Timeliness of voluntary maintenance
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Index terms
- Family and households Child maintenance Voluntary maintenance
- Money and finances Child maintenance Voluntary maintenance
Question asked in the latest wave:
childmaintenance_w15.cmvoltm
Question label:
Timeliness of voluntary maintenance
Question text:
Are these payments...
Question universe:
if [CMRoute = 1] // If biological/adoptive parent of child aged under 16 or child aged 16-19 in full-time education, whose other biological/adoptive parent is not currently resident in the HH
And if [CMVolFin = 1 | 3] // Private arrangement is mainly financial or equally financial and non-financial
And if [CMVolAll = 1 | 2 | 4] // If receives some or all of the private arrangement maintenance or is paid by DWP/CMS
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| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 32503 | 98.95% |
| proxy | -7 | 74 | 0.23% |
| refusal | -2 | 2 | 0.01% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| ...always on time | 1 | 166 | 0.51% |
| usually on time | 2 | 72 | 0.22% |
| more often on time than late | 3 | 11 | 0.03% |
| more often late than on time | 4 | 10 | 0.03% |
| rarely on time | 5 | 4 | 0.01% |
| or, always late? | 6 | 6 | 0.02% |
| Total | 32849 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.63 | 32580 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 1.08 | 269 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 27673 | 98.84% |
| proxy | -7 | 104 | 0.37% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| ...always on time | 1 | 136 | 0.49% |
| usually on time | 2 | 51 | 0.18% |
| more often on time than late | 3 | 7 | 0.03% |
| more often late than on time | 4 | 14 | 0.05% |
| rarely on time | 5 | 9 | 0.03% |
| or, always late? | 6 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Total | 27998 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.72 | 27778 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 1.19 | 220 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 1 | 0.0% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 31299 | 97.78% |
| proxy | -7 | 464 | 1.45% |
| ...always on time | 1 | 166 | 0.52% |
| usually on time | 2 | 61 | 0.19% |
| more often on time than late | 3 | 8 | 0.02% |
| more often late than on time | 4 | 4 | 0.01% |
| rarely on time | 5 | 2 | 0.01% |
| or, always late? | 6 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Total | 32008 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.46 | 31764 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 0.87 | 244 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 34638 | 96.06% |
| proxy | -7 | 1096 | 3.04% |
| don't know | -1 | 2 | 0.01% |
| ...always on time | 1 | 217 | 0.6% |
| usually on time | 2 | 78 | 0.22% |
| more often on time than late | 3 | 8 | 0.02% |
| more often late than on time | 4 | 9 | 0.02% |
| rarely on time | 5 | 6 | 0.02% |
| or, always late? | 6 | 4 | 0.01% |
| Total | 36058 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.51 | 35736 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 0.97 | 322 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 38897 | 92.24% |
| proxy | -7 | 2832 | 6.72% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.0% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| ...always on time | 1 | 306 | 0.73% |
| usually on time | 2 | 92 | 0.22% |
| more often on time than late | 3 | 13 | 0.03% |
| more often late than on time | 4 | 17 | 0.04% |
| rarely on time | 5 | 7 | 0.02% |
| or, always late? | 6 | 4 | 0.01% |
| Total | 42170 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.49 | 41731 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 0.96 | 439 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 40526 | 90.39% |
| proxy | -7 | 3858 | 8.6% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| ...always on time | 1 | 316 | 0.7% |
| usually on time | 2 | 91 | 0.2% |
| more often on time than late | 3 | 18 | 0.04% |
| more often late than on time | 4 | 18 | 0.04% |
| rarely on time | 5 | 6 | 0.01% |
| or, always late? | 6 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Total | 44837 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.49 | 44385 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 0.93 | 452 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 45253 | 91.07% |
| proxy | -7 | 3830 | 7.71% |
| don't know | -1 | 3 | 0.01% |
| ...always on time | 1 | 411 | 0.83% |
| usually on time | 2 | 105 | 0.21% |
| more often on time than late | 3 | 28 | 0.06% |
| more often late than on time | 4 | 32 | 0.06% |
| rarely on time | 5 | 19 | 0.04% |
| or, always late? | 6 | 11 | 0.02% |
| Total | 49692 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.64 | 49086 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 1.18 | 606 |
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