gross pay at last payment (correction)
This variable is only available in the Special Licence (SN 7083) and Secure Access (SN 7332) datasets.
Datafile
Question asked in the latest wave:
employees_ip9.payglc
Question label:
Gross pay at last payment (correction)
Question text:
The last time you were paid, what was your gross pay - that is including any overtime, bonuses, commission, tips or tax refund but before any deductions for tax, National Insurance or pension contributions, student loan repayments, union dues and so on? As this information is important for lots of areas of research, it would be helpful if you could please check your payslip if possible.
Question universe:
if CURRENTEMPLOYMENT.JBSEMP = 1 (employee)
and if (PayGL REF) & (PAYGLNR REF) (Gross pay at last payment is not refused)
and if NetChk = 2 | GrossChk = 2 (Data collected on gross and/or net pay is incorrect)
Question interviewer instructions:
IF DON’T KNOW/CAN’T REMEMBER PROBE FOR APPROXIMATE AMOUNT ENTER TO NEAREST POUND RESPONDENT TO CHECK PAYSLIP IF POSSIBLE
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 2139 | 94.52% |
| proxy | -7 | 63 | 2.78% |
| refusal | -2 | 2 | 0.09% |
| don't know | -1 | 8 | 0.35% |
| [Value >= 0] | 1 | 25 | 1.1% |
| Total | 2263 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3308.72 | 2238 | 1.0 | 25000.0 | 7072.7 | 25 |



