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Innovation Panel Variable

expchild

spent child costs

Datafile

Variable note:

This variable is part of the "Expenditure" experiment. See the description of experiments in the IP User Guide.

Question asked in the latest wave:

household_ip6.expchild

Question label:

Total breakdown method: Child costs

Question text:

(In the last month how much did you and [NAME OF PARTNER/SPOUSE] spend on each of the items shown on this card? When answering please exclude work expenses for which you are reimbursed, money put into savings and repayment of bank loans.) Child costs?

Question universe:

if CONSPER = 1 thru 16 (Respondent completing the household questionnaire is a responsible bill payer (or spouse/partner of))
and if (ff_consexpw6 = 2 | (ff_consexpw6 = 1 & GRIDVARIABLES.MODETYPE = 2)) (If consumption experiment group 2, or consumption experiment group 1 and mode is telephone)

Question interviewer instructions:

ENTER AMOUNT

Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-910.08%
inapplicable-860150.55%
refusal-2252.1%
don't know-1181.51%
[Value >= 0]154445.75%
Total1189100.0%
MeanNumber MissingMinMaxStd DevN
40.4164507600.0355.75544

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