Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, Household Dataset, April - June, 2023

Variable Details

VariableINCSUP
LabelWhether claiming income support in reference week
Question text (In the week ending Sunday the [date]) were you claiming income support as a... sick person, pensioner, lone parent or any other form or premium of income support?
Responses
1 Sick person 100
2 Pensioner 0
3 Lone parent 59
4 any other form of Income support 39
-9 Does not apply 55312
-8 No answer 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, Household Dataset, April - June, 2023
Interviewer InstructionsASK OR RECORD
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
SamplingSample drawn from main LFS data. See documentation for details.
Study TypeUntil 2015, data were produced from the April-June and October-December quarters of the main LFS each year. From January 2015, the household datasets are produced for each quarter.