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whodeal

Formal care: who deals with care payments

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Question asked in the latest wave:

socialcare_ip18.whodeal

Question label:

Formal care: who deals with care payments

Question text:

Now a few questions about paying for the care you receive. Do you usually deal with paying for your care or does a family member or friend manage this for you?

Question universe:

if (ff_survlengthw18 2|3 & ((HHGRID.dvage >= 65) & (GRIDVARIABLES.ModeType = 1|3))) // Not in Short Survey experiment groups & Aged 65 or over and mode is face-to-face or web
And if ((HHGrid.Region = (2|3|4) & HelpCode = (11 thru 18) | (HHGrid.Region = 1 & HelpCode = 1 thru 18)) // Lives in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland and help/care provided by formal carers OR Lives in England and Help/care provided by formal/informal carers

Question interviewer instructions:

OPEN CODE. PROBE IF NECESSARY.

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

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-8584295.04%
refusal-2140.23%
don't know-1100.16%
Respondent deals with this all him/herself11722.8%
Respondent knows about some of it but not all270.11%
Respondent does not deal with this at all31021.66%
Total6147100.0%

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