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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Continuous Household Survey, 2016 -2017

Variable Details

VariableBENE01
LabelBenefit(s) received - 1
Question text Looking at this list of benefits and tax credits could you tell me which, if any, of the benefits or tax credits are you at present receiving in your own right that is where you are the named recipient?
Responses
0 Question not asked 0
1 Income support 115
2 Pension credit 110
3 Housing benefit 159
4 Retirement pension or old persons pensio 793
5 Jobseekers allowance 40
6 Incapacity benefit 35
7 Disability benefits (attendance/carers/s 142
8 Child benefit 561
9 Employment Support Allowance (ESA) 55
10 Working tax credit 44
11 Child tax credit 40
12 Other 2
13 None of these 1075
-3 Refused 34
-1 Don't Know 2
Sysmiss 55
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationContinuous Household Survey, 2016 -2017
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study Data are collected annually
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