Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2012

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 48
2 income based Employment and Support Allowance, which is base 74
Sysmiss 13028
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2012
UniverseNational;Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2012.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
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.