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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2013

Variable Details

VariablePenBen4
LabelBenefits: Pensioner Benefits
Question text Now looking at this card, are you at present receiving any of these benefits in your own right - that is, where you are the named recipient? Response 4
Responses
1 Pension Credit 0
2 State Retirement Pension 0
3 Widow's Pension, Bereavement Allowance, Widowed Parent's All 0
4 Armed Forces Compensation Scheme, including Guaranteed Incom 0
5 War Widow's/Widower's Pension (and any related allowances) 0
6 None of these 0
7 One or more of these, but don t know whi 0
Sysmiss 12120
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2013
Interviewer InstructionsCode all that apply
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2013.
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.
We think this variable belongs to a group:
GSS primary setting GSS Harmonised Principles
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