Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2015

Variable Details

VariableINCSUP
LabelWhether claiming income support in reference week
Question text (In the week ending Sunday the [date]) were you claiming income support as a... sick person, pensioner, lone parent or any other form or premium of income support?
Responses
1 Sick person 424
2 Pensioner 7
3 Lone parent 677
4 any other form of Income support 256
-9 Does not apply 94571
-8 No answer 6
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2015
Interviewer InstructionsASK OR RECORD
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: All persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.
SamplingSimple random sample;Four sampling frames are used. See documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; Data are collected quarterly