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pdepc

See friends/family

Datafile

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Individual variables

Variable nameVariable labelDatafile
pdepc1 see friends/family: yes hhresp
pdepc2 see friends/family: no, no money for this hhresp
pdepc3 see friends/family: no, not a priority hhresp
pdepc4 see friends/family: no, health/disability prevents this hhresp
pdepc5 see friends/family: no, too much trouble/too tiring hhresp
pdepc6 see friends/family: no, no company/help hhresp
pdepc7 see friends/family: no, not wanted hhresp
pdepc8 see friends/family: no, not relevant hhresp
pdepc97 see friends/family: spontaneous: no, other hhresp

Question asked in the latest wave:

household_w14.pdepc

Question label:

See friends/family

Question text:

(HHGRID.hhsize greater than 1Do all the people living here of pensionable ageHHGRID.hhsize = 1Do you) See friends or family at least once a month?

Question universe:

if GRIDVARIABLES.NKIDS015 = 0 & GRIDVARIABLES.NPENSIONER > 0 (No children aged 0 to 15 in the household and one or more persons of pensionable age)

Question interviewer instructions:

IF ANSWERS ‘NO’, PROBE TO FIND OUT WHY. CODE ALL THAT APPLY

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

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