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Top Up contributions: payment period

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Question asked in the latest wave:

socialcare_ip18.topupper

Question label:

Top Up contributions: payment period

Question text:

What period does that cover?

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 = 1 & HelpCode = 1 thru 18) // Lives in England and help/care provided by formal/informal carers
And if (PersBudg = 1) // Has been allocated a Personal Budget
And if (PBTopUp = 1) // Pays to top up Personal Budget
And if ((TopUpVal (MIS|DK|REF)) & TopUpVal > 0) // Top Up: Amount Given

Question interviewer instructions:

ASK OR RECORD

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

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-8614699.98%
Per week110.02%
Total6147100.0%

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