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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2015

Variable Details

VariableDISBEN1
LabelDisability benefits claimed last week - 1
Question text (In the week ending Sunday the [date]) were you claiming ... 1 Employment and Support Allowance? 2 Incapacity Benefit? 3 Severe Disablement Allowance? 4 Personal Independence Payment? 5 Disability Living Allowance? 6 Attendance Allowance? 7 Statutory Sick Pay? 8 Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit? 9 None of these? 10 (SPONTANEOUS) one of these/more than one of these but I don’t know which
Responses
1 Employment and Support Allowance 1718
2 Incapacity Benefit 224
3 Severe Disablement Allowance 112
4 Personal Independence Payment 378
5 Disability Living Allowance 1653
6 Attendance Allowance 39
7 Statutory Sick Pay 44
8 Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit 55
9 None of these 58
10 (SPONTANEOUS) one of these/more than one of these but I don¿ 49
-9 Does not apply 88431
-8 No answer 23
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2015
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY
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
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