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Innovation Panel Questionnaire Module

personalpensions_ip3

Personal Pensions module

Questions 12

personalpensions_ip3.pendateh

Pension date recall

Type: multichoice

Source: New

Interviewer Instruction: PLEASE DO NOT RETURN TO PREVIOUS QUESTION(S) TO CHANGE THE RESPONDENT'S DATE ANSWER(S) IF RESPONDENT DECIDED ON A DIFFERENT DATE AS A RESULT OF ANSWERING THIS QUESTION CODE ALL THAT APPLY

Text: How did you come up with that date?

OptionLabelAssociated variables
1Guessedc_pendateh1 (c_indresp_ip) mc guessed
2Knew the exact datec_pendateh2 (c_indresp_ip) mc knew the exact date
3Related it to their agec_pendateh3 (c_indresp_ip) mc related it to their age
4Relate date other eventc_pendateh4 (c_indresp_ip) mc related it to the date of another event
5Remembered somethingc_pendateh5 (c_indresp_ip) mc remembered something about the event that suggested when it happened
6Not surec_pendateh6 (c_indresp_ip) mc doesn't know how they came up with the date

Universe:
if PPEN = 1 (contributes to a personal pension scheme)
and if PPYRS_A <> DK/REF | PPYRS_B1 <> DK/REF (If provided information about when pension started)

personalpensions_ip3.ppen

Whether contributes to personal pension

Type: choice

Source: Adapted from WAS

Text: Other than any main employer or occupational pension scheme, are you currently a member of any personal pension scheme or do you currently contribute to any personal pension scheme? Please include any Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme you may belong to.

OptionLabel
1Yes
2No

personalpensions_ip3.ppent

Stakeholder or other personal pension

Type: choice

Source: Adapted from WAS

Interviewer Instruction: IF MORE THAN ONE PERSONAL PENSION CODE LONGEST MEMBERSHIP

Text: Is this a personal pension or a stakeholder pension?

OptionLabel
1Personal pension
2Stakeholder pension

Universe:
if PPEN = 1 (contributes to a personal pension scheme)

personalpensions_ip3.ppram

Pension amount contributed

Type: number

Source: Adapted from WAS

Interviewer Instruction: PROBE FULLY FOR RESPONDENT'S ESTIMATE ENTER TO THE NEAREST £

Text: How much do you usually contribute?

Universe:
if PPEN = 1 (contributes to a personal pension scheme)
and if PPREG = 2 (contributes regularly to personal pension)

personalpensions_ip3.pprampc

Pension period covered

Type: choice

Source: Adapted from WAS

Text: What period does this cover?

OptionLabel
1One week
2Two weeks
3Three weeks
4Four weeks
5Calendar month
7Two calendar months
8Eight times a year
9Nine times a year
10Ten times a year
13Three months/13 weeks
26Six months/26 weeks
52One year/12 months/52 weeks
90Less than one week
95One off/lump sum
96None of these

Universe:
if PPEN = 1 (contributes to a personal pension scheme)
and if PPREG = 2 (contributes regularly to personal pension)
and if PPRAM > 0 (amount contributed to pension was given)

personalpensions_ip3.ppreg

Contributes regularly to pension

Type: choice

Source: Adapted from WAS

Interviewer Instruction: READ OUT

Text: Not including any National Insurance Contributions paid into this personal pension, do you contribute to your pension...

OptionLabel
1Never
2Regularly
3Irregularly
4or have you stopped contributing to your scheme?

Universe:
if PPEN = 1 (contributes to a personal pension scheme)

personalpensions_ip3.ppyrs_a

Date joined personal pension scheme

Type: number

Source: Adapted from WAS

Interviewer Instruction: IF MORE THAN ONE PERSONAL PENSION CODE LONGEST MEMBERSHIP ENTER YEAR

Text: VERSION A In which year did you join this pension scheme?

Universe:
if PPEN = 1 (contributes to a personal pension scheme)
and if ff_changew2 = 1 (Measures of change experiment Version A)

personalpensions_ip3.ppyrs_b1

Years member of personal pension

Type: choice

Source: Adapted from WAS

Interviewer Instruction: IF MORE THAN ONE PERSONAL PENSION CODE LONGEST MEMBERSHIP

Text: VERSION B How long have you been a member of this pension scheme?

OptionLabel
1Duration provided
2Date provided

Universe:
if PPEN = 1 (contributes to a personal pension scheme)
and if ff_changew2 = 2 (Measures of change experiment Version B)

personalpensions_ip3.ppyrs_b2m

Months being a Priv Pens member

Type: number

Source: Adapted from WAS

Universe:
if PPEN = 1 (contributes to a personal pension scheme)
and if ff_changew2 = 2 (Measures of change experiment Version B)
and if PPYRS_B1 = 1 (Duration provided)

personalpensions_ip3.ppyrs_b2y

Years being a Priv Pens member

Type: number

Source: Adapted from WAS

Universe:
if PPEN = 1 (contributes to a personal pension scheme)
and if ff_changew2 = 2 (Measures of change experiment Version B)
and if PPYRS_B1 = 1 (Duration provided)

personalpensions_ip3.ppyrs_b3m

Month became a Priv Pens member

Type: number

Source: Adapted from WAS

Universe:
if PPEN = 1 (contributes to a personal pension scheme)
and if ff_changew2 = 2 (Measures of change experiment Version B)
and if PPYRS_B1 = 2 (Date provided)

personalpensions_ip3.ppyrs_b3y

Year became a Priv Pens member

Type: number

Source: Adapted from WAS

Universe:
if PPEN = 1 (contributes to a personal pension scheme)
and if ff_changew2 = 2 (Measures of change experiment Version B)
and if PPYRS_B1 = 2 (Date provided)

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