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Innovation Panel Variable

mpcsustain

Sustain living expenses when household income lost

Datafile

Question asked in the latest wave:

scampc_ip15.mpcsustain

Question label:

Sustain living expenses when household income lost

Question text:

If you lost your main source of household income, how long could your household continue to cover living expenses, without having to borrow any money or ask for help from friends or family?

Question universe:

if (GRIDVARIABLES.ModeType = 1 & CASISTART.scac = 1 thru 3) | (GRIDVARIABLES.ModeType = 2 | 3) (Mode is face-to-face and has agreed to self-completion OR mode is telephone or web)

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

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-9200.74%
inapplicable-8291.07%
proxy-7341.25%
refusal-2281.03%
don't know-1672.46%
Less than a week11896.95%
1 week to less than 1 month238114.01%
1 month to less than 3 months352919.45%
3 months to less than 6 months436613.46%
6 months or longer5107739.6%
Total2720100.0%

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