Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2009

Variable Details

VariableBen1Q3
LabelBenefits: Are you at present receiving any state benefits in your own right?
Question text Looking at this card, are you at present receiving any state benefits in your own right: that is, where you are the named recipient? Response 3
Responses
1 Child Benefit 0
2 Guardian s Allowance 0
3 Carer s Allowance 0
4 Retirement pension (National Insurance) or Old Persons Pensi 0
5 Widows Pension, Bereavement Allowance or Widowed Parents All 0
6 War disablement pension or War Widows Pension (and any relat 0
7 Severe Disablement Allowance 1
8 None of these 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2009
Interviewer InstructionsCode all that apply. Child Benefit Guardian's Allowance Carer's Allowance (Retirement pension (National Insurance), or Old Person's pension Widow's Pension, Bereavement Allowance or Widowed Parent's (formerly Widowed Mother's) Allowance War Disablement Pension or War Widow's/Widower's Pension (and any related allowances) Severe Disablement Allowance None of these
UniverseNational;Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2009.
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.