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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Millennium Cohort Study: Third Survey, 2006

Variable Details

Variablecmstwz0b
LabelS3 MAIN: Which benefits (merged) MC2
Responses
1 Child Benefit 160
2 Guardian s Allowance 2
3 Carer s Allowance (formerly Invalid Care Allowance) 310
4 State Retirement Pension 10
5 Widow s Pension, Bereavement Allowance or Widowed Parents (f 1
6 War Disablement Pension or War Widow s/Widower s Pension (an 14
7 Severe Disablement Allowance (SDA) 18
8 Disability Living Allowance or Attendance Allowance 352
9 Housing Benefit 557
10 ^CTBentxt 147
11 Jobseekers Allowance 81
12 Pension Credit 2
13 Income Support 187
14 Incapacity Benefit 116
15 Maternity Allowance 67
16 Working Tax Credit (previously Working Families Tax Credit) 2113
17 Child Tax Credit 4158
18 Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) 10
19 Statutory Maternity, Paternity or Adoption Pay (from your em 48
20 Grant from the Social Fund for Maternity Expenses 1
21 Other Social Fund grant or loan or Community Care Grant 1
51 spare 0
52 spare 0
53 spare 0
54 spare 0
55 spare 0
85 Other specific answer: EDITOR: PLEASE USE CODES ABOVE IF POS 11
86 Vague / irrelevant answer 0
87 EDITOR CANNOT DEAL WITH 0
95 Some other state benefit (specify) 0
96 None of these 0
98 Refusal 0
99 Don't Know 0
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't Know 0
-1 Not applicable 6880
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationMillennium Cohort Study: Third Survey, 2006
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
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort; Four waves have been conducted to date: MCS1 (age 9 months), MCS2 (age 3 years), MCS3 (age 5 years) and MCS4 (age 7 years).
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