should not accept Ltenused till receipts. Items on these should be
entered into=he diary by the informant. If they, absolutely refuse to do
It then yOU should COpy details in. ~y tmdget returned tO H.Q. without
this being done will be rccurned to you as we do not have the facilities
for copying. Itsuused rscelpts are usually usry clear but re~attably we
cannot use them as each item has to ha= an indi ndual code nUIUbeX added
to it for processing purposes. It is for this reason that each item has
to haus its own line in the diary.
c. All amounts of money spent during the two weeks umst be entered,
Includlng money spent on those items already entered on the household
schedule.
d. Drilymoney paid out by the household should be recorded. Goods acquired
but not yet paid for (eg budget account) should not bs shown except where
e credit card, charge card or grocery account is invol Ed (see below
D5).
e. Where luncheon vsuchers are used, record tha total cost, eg meal costs
S2. 50, luncheon muchers used ham wlue of &l, additional cost S1 .50 -
Record L2.50.
f. See section D1 3 for shopkeepers and farmers and section D15 for holidays.
9. Make sure that L and p signs are not written in and that s1l entries are
within the columns. Make sure = ‘office use only’ colurrm IS left
blank.
h. The notes on pages 2 and 3 of tiary which form part of these instructions
should be brought to the informants attent~on.
i. A1l acquisitions by ‘credit-card’ or ‘charge-card’ shOuld ~ recOrded
in tiary on the &y the goods were acquired. The words ‘credit-card’ or
‘charge-card’ must be written beside entry.
Food snd drink brought home - (except take away maals, meals, out etc) D.5
This includes food and drink taken into another person’s home (eg for a party) .
When you probs an item which does not require a change as a res!ult of the probing
would you please note this or we will assume that entry was not probsd, eg Milk
bill - if you do not add ‘milk only’ after probing we will assume that entry was
not probed and that the milk bill could include amounts for items other than nulk.
a. For meat, fish, fruit and vegetables we need:
ii.
i.
Type - eg pork, beef, cod, apples, peas.
Whether it was bought fresh/raw, frOzen/ tinnedt -iedt bOttled~
cooked etc.
b. Baby food: Itsrnise type of food, eg dried milk, rusks, cereals, tinned
or bottled foods.
c. Milk bill: Is it milk or doe= it include eggs, cream etc? If SO,
itsmise. If only milk, state this beside entry, for exsmple “~lk bill
(milk only)”.
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