Remittance no.3: Usual remittance amount
Datafile
Index term
Question asked in the latest wave:
remittances_w13.remusamt
Question label:
Usual remittance amount
Question text:
What is the usual amount?
Question universe:
if GRIDVARIABLES.EMBoost = 1 | GRIDVARIABLES.GPCompare = 1 | GRIDVARIABLES.LDA = 1 | GRIDVARIABLES.IEMB = 1 | GRIDVARIABLES.FBORN = 1 | INITIALCONDITIONS.UKborn = 5 (Part of the EM Boost, GP Comparison or LDA sample or IEMB sample or foreign-born continuing respondents and their co-resident sample members, or any foreign-born identified this wave.)
and if Remit = 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 (Has sent or given money to people outside the UK in the last 12 months)
and if RemitFreq > 1 & RemitReg = 1 (Sent money more than once and makes a regular payment)
and if RemitUsual = 2 (If last remittance was not the usual amount sent or given)
Question interviewer instructions:
ENTER AMOUNT TO THE NEAREST £
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 27892 | 99.62% |
| proxy | -7 | 104 | 0.37% |
| [Value >= 0] | 1 | 2 | 0.01% |
| Total | 27998 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 515.0 | 27996 | 30.0 | 1000.0 | 685.89 | 2 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 33510 | 97.64% |
| proxy | -7 | 804 | 2.34% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.0% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Total | 34319 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 39332 | 93.27% |
| proxy | -7 | 2832 | 6.72% |
| don't know | -1 | 3 | 0.01% |
| [Value >= 0] | 1 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Total | 42170 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90.0 | 42167 | 10.0 | 160.0 | 75.5 | 3 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 47730 | 93.6% |
| proxy | -7 | 3262 | 6.4% |
| [Value >= 0] | 1 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Total | 50994 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 505.0 | 50992 | 10.0 | 1000.0 | 700.04 | 2 |
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