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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2015

Variable Details

VariablePAYSC2
LabelC11b - Statement 2
Question text Supposing an older person needs so much help with daily living that they need to move into a care home. There are different ways that this care home could be paid for. How fair are each of these? Nobody has to sell their home to pay for care but if you have savings you will have to use that money to pay part of the costs until you have spent a maximum of £35,000 of your own money and then the government will step in and pay for the rest.
Responses
1 Very fair 40
2 Quite fair 314
3 Neither fair nor unfair 112
4 Quite unfair 291
5 Very unfair 402
8 Dont know 0
98 DK 43
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2015
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD
UniverseNorthern Irish adults;National;Adults aged 18 or over, living in private households in Northern Ireland during 2015.
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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