Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2009

Variable Details

VariableTxCred2
LabelBenefits: Are you at present receiving any of these Tax Credit payments, in your own right?
Question text Now looking at this card, are you at present receiving any of these Tax Credit payments, in your own right: please include any lump sum payments received in the last six months? Response 2
Responses
1 Working Tax Credit (excluding any childcare tax credit) 4
2 Child Tax Credit (including any childcare tax credit) 199
3 None of these 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2009
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.