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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2014

Variable Details

VariableWAgeBen3
LabelWorking Age Benefits
Question text Looking at this card, are you at present receiving any state benefits in your own right: that is, where you are the named recipient? Response 3
Responses
1 Universal Credit 0
2 Housing Benefit 30
3 Working Tax Credit - excluding childcare element 2
4 Child Tax Credit - including childcare element 60
5 Income Support 41
6 Jobseeker's Allowance 8
7 Employment and Support Allowance 19
8 Carer's Allowance 9
9 None of these 0
10 One or more of these, but don t know whi 0
Sysmiss 11942
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2014
Interviewer InstructionsCode all that apply
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2014.
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.
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