Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2016

Variable Details

VariablePersBudg
LabelWhether has Personal Budget
Question text This card describes a personal budget that your local authority may have allocated for you. Have you been given one of these?
Responses
1 Yes 18
2 No 430
-9 Refused 1
-8 Don't know 20
-1 Not applicable 9598
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2016
Interviewer InstructionsPersonal budget – When the local authority finds that you are eligible for support for your social care needs, your personal budget is the amount they calculate is needed to meet these. This might cover the full cost of your social care or part of it.
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults (aged 16 and over) and children (aged 0-15 years) in the general population, living in private households in England during 2016.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study The survey is conducted annually.