Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2011

Variable Details

VariableESAType
LabelBenefits: ESA - Income or contibutions based ESA
Question text There are two types of Employment and Support Allowance. Is your Allowance... ‘contributory’, that is based on your National Insurance contributions, or is it ‘income based’ Employment and Support Allowance, which is based on an assessment of your income?
Responses
1 contributory, that is based on your National Insurance contr 27
2 income based Employment and Support Allowance, which is base 51
Sysmiss 13345
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2011
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.