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Mainstage Variable

remusamt

Usual remittance amount

Datafile

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Individual variables

Variable nameVariable labelDatafile
remusamt1 Remittance no.1: Usual remittance amount indresp
remusamt2 Remittance no.2: Usual remittance amount indresp
remusamt3 Remittance no.3: Usual remittance amount indresp
remusamt4 remittance no.4: Usual remittance amount indresp

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

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