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Innovation Panel Questionnaire Module

householdfinanceslong_ip9

Household Finances (long) module

Questions 25

householdfinanceslong_ip9.fiyrdb6

Over 100 in interest/dividends

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Text: Would it amount to £ 100 or more?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

Universe:
if FIYRDIA = DK | FIYRDIANR = DK (If Don't Know how much personally received in dividends or interest from any savings or investments)
and if FIYRDB1 = 2 (If NOT more than 500)

householdfinanceslong_ip9.fiyrdb1

Over 500 in interest/dividends

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Text: Would it amount to £ 500 or more?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

Universe:
if FIYRDIA = DK | FIYRDIANR = DK (If Don't Know how much personally received in dividends or interest from any savings or investments)

householdfinanceslong_ip9.fiyrdb2

Over 1000 in interest/dividends

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Text: Would it amount to £ 1000 or more?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

Universe:
if FIYRDIA = DK | FIYRDIANR = DK (If Don't Know how much personally received in dividends or interest from any savings or investments)
and if FIYRDB1 = 1 (If more than 500)

householdfinanceslong_ip9.fiyrdb3

Over 5000 in interest/dividends

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Text: to £ 5000 or more?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

Universe:
if FIYRDIA = DK | FIYRDIANR = DK (If Don't Know how much personally received in dividends or interest from any savings or investments)
and if FIYRDB1 = 1 (If more than 500)
and if FIYRDB2 = 1 (If more than 1000)

householdfinanceslong_ip9.fiyrdb4

Over 2500 in interest/dividends

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Text: to £ 2500 or more?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

Universe:
if FIYRDIA = DK | FIYRDIANR = DK (If Don't Know how much personally received in dividends or interest from any savings or investments)
and if FIYRDB1 = 1 (If more than 500)
and if FIYRDB2 = 1 (If more than 1000)
and if FIYRDB3 = 2 (If NOT more than 5000)

householdfinanceslong_ip9.fiyrdb5

Over 10000 in interest/dividends

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Text: to £ 10000 or more?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

Universe:
if FIYRDIA = DK | FIYRDIANR = DK (If Don't Know how much personally received in dividends or interest from any savings or investments)
and if FIYRDB1 = 1 (If more than 500)
and if FIYRDB2 = 1 (If more than 1000)
and if FIYRDB3 = 1 (If more than 5000)

householdfinanceslong_ip9.accountnt

Has an accountant

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: Do you have an accountant?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

householdfinanceslong_ip9.balhow

Method of checking bank balance

Type: multichoice

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: CODE ALL THAT APPLY

Text: How do you check your bank balance?

OptionLabelAssociated variables
1At a cashpoint/ATMi_balhow1 (i_indresp_ip) at a cashpoint/atm
2On-linei_balhow2 (i_indresp_ip) on-line
3By telephonei_balhow3 (i_indresp_ip) by telephone
4Using an app on a mobile devicei_balhow4 (i_indresp_ip) using an app on a mobile device
5Text messages/alerts from the banki_balhow5 (i_indresp_ip) text messages/alerts from the bank
6Paper statementi_balhow6 (i_indresp_ip) paper statement
96None of the abovei_balhow96 (i_indresp_ip) none of the above

Universe:
if BankBal <> 6 (Respondent checks bank balance)

householdfinanceslong_ip9.bankbal

Frequency of checking bank balance

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: How often do you check your bank balance?

OptionLabel
1Most days
2At least once a week
3A couple of times a month
4At least once a month
5Less than once a month
6Never

householdfinanceslong_ip9.bufconsent

Consent to discuss household finances jointly with partner or parents

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: GRIDVARIABLES.BUtype = 3 | (GRIDVARIABLES.BUtype = 4 & HHGRID.Hgfted <> 1 )Thank you. We are interested in the way that different types of households deal with money coming in and going out of the home. Later on in the questionnaire, I would like to talk to you and your wife/husband/partner together for 5 minutes or so to make sure that we have got a complete picture of your financial situation. This will be completely voluntary and any information you give us will be kept anonymous and confidential. To make sure that we’re not counting the same income or spending twice, I will show you the total amount of income that both of you have told me about. Are you happy for me to include the amounts that you’ve told me about, when I talk to both of you together?(GRIDVARIABLES.BUtype = 2 | 4) & HHGRID.Hgfted = 1Thank you. We are interested in the way that different types of households deal with money coming in and going out of the home. Later on I would like to talk to your parent(s) for 5 minutes or so to make sure that we have got a complete picture of the financial situation of your household. This will be completely voluntary and any information they give us will be kept anonymous and confidential. To make sure that we’re not counting the same income or spending twice, I will show them the total amount of income that you have told me about. Are you happy for me to include the amounts that you’ve told me about, when I talk to your parent(s)?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

Universe:
if (GRIDVARIABLES.ModeType = 1|3) & (GRIDVARIABLES.BUtype = 3 | (4 & HHGRID.Hgfted <> 1 )) (Mode is face to face or web AND respondent currently lives with spouse or partner and has no children aged 16-19 in the household in full-time education or is aged 16-19 and in full-time education and living with parents)

householdfinanceslong_ip9.finbud

Method of budgeting

Type: multichoice

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: CODE ALL THAT APPLY

Text: Now, thinking about different ways that people have of managing their finances, how, if at all, do you record your budget?

OptionLabelAssociated variables
1On paperi_finbud1 (i_indresp_ip) on paper
2On a computer document or spreadsheet (e.g. using Microsoft Excel)i_finbud2 (i_indresp_ip) on a computer document or spreadsheet (e.g. using microsoft excel)
3Using personal budget software installed on a computer or laptop (e.g., Microsoft Money)i_finbud3 (i_indresp_ip) using personal budget software installed on a computer or laptop
4Using an online personal budget programme (e.g., Money Dashboard)i_finbud4 (i_indresp_ip) using an online personal budget programme (e.g., money dashboard)
5Using a personal budget app on a mobile device (e.g., You Need A Budget-YNAB)i_finbud5 (i_indresp_ip) using a personal budget app on a mobile device
96I don’t keep a budgeti_finbud96 (i_indresp_ip) i don’t keep a budget

householdfinanceslong_ip9.finfut

Subjective financial situation - future

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Interviewer Instruction: READ OUT

Text: Looking ahead, how do you think you will be financially a year from now, will you be...

OptionLabel
1Better off
2Worse of than now
3or about the same?

householdfinanceslong_ip9.finhelp

Family member/close friend helps organise finances and bills

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: Some people have a family member or close friend who organises their finances and bills, does this apply to you?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

householdfinanceslong_ip9.finnow

Subjective financial situation - current

Type: choice

Source: BHPS

Interviewer Instruction: READ OUT

Text: How well would you say you yourself are managing financially these days? Would you say you are...

OptionLabel
1Living comfortably
2Doing alright
3Just about getting by
4Finding it quite diff
5Finding it very diff

householdfinanceslong_ip9.finppen

Contributes to a private pension scheme

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: Do you pay into a private pension scheme, where you pay money from your bank account and it's not deducted automatically by an employer?

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

householdfinanceslong_ip9.finsite

Account aggregation services used

Type: multichoice

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: CODE ALL THAT APPLY

Text: Which of the following account aggregation services do you use to keep track of your accounts or to record your expenses?

OptionLabelAssociated variables
1Money Dashboardi_finsite1 (i_indresp_ip) money dashboard
2OnTreesi_finsite2 (i_indresp_ip) ontrees
3Yodlee Money Centeri_finsite3 (i_indresp_ip) yodlee money center
4Lovemoneyi_finsite4 (i_indresp_ip) lovemoney
5Moneydancei_finsite5 (i_indresp_ip) moneydance
6PocketSmithi_finsite6 (i_indresp_ip) pocketsmith
7AceMoneyi_finsite7 (i_indresp_ip) acemoney
97Otheri_finsite97 (i_indresp_ip) other
96None of the abovei_finsite96 (i_indresp_ip) none of the above

householdfinanceslong_ip9.finsiteo

Other account aggregation services respondent uses

Type: string

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: WRITE IN

Text: What other account aggregation services do you use?

Universe:
if FinSite = 97 (Uses other account aggregation services)

householdfinanceslong_ip9.fiyrdia

Amount received in interest/dividends

Type: number

Source: BHPS

Interviewer Instruction: WRITE IN TO NEAREST £ PLEASE EXCLUDE RETURNS FROM PREMIUM BONDS

Text: In the past 12 months how much have you personally received in the way of dividends or interest from any savings and investments you may have?

householdfinanceslong_ip9.fiyrdianr

Amount received in interest/dividends - CAWI non-response

Type: number

Source: UKHLS

Text: In the past 12 months how much have you personally received in the way of dividends or interest from any savings and investments you may have? Please enter an amount to the nearest pound. If possible, please provide an answer to this question as this is one of the key questions in this study. Please be assured that the information you give us will be treated confidentially.

Universe:
if (FIYRDIA = MIS|DK|REF) & GRIDVARIABLES.ModeType = 3 (Amount received in interest/dividends in last year is missing, don't know or refused AND mode is web)

householdfinanceslong_ip9.fiyrnet

Net amount received in interest/dividends

Type: number

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: WRITE IN TO NEAREST £

Text: How much would the amount of interest be after all the necessary tax has been paid on this?

Universe:
if (FIYRDIA <> MIS|DK|REF) | ((FIYRDIA = MIS|DK|REF) & (FIYRDIANR <> MIS|DK|REF)) (Amount received in interest/dividends in last year is not missing, don't know or refused)
and if FIYRTAX = 1 (Amount stated is before tax)

householdfinanceslong_ip9.fiyrtax

tax paid on interest/dividends

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: Was this before or after tax, or was there no tax to pay?

OptionLabel
1Before tax
2After tax
3No tax paid

Universe:
if (FIYRDIA <> MIS|DK|REF) | ((FIYRDIA = MIS|DK|REF) & (FIYRDIANR <> MIS|DK|REF)) (Amount received in interest/dividends in last year is not missing, don't know or refused)

householdfinanceslong_ip9.loyalty

Store loyalty cards respondent has

Type: multichoice

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: CODE ALL THAT APPLY

Text: Which of the following store loyalty cards do you have?

OptionLabelAssociated variables
1Tesco Clubcardi_loyalty1 (i_indresp_ip) tesco clubcard
2Nectar Cardi_loyalty2 (i_indresp_ip) nectar card
3myWaitrose Cardi_loyalty3 (i_indresp_ip) mywaitrose card
4Morrisons Match & More Cardi_loyalty4 (i_indresp_ip) morrisons match & more card
5The Co-operative Cardi_loyalty5 (i_indresp_ip) the co-operative card
6my John Lewis Cardi_loyalty6 (i_indresp_ip) my john lewis card
7Ikea family Cardi_loyalty7 (i_indresp_ip) ikea family card
8Boots Advantage Cardi_loyalty8 (i_indresp_ip) boots advantage card
9Nando’s Cardi_loyalty9 (i_indresp_ip) nando’s card
10Costa Coffee Club Cardi_loyalty10 (i_indresp_ip) costa coffee club card
11Starbucks Cardi_loyalty11 (i_indresp_ip) starbucks card
12British Airways Executive Club Cardi_loyalty12 (i_indresp_ip) british airways executive club card
13Virgin Atlantic Flying Club Cardi_loyalty13 (i_indresp_ip) virgin atlantic flying club card
97Otheri_loyalty97 (i_indresp_ip) other
96No store loyalty cardsi_loyalty96 (i_indresp_ip) no store loyalty cards

householdfinanceslong_ip9.loyaltyo

Other loyalty card(s) respondent has

Type: string

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: WRITE IN

Text: What other loyalty cards do you have?

Universe:
if Loyalty = 97 (Has other loyalty cards)

householdfinanceslong_ip9.ppencont

Amount of private pension contribution in last month

Type: number

Source: UKHLS

Interviewer Instruction: WRITE IN TO NEAREST £

Text: How much did you contribute to this pension scheme in the last month?

Universe:
if Finpen = 1 (Pays into a private pension scheme)

householdfinanceslong_ip9.taxsa

Filed a tax return or self-assessment form for last financial year

Type: choice

Source: UKHLS

Text: Did you file a tax return or self-assessment form for the last financial year?

OptionLabel
1No
2Yes, online
3Yes, paper form

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