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cplmp

How important decision are made in child's life

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Variable nameVariable labelDatafile
cplmp01 how important decision are made in child s life chmain
cplmp02 how important decision are made in child s life chmain
cplmp03 how important decision are made in child s life chmain
cplmp04 how important decision are made in child s life chmain
cplmp05 how important decision are made in child s life chmain
cplmp06 how important decision are made in child s life chmain
cplmp07 how important decision are made in child s life chmain
cplmp08 how important decision are made in child s life chmain
cplmp09 how important decision are made in child s life chmain
cplmp10 how important decision are made in child s life chmain
cplmp11 how important decision are made in child s life chmain
cplmp12 how important decision are made in child s life chmain
cplmp13 how important decision are made in child s life chmain
cplmp14 how important decision are made in child s life chmain
cplmp15 how important decision are made in child s life chmain
cplmp16 how important decision are made in child s life chmain

Question asked in the latest wave:

childmaintenance_w3.cplmp

Question label:

How important decision are made in child's life

Question text:

When important decisions, such as relating to education or health, have to be made in [childname]'s life, would you say that decisions are made...

Question universe:

if CMRoute = 1 (If biological parent of child(ren) aged <18 in household & other biological parent is absent from household)
and if CSACalc = 1 | 2 (If child's non-resident biological parent is alive)

Question interviewer instructions:

READ OUT IF RESPONDENT SAYS THAT DECISIONS ARE MADE ENTIRELY BY THEM, CODE AS ‘mainly by you’

Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires

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