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Mainstage Variable

cmothpay

Non-resident parent pays for other items

Datafile

Index terms

Individual variables

Variable nameVariable labelDatafile
cmothpay1 Pay bills indresp
cmothpay2 Pay for urgent repairs indresp
cmothpay3 Pay for furniture, bedding etc. indresp
cmothpay4 Pay for clothes/shoes indresp
cmothpay5 Pay for toys indresp
cmothpay6 Pay for school trips (or extra lessons such as music, dance or sport) indresp
cmothpay7 Pay for holidays indresp
cmothpay8 Provide childcare vouchers indresp
cmothpay9 Pay school fees indresp
cmothpay10 Make mortgage payments indresp
cmothpay11 Pay off your debt (e.g. bank overdraft, credit card) indresp
cmothpay96 None of these indresp
cmothpay97 Pay for something else not listed above indresp

Question asked in the latest wave:

childmaintenance_w15.cmothpay

Question label:

Non-resident parent pays for other items

Question text:

Apart from the regular payments already discussed, does your child's/children's mother/father help you in any of the following ways?

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 = 1 | 2] // If child's non-resident biological/adoptive parent is alive

Question interviewer instructions:

CODE ALL THAT APPLY

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

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