benefits_w12

benefits_w12.benbase

Income: Receives core benefits

Type: multichoice

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: CODE ALL THAT APPLY

Text: First, are you currently receiving any of these payments hhsize > 1 & (livesp = 1 or livewith = 1),either just yourself or jointly?

benefits_w12.benpen

Income: Pensions

Type: multichoice

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: CODE ALL THAT APPLY

Text: Are you receiving any of these types of payments hhsize > 1 & (livesp = 1 or livewith = 1),either just yourself or jointly?

benefits_w12.bendis

Income: Disability benefits

Type: multichoice

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: CODE ALL THAT APPLY

Text: Are you currently receiving any of these payments hhsize > 1 & (livesp = 1 or livewith = 1),either just yourself or jointly?

benefits_w12.othben

Other benefits or credits

Type: multichoice

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: CODE ALL THAT APPLY

Text: Are you currently receiving any of these payments hhsize > 1 & (livesp = 1 or livewith = 1),either just yourself or jointly?

benefits_w12.bensta

Income: Other sources

Type: multichoice

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: CODE ALL THAT APPLY

Text: And aside from the types of income we've just been discussing, are you currently receiving any of these types of payments hhsize > 1 & (livesp = 1 or livewith = 1),either just yourself or jointly?

benefits_w12.frval

Last amount received

Type: number

Source: BHPS

Interviewer Instruction: IF 'DON'T KNOW/CAN'T REMEMBER' PROBE FOR APPROXIMATE AMOUNT IF RESPONDENT CANNOT SEPARATE OUT THE AMOUNTS FOR A SPECIFIC STATE BENEFIT, RECORD TOTAL AMOUNT FOR ALL COMBINED STATE BENEFITS THEN INDICATE AT SUBSEQUENT STATE BENEFITS THAT THE SPECIFIC AMOUNT HAS BEEN INCLUDED AS PART OF A PAYMENT ALREADY RECORDED BY ENTERING A VALUE OF £0.

Text: How much was the last payment of FICODE you received (to nearest £)?

benefits_w12.frjtpn

PNO of joint recipient

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Interviewer Instruction: IF PERSON NOT IN HOUSEHOLD SELECT "NON-HOUSEHOLD MEMBER"

Text: With whom do you receive FICODE?

Universe:
if FRJT = 2 (Received income from source jointly with someone else)

benefits_w12.benesa

Employment and Support Allowance: Work-Related Activity Group or Support Group

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: READ OUT

Text: Do you know whether the Employment and Support Allowance is in the....

Universe:
if BenDis = 2 (Receives employment and support allowance)

benefits_w12.benctc

Income: Receives Child Tax Credit

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: Are you receiving Child Tax Credit hhsize > 1 & (livesp = 1 or livewith = 1),either just yourself or jointly?

Universe:
if BenBase = 3 & BenBase <> 4 (Receives child benefit but does not receives Universal Credit)

benefits_w12.fitax

Pre/post tax income

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: Was this amount received before tax was owed or after tax was paid?

Universe:
if (FICODE IN 2,3,4) AND (FRVAL >= 0) (Receives a pension from a previous employer, a pension from a spouse's previous employer or a private pension/annuity and last amount received has been reported)

benefits_w12.intbenefit

Benefit module intro

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: One of the most important parts of our research is how people are getting by financially these days. We have found that we need to ask about a number of different types of income, otherwise our results could be misleading. Please think about ALL of the extra sources of income you receive, as well as any benefits or tax credits. GRIDVARIABLES.ModeType = 1 | 2If you are at all unsure about whether something would count, you can check with me. We'd like to remind you that anything you tell us is completely confidential.

benefits_w12.frwc

Period covered by last amount received

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Text: What period did that cover?

Universe:
if FRVAL > 0 (Amount received stated)

benefits_w12.frjt

Last payment: Sole or joint recipient

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Text: Do you receive that solely in your name or jointly with someone else?

benefits_w12.nfh

Further income sources

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Text: Can I just check, according to our records, you have in the past received ff_bentype01 - ff_bentype42. Are you currently receiving ff_bentype01 - ff_bentype42 HHSize > 1 & (livesp = 1 or livewith = 1)either just yourself or jointly?

benefits_w12.fraddl

Received additional payment from source

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Text: And are you currently receiving any other payments of FICODE?

Universe:
if FICODE IN 2,3,4,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,35,38,39 (Receives a pension from a previous employer, a pension from a spouse's previous employer, a private pension/annuity, education grant, trade union/friendly society payment, maintenance or alimony, payment from a family member not living here, rent from borders or lodgers, rent from any other property, foster allowance/guardian allowance, sickness/accident insurance, any other regular payment or any other state benefit)

benefits_w12.missource

Income source enumerated at previous wave but not current wave

Type: number

Source: UKHLS

benefits_w12.fiseq

Income receipt sequence number

Type: number

benefits_w12.ficode

Income receipt code

Type: choice