Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2008

Variable Details

VariablePayCrdt1
LabelPay: Did the take home pay of [£amount] include any of the following?
Question text Did the take home pay of [£amount] include any of the following? Working Family Tax Credit, Disabled Person’s Tax Credit, Working Tax Credit (excluding any childcare tax credit), Child Tax Credit (including any childcare tax credit). Response 1
Responses
1 Working tax credit (exc. any childcare tax credit) 45
2 Child tax credit (inc. any childcare tax credit) 62
3 None of these 5465
Sysmiss 8238
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2008
UniverseNational;Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2008.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;Due to funding constraints, from January 2010 the Northern Ireland (NI) sample used for the LCF will be reduced to a sample proportionate to the NI population relative to the UK.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; From January 2006, the EFS (now LCF) moved from a financial to calendar year basis in anticipation of the IHS.