Consent to link smart meter data, fewer bullet points
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Question asked in the latest wave:
household_ip17.smetconslink3
Question label:
Consent to link smart meter data, fewer bullet points
Question text:
We would like to add information on whether your home has a âsmart meterâ, and how much energy you use, to the answers you have given in this study. If you agree:
- We will send your name and address to researchers at University College London (UCL) and they will check whether a smart meter has been fitted at your address and registered on the national smart meter system. We will also send UCL the date you moved into your home, to ensure they do not collect data from before you lived there. {if HLIVED = 2}
- If there is a smart meter at your address, UCL will securely access the following data remotely from your smart meter(s):
- Half-hourly electricity and gas (if available) consumption readings (and any historic readings dating back to the time you moved into your home up to a maximum of 12 months). {if HLIVED = 2} up to 12 months). {if HLIVED = 1}
- Information about your energy tariff.
- Information about what devices are connected to your smart meter(s), such as an in-home display.
- Information on whether your home has a smart meter and any smart meter data UCL is able to access will be passed back to Understanding Society and connected to the answers you have given in this study.
Please read this leaflet on âSmart Meter Data Linkageâ for further information.
Do you give permission for us to pass your name and address and the date you moved in {if HLIVED = 2} to UCL to get information about whether your home has a smart meter and if so to get information from it?
Question universe:
if [GRIDVARIABLES.MODETYPE = 1|3] // Mode is face-to-face or web
And if [ff_smetinfow17 = 3] // Experimental allocation for smart meter information format is Information provided in shortened bullet point format
Question interviewer instructions:
PLEASE HAND LEAFLET SMART METER DATA LINKAGE TO RESPONDENT AND ALLOW RESPONDENT TIME TO READ IT AND ASK QUESTIONS.
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 963 | 68.49% |
| refusal | -2 | 6 | 0.43% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.07% |
| Yes | 1 | 253 | 17.99% |
| No | 2 | 183 | 13.02% |
| Total | 1406 | 100.0% |



