Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, July - September, 2023

Variable Details

VariablePENBN131
LabelType of state pension claimed - 1
Question text (In the week ending Sunday the [date]) were you claiming... Retirement or Old Age Pension, Widowed Parent's Allowance, Bereavement Allowance or Widow's Pension, War Disablement Pension or War Widow's Pension (including any related allowances)?
Responses
1 State Retirement Pension 3587
2 Pension Credit 23
3 Other pension benefits 48
-9 Does not apply 42352
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, July - September, 2023
Interviewer InstructionsASK OR RECORD CODE ALL THAT APPLY Value 4 = War Disablement Pension or War Widow's Pension (including any related allowances)?
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.