The English Housing Survey 2008-2009 Household Data Teaching Dataset is based on the English Housing Survey, 2008-2009: Household Data (available from the UK Data Archive under SN 6613) and constitutes real data which are used by the Department for Communities and Local Government and are behind many headlines. The teaching dataset is a subset which has been subjected to certain simplifications and additions for the purpose of learning and teaching. The main differences are:the number of variables has been reducedweighting has been simplifieda reduced codebook is providedFurther information is available in the study documentation (below) which includes a dataset user guide. Information about other teaching resources can be found on the Teaching resources webpage. The main topics covered are:housing characteristicshousehold characteristicssatisfaction with the home and local area