No child support agreements
Datafile
Index terms
- Family and households Child maintenance Court maintenance
- Family and households Child maintenance No support aggrement
Individual variables
| Variable name | Variable label | Datafile |
|---|---|---|
| cmnil1 | Waiting for an agreement to be made from court/CSA/CMS/other organisation | indresp |
| cmnil2 | no child support agreements: other parent helps in an informal way e.g. buys | indresp |
| cmnil3 | no child support agreements: other parent is equally involved with the child | indresp |
| cmnil4 | I prefer not to receive child maintenance | indresp |
| cmnil5 | Other parent cannot afford to pay any maintenance | indresp |
| cmnil6 | Other parent said they would not pay/refused to pay maintenance | indresp |
| cmnil7 | Don't know where other parent is | indresp |
| cmnil8 | Other parent is in prison | indresp |
| cmnil9 | Receiving maintenance could cause friction | indresp |
| cmnil10 | Other parent is abusive or violent | indresp |
| cmnil11 | I don't want contact with my child's other parent | indresp |
| cmnil12 | I don't want my child to have contact with my child's other parent | indresp |
| cmnil97 | Other | indresp |
Question asked in the latest wave:
childmaintenance_w5.cmnil
Question label:
No child support agreements
Question text:
According to the information you have given me you do not currently have any agreement in place to receive child maintenance payments.
Can you tell me which of the following are reasons why you are not currently receiving any child maintenance payments?
Question universe:
if CMRoute = 1 (If biological/adoptive parent of child aged under 16 or child aged 16-19 in full-time education, whose other biological/adoptive parent is not currently resident in the HH)
and if CSACalc = 2 & CMCOrd = 4 & CMVol = 4 (If no CSA calculation, no Court Order and no private arrangement)
Question interviewer instructions:
CODE ALL THAT APPLY
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
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