Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Millennium Cohort Study: First Survey, 2001-2003

Variable Details

Variableamstwm0e
LabelS1 MAIN Type of benefits received MC5
Question text Which of these are you ^or your husband receiving? PROBE: Any others? UNTIL FINAL 'No'. Response 5
Responses
1 Child Benefit 0
2 Children s Tax Credit 0
3 Working Families Tax Credit 0
4 Disabled Persons Tax Credit 0
5 Guardian s Allowance 0
6 Income Support 0
7 Jobseekers Allowance 0
8 Housing Benefit 2
9 Council Tax Benefit 61
10 Invalid Care Allowance 71
11 Widow s Pension or Widowed Mother s Allowance (National Insu 2
12 Disability Living Allowance 144
13 Incapacity Benefit 105
14 Maternity Allowance 3
15 Statutory Maternity Pay from your employer or former employe 0
16 Grant from the Social Fund for Maternity Expenses 26
17 Other Care Grant from the Social Fund 9
51 Other/Severe disablement allowance 3
52 Other/Industrial injuries benefit 0
53 Other/Statutory sick pay 0
85 Other answer (not codeable 1-17, 51-53) 13
86 Irrelevant response 0
95 Some other state benefit (Please say what) 0
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't Know 0
-1 Not applicable 18113
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationMillennium Cohort Study: First Survey, 2001-2003
Interviewer InstructionsCARD J7 AGAIN.
UniverseThe sample population for MCS was drawn from all live births in the United Kingdom over 12 months (from 1 September 2000 in England and Wales and for 59 weeks from 22 November 2000 in Scotland and Northern Ireland).;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for details.
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort<br><br>Four waves have been conducted to date: MCS1 (age 9 months), MCS2 (age 3 years), MCS3 (age 5 years) and MCS4 (age 7 years).<br><br>The population of eligible live births was selected from a random sample of electoral wards, disproportionately stratified to ensure adequate representation of all four UK countries, deprived areas and those with high concentrations of black and Asian families. See documentation for further details.