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personalpensions_w10

Personal Pensions module

Questions 6

personalpensions_w10.ppen

Whether contributes to personal pension

Type: choice

Source: Adapted from WAS

Text: Other than your main employer or occupational pension scheme, are {if WORKCONDITIONS.JBPENM = 1} / Are you currently a member of any personal pension scheme or do you currently contribute to any personal pension scheme? Please include any Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme you may belong to.

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

personalpensions_w10.ppent

Stakeholder or other personal pension

Type: choice

Source: Adapted from WAS

Interviewer Instruction: IF MORE THAN ONE PERSONAL PENSION CODE LONGEST MEMBERSHIP

Text: Is this a personal pension or a stakeholder pension?

OptionLabel
1Personal pension
2Stakeholder pension

Universe:
if PPEN = 1 (Contributes to a personal pension scheme)

personalpensions_w10.ppyrs

Date joined personal pension scheme

Type: number

Source: Adapted from WAS

Interviewer Instruction: IF MORE THAN ONE PERSONAL PENSION CODE LONGEST MEMBERSHIP

Text: In which year did you join this pension scheme?

Universe:
if PPEN = 1 (Contributes to a personal pension scheme)

personalpensions_w10.ppreg

Contributes regularly to pension

Type: choice

Source: Adapted from WAS

Interviewer Instruction: READ OUT

Text: Not including any National Insurance Contributions paid into this personal pension, do you contribute to your pension...

OptionLabel
1Never
2Regularly
3Irregularly
4or have you stopped contributing to your scheme?

Universe:
if PPEN = 1 (Contributes to a personal pension scheme)

personalpensions_w10.ppram

Pension amount contributed

Type: number

Source: Adapted from WAS

Interviewer Instruction: PROBE FULLY FOR RESPONDENT'S ESTIMATE ENTER TO THE NEAREST £

Text: How much do you usually contribute?

Universe:
if PPEN = 1 (Contributes to a personal pension scheme)
and if PPREG = 2 (Contributes regularly to personal pension)

personalpensions_w10.pprampc

Pension period covered

Type: choice

Source: Adapted from WAS

Text: What period does this cover?

OptionLabel
1One week
2Two weeks
3Three weeks
4Four weeks
5Calendar month
7Two calendar months
8Eight times a year
9Nine times a year
10Ten times a year
13Three months/13 weeks
26Six months/26 weeks
52One year/12 months/52 weeks
90Less than one week
95One off/lump sum
96None of these

Universe:
if PPEN = 1 (Contributes to a personal pension scheme)
and if PPREG = 2 (Contributes regularly to personal pension)
and if PPRAM > 0 (Amount contributed to pension was given)

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