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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Families and Children Study: Waves 1-10, 1999-2008

Variable Details

Variableibenflg1
LabelFlag to indicate problem with benefit data
Responses
1 Combined: Incapacity benefit & Income support 17
2 Combined: WTC & CTC 5
3 Combined: DLA care & DLA mobility 5
4 Combined: Income support and SDA 4
5 Combined: Incapacity benefit & DLA care (&/or DLA mob) 1
6 Combined: Other 11
7 Unresolved/unreliable: all benefit amounts 1
8 Unresolved: DLA mobility (too high or too low or 0) 4
9 Unresolved: DLA care (too high or too low) 3
10 Unresolved: CTC (too high or too low or 0 or ?) 39
11 Unresolved: WTC(too high or 0 or ?) 6
12 Unresolved: IS (too high or ?) 3
13 Unresolved: Child Benefit (too high or 0 or ?) 15
14 Unresolved: Attendance Allowance too high 0
15 Unresolved: ICA too high/too low/or '0' 1
16 Unresolved: DLA care and/or mobility (for children) too high 5
17 DLA care and/or Mob paid, combined for two or more children 9
18 Combined: DLA for children (Care & Mobility) 8
19 Combined: DLA Mob & DLA Care for children 1
20 Combined: DLA Care & Income Support 0
21 Unresolved: SDA (too low or ? or 0) 4
22 Combined: Income Support & CTC 2
23 Unresolved: Carers Allowance (too high or too low or 0 or ?) 2
24 Unresolved: Incapacity benefit (0 or ?) 5
25 Combined: DLA Care/ Mob (or dla care/mob for children) & Car 2
26 Unresolved: Other benefit 1
27 Unresolved: Job seekers allowance (0) 0
28 Combined: Income Support & Job Seekers Allowance 0
29 Unresolved: More than 5 health benefits, couldn't all be cod 0
Sysmiss 5664
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationFamilies and Children Study: Waves 1-10, 1999-2008
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