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Variable
UK Data Service variable record for:
Continuous Household Survey, 2008-2009
Variable Details
| Variable | explaind | ||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Did your social worker or care manager explain how direct payments could work for you? | ||||||||||||||||||
| Question text | (Some people get regular cash payments called direct payments from Social Services. They use these direct payments to arrange some or all of the services they are eligible for, such as home help for themselves. These should not be confused with welfare benefits that are usually paid directly into an account and are also called direct payments). Did your social worker or care manager explain how direct payments could work for you? | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Disclaimer | Please note that these frequencies are not weighted. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Continuous Household Survey, 2008-2009 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Interviewer Instructions | A CARE MANAGER IS SOMEONE WHO MANAGES THE CARE OF A CLIENT ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN ASSESSED AS HAVING PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES NEEDS. E.G. THEY DECIDE THE FORM OF CARE WHICH COULD BEST MEET THOSE NEEDS. CODE ONE ONLY. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Universe | Private households in Northern Ireland.;Households;National | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sampling | Multi-stage stratified random sample;The sample is drawn as a simple random sample from three strata. The first of these strata is the Belfast District Council area. The other two are formed by dividing the remainder of the province into East and West along district council boundaries. Within each of these strata a simple random sample of addresses is drawn, with size proportional to the distribution of domestic addresses on the rating list. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Study Type | Repeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected annually. |
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