Consent to check for smart meter
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Question asked in the latest wave:
household_ip17.smetcons
Question label:
Consent to check for smart meter
Question text:
Thank you for telling us that you do not want us to access your smart meter data.
It would still be helpful for researchers to know which households have a smart meter, even if we cannot access the data from the meters.
Do you give permission for us to pass your address to UCL, with the sole purpose of checking whether your address has a smart meter installed? No information from the meter will be collected.
Question universe:
if [GRIDVARIABLES.MODETYPE = 1|3] // Mode is face-to-face or web
And if [(ff_smetinfow17 = 1 & (SMETCONSLINK1 = 2|DK|REF)) | (ff_smetinfow17 = 2 & (SMETCONSLINK2 = 2|DK|REF)) | (ff_smetinfow17 = 3 & (SMETCONSLINK3 = 2|DK|REF))] // Did not consent to smart mater data linkage
Further details:
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| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 813 | 57.82% |
| refusal | -2 | 5 | 0.36% |
| Yes | 1 | 225 | 16.0% |
| No | 2 | 363 | 25.82% |
| Total | 1406 | 100.0% |



