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Mainstage Variable

pdepo

Able to pay unexpected expense

Datafile

Index terms

Individual variables

Variable nameVariable labelDatafile
pdepo1 pay unexpected expense: yes hhresp
pdepo2 pay unexpected expense: no, no money for this hhresp
pdepo3 pay unexpected expense: no, not a priority hhresp
pdepo4 pay unexpected expense: no, health/disability prevents this hhresp
pdepo5 pay unexpected expense: no, too much trouble/too tiring hhresp
pdepo6 pay unexpected expense: no, no company/help hhresp
pdepo7 pay unexpected expense: no, not wanted hhresp
pdepo8 pay unexpected expense: no, not relevant hhresp
pdepo97 pay unexpected expense: spontaneous: no, other hhresp

Question asked in the latest wave:

household_w14.pdepo

Question label:

Able to pay unexpected expense

Question text:

HHGRID.hhsize greater than 1Would all of the people living here of pensionable ageHHGRID.hhsize = 1Would you be able to pay an unexpected expense of £ 200?

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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