Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2016

Variable Details

VariableAnyDP
LabelWhether any amount of personal budget is taken as a direct payment
Question text Are you taking any of your Personal Budget as a Direct Payment?
Responses
1 Yes, all of personal budget as a Direct Payment 6
2 Yes, part of personal budget as Direct Payment 1
3 No, none of personal budget as direct payment 3
4 SPONTANEOUS: Not being paid my personal budget yet 2
-9 Refused 1
-8 Don't know 5
-1 Not applicable 10049
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2016
Interviewer InstructionsIF YES, PROBE: Is that all or your Personal Budget or part of it? Direct Payments where the council gives you a payment to meet some or all of your social care needs. You can then choose how to spend the money. (This should not be confused with benefits paid directly into a bank account which may also be called direct payments.)
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.