spent bills
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.expbills
Question label:
Total breakdown method: Bills
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.) Bills, for example gas, electricity, water, council tax, telephone, internet, T.V., mobile and household insurance.
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 label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 1 | 0.08% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 601 | 50.55% |
| refusal | -2 | 19 | 1.6% |
| don't know | -1 | 39 | 3.28% |
| [Value >= 0] | 1 | 529 | 44.49% |
| Total | 1189 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 355.58 | 660 | 0 | 4388.0 | 313.77 | 529 |
