fimnsben_dv

amount income component 7: social benefit income

Monthly amount of net income component 7: social benefit income. This includes receipts reported in income records where w_ficode equals [1] “state retirement (old age) pension”, [5] “a widow’s or war widow’s pension”, [6] “a widowed mother’s allowance / widowed parent’s allowance”, [7] “pension credit (includes guarantee credit & saving credit)”, [8] “severe disablement allowance”, [9] “industrial injury disablement allowance”, [10] “disability living allowance”, [11] “attendance allowance”, [12] “carer’s allowance (formerly invalid care allowance)”, [13] “war disablement pension”, [14] “incapacity benefit”, [15] “income support”, [16] “job seeker’s allowance”, [18] “child benefit (including lone-parent child benefit payments)”, [19] “child tax credit”, [20] “working tax credit (includes disabled person’s tax credit)”, [21] “maternity allowance”, [22] “housing benefit”, [23] “council tax benefit”, [30] “foster allowance / guardian allowance”, [31] “rent rebate (NI only)”, [32] “rate rebate (NI only – offset against rates)”, [33] “employment and support allowance”, [34] “return to work credit”, [36] “in-work credit for lone parents”, [37] “other disability related benefit or payment”, [39] “income from any other state benefit (not asked in Wave 1), [40] “universal credit” (from Wave 4), [41] “personal independence payments” (from Wave 4). This is assumed to be reported net of tax. For further details about derived income variables, see the Derived Income variables section of the User Guide.

Datafile

• indresp

Index terms

• Derived Variables
• Incomes
• Incomes: Benefits and Allowances and Pensions

Derived variable note:

Monthly amount of net income component 7: social benefit income. This includes receipts reported in income records where w_ficode equals [1] "state retirement (old age) pension", [5] "a widow's or war widow's pension", [6] "a widowed mother's allowance / widowed parent's allowance", [7] "pension credit (includes guarantee credit & saving credit)", [8] "severe disablement allowance", [9] "industrial injury disablement allowance", [10] "disability living allowance", [11] "attendance allowance", [12] "carer's allowance (formerly invalid care allowance)", [13] "war disablement pension", [14] "incapacity benefit", [15] "income support", [16] "job seeker's allowance", [18] "child benefit (including lone-parent child benefit payments)", [19] "child tax credit", [20] "working tax credit (includes disabled person's tax credit)", [21] "maternity allowance", [22] "housing benefit", [23] "council tax benefit", [30] "foster allowance / guardian allowance", [31] "rent rebate (NI only)", [32] "rate rebate (NI only – offset against rates)", [33] "employment and support allowance", [34] "return to work credit", [36] "in-work credit for lone parents", [37] "other disability related benefit or payment", [39] "income from any other state benefit (not asked in Wave 1), [40] "universal credit" (from Wave 4), [41] "personal independence payments" (from Wave 4). This is assumed to be reported net of tax. For further details about derived income variables, see the Derived Income variables section of the User Guide.