BHPS Documentation and Questionnaires

Trade Unions and Union Membership

Note

See usage notes in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

bf153

Income: maintenance or alimony

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (88)

Question Number and Text

BF153 : Have you yourself or jointly with others since 1.9.91 received Maintenance or Alimony?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Not mentioned	0	9328	94.7	98.6
Maint or alimony	53	131	1.3	1.4
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing

Valid cases	9459	Missing cases	386

Question Route

ALL RESPONDENTS

Index Terms

Note

See usage notes in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

bf154

Income: payments from relations

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (88)

Question Number and Text

BF154 : Have you yourself or jointly with others since 1.9.91 received Payments from a family member not living here?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Not mentioned	0	9318	94.6	98.5
Payment abs relative	54	141	1.4	1.5
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing

Valid cases	9459	Missing cases	386

Question Route

ALL RESPONDENTS

Index Terms

Note

See usage notes in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

bf155

Income: rent from lodgers

Record Type

Incomes: Rents, Savings, Investments

Questionnaire

Individual (88)

Question Number and Text

BF155 : Have you yourself or jointly with others since 1.9.91 received Rent from Boarders or lodgers (not family members) living here with you?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Not mentioned	0	9381	95.3	99.2
Rent/boarders/lodger	55	78	.8	.8
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing

Valid cases	9459	Missing cases	386

Question Route

ALL RESPONDENTS

Index Terms

Note

See usage notes in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

bf156

Income: rent from other property

Record Type

Incomes: Rents, Savings, Investments

Questionnaire

Individual (88)

Question Number and Text

BF156 : Have you yourself or jointly with others since 1.9.91 received Rent from any other property?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Not mentioned	0	9315	94.6	98.5
Rent other prop	56	144	1.5	1.5
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing

Valid cases	9459	Missing cases	386

Question Route

ALL RESPONDENTS

Index Terms

Note

See usage notes in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

bf157

Income: foster allowance

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (88)

Question Number and Text

BF157 : Have you yourself or jointly with others since 1.9.91 received Foster Allowance?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Not mentioned	0	9450	96.0	99.9
Foster allowance	57	9	.1	.1
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing

Valid cases	9459	Missing cases	386

Question Route

ALL RESPONDENTS

Index Terms

Note

See usage notes in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

bf158

Income: sickness or accident insurance

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (88)

Question Number and Text

BF158 : Have you yourself or jointly with others since 1.9.91 received Sickness or accident insurance?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Not mentioned	0	9425	95.7	99.6
Sick/acci insurance	58	34	.3	.4
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing

Valid cases	9459	Missing cases	386

Question Route

ALL RESPONDENTS

Index Terms

Note

See usage notes in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

bf159

Income: any other payment

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (88)

Question Number and Text

BF159 : Have you yourself or jointly with others since 1.9.91 received Any other regular payment?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Not mentioned	0	9364	95.1	99.0
Any other payment	59	95	1.0	1.0
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing

Valid cases	9459	Missing cases	386

Question Route

ALL RESPONDENTS

Index Terms

Note

See usage notes in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

bnf1

Income: total number of cited sources

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (89)

Question Number and Text

BF2 : Interviewer Check How many sources of income in total were recorded above?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	0	4073	41.4	43.1
	1	2552	25.9	27.0
	2	1655	16.8	17.5
	3	776	7.9	8.2
	4	282	2.9	3.0
	5	81	.8	.9
	6	23	.2	.2
	7	5	.1	.1
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing
Refused	-2	12	.1	Missing

Valid cases	9447	Missing cases	398

Question Route

ALL RESPONDENTS

Index Terms

Incomes

Note

See usage notes in Vol. A.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

bfisit

Financial situation

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (94)

Question Number and Text

BF4 : How well would you say you yourself are managing financially these days? Would you say you are….

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Living comfortably	1	2422	24.6	25.6
Doing alright	2	2748	27.9	29.1
Just abt getting by	3	3002	30.5	31.8
Finding it quite dif	4	810	8.2	8.6
Finding it very diff	5	467	4.7	4.9
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing
Refused	-2	2	.0	Missing
Don’t know	-1	8	.1	Missing

Valid cases	9449	Missing cases	396

Question Route

ALL RESPONDENTS

Index Terms

Values, Opinions and Attitudes

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

bfisitc

Change in financial position last year

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (94)

Question Number and Text

BF5 : Would you say that you yourself are better off, worse off or about the same financially than you were a year ago?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Better off	1	2054	20.9	21.8
Worse off	2	2929	29.8	31.0
About same	3	4455	45.3	47.2
Missing or wild	-9	4	.0	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing
Refused	-2	1	.0	Missing
Don’t know	-1	16	.2	Missing

Valid cases	9438	Missing cases	407

Question Route

ALL RESPONDENTS

Index Terms

Values, Opinions and Attitudes

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

bfisitx

Financial expectations for year ahead

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (94)

Question Number and Text

BF6 : Looking ahead, how do you think you yourself will be financially a year from now, will you be

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Better than now	1	2188	22.2	24.7
Worse than now	2	1881	19.1	21.2
About the same	3	4802	48.8	54.1
Missing or wild	-9	2	.0	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing
Refused	-2	1	.0	Missing
Don’t know	-1	585	5.9	Missing

Valid cases	8871	Missing cases	974

Question Route

ALL RESPONDENTS

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

bfiyrdi

Income last year from dividends/interest

Record Type

Incomes: Rents, Savings, Investments

Questionnaire

Individual (94)

Question Number and Text

BF7 : In the past 12 months about how much have you received in the way of dividends or interest from any savings and investments you may have? Was it

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Nothing	1	4165	42.3	44.0
Under 100 pounds	2	2703	27.5	28.6
100-1000 pounds	3	1888	19.2	20.0
1000+ pounds	4	703	7.1	7.4
Var Proxy resp	-7	386	3.9	Missing

Valid cases	9459	Missing cases	386

Question Route

ALL RESPONDENTS

Index Terms

Note

Includes imputed data. As this is a variable directly associated with a question, the imputation flag BFIYRDII takes missing value code of original variable (e.g. Don’t know, refuse, etc.) if imputed, and 0 if not imputed, or -8 if the variable was inapplicable.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8

bsave

Saves from current income

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (95)

Question Number and Text

BF8 : Do you save any amount of your income for example by putting something away now and then in a bank, building society, or Post Office account other than to meet regular bills?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Yes	1	3684	37.4	39.3
No	2	5699	57.9	60.7
Missing or wild	-9	6	.1	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing
Refused	-2	69	.7	Missing
Don’t know	-1	1	.0	Missing

Valid cases	9383	Missing cases	462

Question Route

ALL RESPONDENTS

Index Terms

Financial Management: Savings and Bank Accounts

Note

Explicitly excludes money put by to pay bills, but includes saving for holidays, and PEPs and life insurance.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

bsaved

Amount saved each month

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (95)

Question Number and Text

BF9 : About how much on average do you manage to save a month?

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
114.22	198.88	1	5000

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount stated	1	3184	32.3	100.0
Missing or wild	-9	9	.1	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	5769	58.6	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing
Refused	-2	114	1.2	Missing
Don’t know	-1	383	3.9	Missing

Valid cases	3184	Missing cases	6661

Question Route

IF (BSAVE=1) Asked if R saves some of income

Index Terms

Financial Management: Savings and Bank Accounts

Note

Amount saved by R alone.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

bsavey

Reason for saving

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (95)

Question Number and Text

BF10 : What are you saving for?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Holidays	1	603	6.1	19.3
Old age	2	261	2.7	8.4
Car	3	150	1.5	4.8
Children	4	89	.9	2.9
House purchase	5	149	1.5	4.8
Home improv	6	128	1.3	4.1
HH bills	7	31	.3	1.0
Special evnts	8	197	2.0	6.3
No spec reason	9	1292	13.1	41.4
Other	96	222	2.3	7.1
Missing or wild	-9	27	.3	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	6266	63.6	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing
Refused	-2	23	.2	Missing
Don’t know	-1	21	.2	Missing

Valid cases	3122	Missing cases	6723

Question Route

IF (BSAVE=1 AND BSAVED GT 0) Asked if R saves some of income and recorded amount

Index Terms

Financial Management: Savings and Bank Accounts

Note

Office coded from verbatim responses. From Wave 2 onwards two responses are coded and so this variable becomes wSAVEY1 and wSAVEY2.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2

bpppen

Paid into private personal pension

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (95)

Question Number and Text

BF11 : I’d like to ask you now about private personal pensions, that is a pension that you yourself have taken out on your own behalf. In the past year, that is since September 1st 1991 have you paid any contributions or premiums for a private personal pension, or had such contributions paid on your behalf by the Department of Social Security?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Yes	1	1483	15.1	15.7
No	2	7972	81.0	84.3
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing
Refused	-2	3	.0	Missing
Don’t know	-1	1	.0	Missing

Valid cases	9455	Missing cases	390

Question Route

ALL RESPONDENTS

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

bpenb4

Personal pension started before 1.7.88

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (95)

Question Number and Text

BF12 : Was your policy taken out before July 1st 1988 or since then?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Before 1.7.88	1	563	5.7	38.0
1.7.88 or since	2	893	9.1	60.2
Before and after	3	27	.3	1.8
Inapplicable	-8	7976	81.0	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing

Valid cases	1483	Missing cases	8362

Question Route

IF (BPPPEN=1) Asked if R has since 1.9.91 paid into a private personal pension or had contributions paid on R’s behalf by the DSS

Index Terms

Note

1.7.88 was date on which the UK laws relating to personal pensions were changed.

Variable Occurrence

W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

bpenb4yr

Year pre 1.7.88 pension started

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (96)

Question Number and Text

BF13 : What year did you first take out a policy?

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
83.93	4.90	52	88

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount stated	1	534	5.4	100.0
Missing or wild	-9	1	.0	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	8869	90.1	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing
Don’t know	-1	55	.6	Missing

Valid cases	534	Missing cases	9311

Question Route

IF (BPPPEN=1 AND BPENB4=1) Asked if R has since 1.9.91 paid into a private personal pension or had contributions paid on R’s behalf by the DSS and the policy was taken out before 1.7.88

Index Terms

Note

See note for BPENB4.

Variable Occurrence

W2 W3 W4 W5 W6

bpenb4v

Amount last payment to pre 1988 pension

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (96)

Question Number and Text

BF14 : How much was your last contribution or premium?

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
118.02	205.56	1	999

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount stated	1	518	5.3	100.0
Inapplicable	-8	8869	90.1	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing
Refused	-2	12	.1	Missing
Don’t know	-1	60	.6	Missing

Valid cases	518	Missing cases	9327

Question Route

IF (BPPPEN=1 AND BPENB4=1) Asked if R has since 1.9.91 paid into a private personal pension or had contributions paid on R’s behalf by the DSS and the policy was taken out before 1.7.88

Index Terms

Note

See note for BPENB4.

Variable Occurrence

W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

bpenb4w

Period covered pre ’88 pension pay’t

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (96)

Question Number and Text

BF15 : How long did this cover?

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
8.81	13.87	1	52

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount stated	1.00	561	5.7	100.0
Missing or wild	-9.00	16	.2	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	8869	90.1	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7.00	386	3.9	Missing
One off payment	-4.00	2	.0	Missing
Period uncodeable	-3.00	2	.0	Missing
Refused	-2.00	1	.0	Missing
Don’t know	-1.00	8	.1	Missing

Valid cases	561	Missing cases	9284

Question Route

IF (BPPPEN=1 AND BPENB4=1) Asked if R has since 1.9.91 paid into a private personal pension or had contributions paid on R’s behalf by the DSS and the policy was taken out before 1.7.88

Index Terms

Note

See note for BPENB4.

Variable Occurrence

W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

bpenyr

Year post 1.7.88 pension started

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (97)

Question Number and Text

BF16 : What year did you first take out a policy?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
1988	88	101	1.0	11.4
1989	89	218	2.2	24.5
1990	90	196	2.0	22.1
1991	91	191	1.9	21.5
1992	92	181	1.8	20.4
1993	93	1	.0	.1
Missing or wild	-9	7	.1	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	8539	86.7	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing
Refused	-2	1	.0	Missing
Don’t know	-1	24	.2	Missing

Valid cases	888	Missing cases	8957

Question Route

IF (BPPPEN=1 AND BPENB4=2) Asked if R has since 1.9.91 paid into a private personal pension or had contributions paid on R’s behalf by the DSS and policy was taken out on or after 1.7.88

Index Terms

Note

See note for BPENB4.

Variable Occurrence

W2 W3 W4 W5 W6

bpenadd

Additional contrib’n to post ’88 pension

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (97)

Question Number and Text

BF17 : Since September 1st 1991, over and above those contributions paid on your behalf by the Department of Social Security, have you yourself made any extra contributions towards your personal pension?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Yes	1	565	5.7	61.9
No	2	348	3.5	38.1
Missing or wild	-9	5	.1	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	8539	86.7	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing
Don’t know	-1	2	.0	Missing

Valid cases	913	Missing cases	8932

Question Route

IF (BPPPEN=1 AND BPENB4=2) Asked if R has since 1.9.91 paid into a private personal pension or had contributions paid on R’s behalf by the DSS and policy was taken out on or after 1.7.88

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

bpenadv

Amount last payment post 1.7.88 pension

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (97)

Question Number and Text

BF18 : How much was your last contribution?

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
65.33	129.92	1	999

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount stated	1	538	5.5	100.0
Missing or wild	-9	5	.1	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	8889	90.3	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing
Refused	-2	4	.0	Missing
Don’t know	-1	23	.2	Missing

Valid cases	538	Missing cases	9307

Question Route

IF (BPPPEN=1 AND BPENB4=2 AND BPENADD=1) Asked if R has since 1.9.91 paid into a private personal pension or had contributions paid on R’s behalf by the DSS and policy was taken out on or after 1.7.88 and R has paid extra contributions into the pension

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

bpenadw

Period covered post ’88 pension payment

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (97)

Question Number and Text

BF19 : How long did this cover?

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
4.97	6.03	1	52

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount stated	1.00	550	5.6	100.0
Missing or wild	-9.00	11	.1	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	8889	90.3	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7.00	386	3.9	Missing
One off payment	-4.00	7	.1	Missing
Refused	-2.00	1	.0	Missing
Don’t know	-1.00	1	.0	Missing

Valid cases	550	Missing cases	9295

Question Route

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W17 W18

bfthh

Transfers money within household

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (98)

Question Number and Text

BF21 : Please tell me whether you give or transfer money to any member of your household for any of the purposes listed on this card?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Yes	1	1991	20.2	24.6
No	2	6106	62.0	75.4
Missing or wild	-9	31	.3	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	1326	13.5	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing
Refused	-2	5	.1	Missing

Valid cases	8097	Missing cases	1748

Question Route

IF (BHHSIZE GT 1) Asked if R lives in other than a single person household

Index Terms

Note

Includes housekeeping, payments for ‘keep’, allowances, but not repayment of loans.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5

bfthh1

1st recipient of internal money transfer

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (98)

Question Number and Text

BF22A1 : Who do you give or transfer money to? (1st recipient)

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	1	649	6.6	32.7
	2	1176	11.9	59.3
	3	117	1.2	5.9
	4	33	.3	1.7
	5	5	.1	.3
	8	3	.0	.2
Missing or wild	-9	32	.3	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	7437	75.5	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing
Don’t know	-1	7	.1	Missing

Valid cases	1983	Missing cases	7862

Question Route

IF (BHHSIZE GT 1 AND BFTHH=1) Asked if R lives in other than a single person household and transfers money to any member of household for any of the reasons listed

Index Terms

Note

Person number recorded.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5

bfthh11

Pays rent to 1st person

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (98)

Question Number and Text

BF22B11 : What is this money (transfer to 1st recipient) for? Rent

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Not mentioned	0	1789	18.2	90.3
Rent	1	192	2.0	9.7
Missing or wild	-9	41	.4	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	7437	75.5	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing

Valid cases	1981	Missing cases	7864

Question Route

IF (BHHSIZE GT 1 AND BFTHH=1) Asked if R lives in other than a single person household and transfers money to any member of household for any of the reasons listed

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5

bfthh12

Pays housekeeping to 1st person

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (98)

Question Number and Text

BF22B21 : What is this money (transfer to 1st recipient) for? Housekeeping

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Not mentioned	0	1121	11.4	56.6
Housekeeping	1	860	8.7	43.4
Missing or wild	-9	41	.4	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	7437	75.5	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing

Valid cases	1981	Missing cases	7864

Question Route

IF (BHHSIZE GT 1 AND BFTHH=1) Asked if R lives in other than a single person household and transfers money to any member of household for any of the reasons listed

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5

bfthh13

Pays board to 1st person

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (98)

Question Number and Text

BF22B31 : What is this money (transfer to 1st recipient) for? Board/ Keep

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Not mentioned	0	1422	14.4	71.8
Board and keep	1	559	5.7	28.2
Missing or wild	-9	41	.4	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	7437	75.5	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing

Valid cases	1981	Missing cases	7864

Question Route

IF (BHHSIZE GT 1 AND BFTHH=1) Asked if R lives in other than a single person household and transfers money to any member of household for any of the reasons listed

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5

bfthh14

Pays allowance to 1st person

Record Type

Financial Management: Allowances

Questionnaire

Individual (98)

Question Number and Text

BF22B41 : What is this money (transfer to 1st recipient) for? Personal Spending or Allowance

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Not mentioned	0	1696	17.2	85.6
Pers spending/allow	1	285	2.9	14.4
Missing or wild	-9	41	.4	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	7437	75.5	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing

Valid cases	1981	Missing cases	7864

Question Route

IF (BHHSIZE GT 1 AND BFTHH=1) Asked if R lives in other than a single person household and transfers money to any member of household for any of the reasons listed

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5

bfthh15

Pays h/hold bills or food to 1st person

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (98)

Question Number and Text

BF22B51 : What is this money (transfer to 1st recipient) for? Household bills or food

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Not mentioned	0	1378	14.0	69.6
HH bills/food	1	603	6.1	30.4
Missing or wild	-9	41	.4	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	7437	75.5	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing

Valid cases	1981	Missing cases	7864

Question Route

IF (BHHSIZE GT 1 AND BFTHH=1) Asked if R lives in other than a single person household and transfers money to any member of household for any of the reasons listed

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5

bfthh16

Makes other transfer to 1st person

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (98)

Question Number and Text

BF22B61 : What is this money (transfer to 1st recipient) for? Other

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Not mentioned	0	1908	19.4	96.3
Other	1	73	.7	3.7
Missing or wild	-9	41	.4	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	7437	75.5	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing

Valid cases	1981	Missing cases	7864

Question Route

IF (BHHSIZE GT 1 AND BFTHH=1) Asked if R lives in other than a single person household and transfers money to any member of household for any of the reasons listed

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5

bfthh1v

Amount transferred to 1st person

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (98)

Question Number and Text

BF22C1 : About how much in total do you give to (person 1)

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
110.29	240.95	1	7000

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount stated	1	1816	18.4	100.0
Missing or wild	-9	40	.4	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	7437	75.5	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing
Refused	-2	67	.7	Missing
Don’t know	-1	99	1.0	Missing

Valid cases	1816	Missing cases	8029

Question Route

IF (BHHSIZE GT 1 AND BFTHH=1) Asked if R lives in other than a single person household and transfers money to any member of household for any of the reasons listed

Index Terms

Note

See Note for BFTHH1W.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5

bfthh1w

Weeks covered by transfer to 1st person

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (98)

Question Number and Text

BF22DOC1 : How often do you give (person 1) this money (for any purpose)?

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
	.40	1	.0	.1
	1.00	1215	12.3	63.9
	1.30	1	.0	.1
	2.00	74	.8	3.9
	3.00	1	.0	.1
	4.00	3	.0	.2
	4.33	589	6.0	31.0
	5.00	1	.0	.1
	9.00	2	.0	.1
	13.00	7	.1	.4
	26.00	1	.0	.1
	52.00	6	.1	.3
Missing or wild	-9.00	72	.7	Missing
Inapplicable	-8.00	7437	75.5	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7.00	386	3.9	Missing
Period uncodeable	-3.00	22	.2	Missing
Don’t know	-1.00	27	.3	Missing

Valid cases	1901	Missing cases	7944

Question Route

IF (BHHSIZE GT 1 AND BFTHH=1) Asked if R lives in other than a single person household and transfers money to any member of household for any of the reasons listed

Index Terms

Note

Variables associated with payments or receipts include two for each, the amount of the receipt or payment (here BFTHH1V), and the period in weeks which it covered (here BFTHH1W). These variables should not be used without first converting to a common time metric (e.g. dividing by the number of weeks).

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5

bfthh2

2nd recipient of internal money transfer

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (98)

Question Number and Text

BF22A2 : Who do you give or transfer money to? (2nd recipient)

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
None	0	1955	19.9	98.2
	1	2	.0	.1
	2	4	.0	.2
	3	9	.1	.5
	4	14	.1	.7
	5	6	.1	.3
Missing or wild	-9	32	.3	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	7437	75.5	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing

Valid cases	1990	Missing cases	7855

Question Route

IF (BHHSIZE GT 1 AND BFTHH=1) Asked if R lives in other than a single person household and transfers money to any member of household for any of the reasons listed

Index Terms

Note

Person number recorded.

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5

bfthh21

Pays rent to 2nd person

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (98)

Question Number and Text

BF22B12 : What is this money (transfer to 2nd recipient) for? Rent

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Not mentioned	0	34	.3	97.1
Rent	1	1	.0	2.9
Missing or wild	-9	32	.3	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	9392	95.4	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing

Valid cases	35	Missing cases	9810

Question Route

IF (BHHSIZE GT 1 AND BFTHH=1) Asked if R lives in other than a single person household and transfers money to any member of household for any of the reasons listed

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5

bfthh22

Pays housekeeping to 2nd person

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (98)

Question Number and Text

BF22B22 : What is this money (transfer to 2nd recipient) for? Housekeeping

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Not mentioned	0	34	.3	97.1
Housekeeping	1	1	.0	2.9
Missing or wild	-9	32	.3	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	9392	95.4	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing

Valid cases	35	Missing cases	9810

Question Route

IF (BHHSIZE GT 1 AND BFTHH=1) Asked if R lives in other than a single person household and transfers money to any member of household for any of the reasons listed

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5

bfthh23

Pays board to 2nd person

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (98)

Question Number and Text

BF22B32 : What is this money (transfer to 2nd recipient) for? Board/ Keep

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Not mentioned	0	35	.4	100.0
Missing or wild	-9	32	.3	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	9392	95.4	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing

Valid cases	35	Missing cases	9810

Question Route

IF (BHHSIZE GT 1 AND BFTHH=1) Asked if R lives in other than a single person household and transfers money to any member of household for any of the reasons listed

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5

bfthh24

Pays allowance to 2nd person

Record Type

Financial Management: Allowances

Questionnaire

Individual (98)

Question Number and Text

BF22B42 : What is this money (transfer to 2nd recipient) for? Personal Spending or Allowance

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Not mentioned	0	16	.2	45.7
Personal spending	1	19	.2	54.3
Missing or wild	-9	32	.3	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	9392	95.4	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing

Valid cases	35	Missing cases	9810

Question Route

IF (BHHSIZE GT 1 AND BFTHH=1) Asked if R lives in other than a single person household and transfers money to any member of household for any of the reasons listed

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5

bfthh25

Pays h/hold bills or food to 2nd person

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (98)

Question Number and Text

BF22B52 : What is this money (transfer to 2nd recipient) for? Household bills or food

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Not mentioned	0	31	.3	88.6
HH bills/food	1	4	.0	11.4
Missing or wild	-9	32	.3	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	9392	95.4	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing

Valid cases	35	Missing cases	9810

Question Route

IF (BHHSIZE GT 1 AND BFTHH=1) Asked if R lives in other than a single person household and transfers money to any member of household for any of the reasons listed

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5

bfthh26

Makes other transfer to 2nd person

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (98)

Question Number and Text

BF22B62 : What is this money (transfer to 2nd recipient) for? Other

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Not mentioned	0	23	.2	65.7
Other	1	12	.1	34.3
Missing or wild	-9	32	.3	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	9392	95.4	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing

Valid cases	35	Missing cases	9810

Question Route

IF (BHHSIZE GT 1 AND BFTHH=1) Asked if R lives in other than a single person household and transfers money to any member of household for any of the reasons listed

Index Terms

Variable Occurrence

W1 W2 W3 W4 W5

bfthh2v

Amount transferred to 2nd person

Record Type

Questionnaire

Individual (98)

Question Number and Text

BF22C2 : About how much in total do you give to (person 2)

Mean	Std Dev	Minimum	Maximum
58.32	106.47	5	500

Value Label	Value	Frequency	%	Valid %
Amount stated	1	34	.3	100.0
Missing or wild	-9	32	.3	Missing
Inapplicable	-8	9227	93.7	Missing
Proxy respondent	-7	386	3.9	Missing
Refused	-2	67	.7	Missing
Don’t know	-1	99	1.0	Missing

Valid cases	34	Missing cases	9811

Question Route

IF (BHHSIZE GT 1 AND BFTHH=1) Asked if R lives in other than a single person household and transfers money to any member of household for any of the reasons listed

Index Terms