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Innovation Panel Variable

finsum

income summary

Datafile

Variable note:

This variable is part of the "Benefits Unit Finances Module" experiment. See the description of experiments in the IP User Guide.

Question asked in the latest wave:

financesummary_ip9.finsum

Question label:

Income summary

Question text:

Thank you for telling us about these types of income. Here is a summary of what you have told us you received last month after tax and deductions. Please take a look and GRIDVARIABLES.ModeType = 1let me knowGRIDVARIABLES.ModeType = 3select whether this summary is accurate. If not, you will have an opportunity to update the amounts. Employment income: Main job £INDVARIABLES.PaynAmnt per INDVARIABLES.PaynPer = about £INDVARIABLES.PaynMnth per month {if INDVARIABLES.PaynMnth not equal to -8} Employment income: Second job £INDVARIABLES.J2PayMnth per month {if INDVARIABLES.J2PayMnth not equal to -8} Income from self-employment £INDVARIABLES.JsAmnt per INDVARIABLES.JsPrd = about £INDVARIABLES.JsMnth per month {if INDVARIABLES.JsMnth not equal to 99999998} Benefits and pensions FICODE = about £INDVARIABLES.FrMnthTot per month {display for each FICODE if INDVARIABLES.FRMNTH not equal to -8} Total £INDVARIABLES.IndIncTot per month Does this summary seem correct?

Question universe:

if GRIDVARIABLES.ModeType = 1|3 (If mode is CAPI or web)
and if (INDVARIABLES.IndIncTot 99999998) & (ff_incomesummary = 2) (Any benefit/unearned income/labour source reported in the last month and in experimental group 'income summary screen used')

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

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-9954.2%
inapplicable-8114550.6%
proxy-7632.78%
refusal-290.4%
don't know-1130.57%
yes178634.73%
no21265.57%
Total2263100.0%

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