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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2011

Variable Details

VariableBen1Q2
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 2
Responses
1 Child Benefit 1
2 Guardian s Allowance 0
3 Carer s Allowance 53
4 Retirement pension (National Insurance) or Old Persons Pensi 19
5 Widows Pension, Bereavement Allowance or Widowed Parents All 5
6 War disablement pension or War Widows Pension (and any relat 9
7 Severe Disablement Allowance 17
8 None of these 0
Sysmiss 13319
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2011
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 2011.
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.
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