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Variable
UK Data Service variable record for:
Living Costs and Food Survey, 2014
Variable Details
| Variable | DefrPen | |||||||||
| Label | Deferred State Pension | |||||||||
| Question text | Have you deferred taking up your State Pension? | |||||||||
| Responses |
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| Disclaimer | Please note that these frequencies are not weighted. | |||||||||
| Location | Living Costs and Food Survey, 2014 | |||||||||
| Interviewer Instructions | The respondent is over state pension age and so could collect state pension BUT they have not reported having NI retirement pension (or Widows pension/bereavement allowance) or Old Person's pension. However, some people defer taking their State Pension in order to build up extra State Pension which they will receive when they start claiming State Pension. This question is checking whether people have deferred taking up State Pension | |||||||||
| Universe | Location of units of observation: National;Population: Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2014. | |||||||||
| Sampling | Multi-stage stratified random sample | |||||||||
| Study Type | Repeated cross-sectional study; From January 2006, the EFS (now LCF) moved from a financial to calendar year basis in anticipation of the IHS. |
