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GHS Interviewer Instructions 1990/91: Main sample
CONTENTS
PART 1
1.
2.
3.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURES
Seckground ●nd purpose of the survey
The sample
Mdrees List
Grid references
Serial number labele
Procedure for contacting quota
Mdresees difficult to find
@eta weeks
I&xi-dividedand divided eddreanea
lfulti-houeeholdprocedures
Comcealed mlt i-household procedures (Eogland,
Walee ●nd Scotland)
Pre-sampled mlt i-household procedures (Scotland
Inetitutione
The completed quota
The interview echedules
Conventions for interview schedules
Queetions marked with an~
When to take a proxy interview
Uee of interpreters
Advance letters
Administration
1 Serial number labels
2 Record of Calls and Outcome
3 Weekly return
4 Order of documents
5 Claims
6 Study tire?
7 Admin time
S Stationery
9 Whom to contact
Pages
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PART 2 QUESTIONNAIRES
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Schedule
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tIWSEHOLD SCHEDULE (yellow)
Front page (iucl. changes to the schedule frm
Preeent ●ccmmdation
Tenure (Inc Attitudes to Zendlorde.)
Uigration
1989/90)
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2-5
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12-13
INDIVIDUAL SC31SDULJI
(white)
Changes to the schedule from 1989/90
Employment (inc retirement)
Education
Sports end Physical ●ctivities
Health (inc glaeses ●nd contact lenses)
Carers
Smcking ●nd Drinking
Family Iofolnetion
Ineom?
SECALL CARD
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2-19
20-23
24-2S
29-37
3s-43
45-50
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(XS Interviewer Instructions 1990/91: Main ●ample
PART 1
1.
EACKCROUND AND FROCEDUkES
MCKOROUND AND PURPOSEOF THE SURVSY
There is ● vital need for regular ●nd related Imformetion ●bout people and their
living conditlone ●nd behaviour so that the governwnt can monitor ●nd evaluate the
cervicee it providee ●nd plan for future ●ervice provieion ●nd social pollcy.
Tbe Caneral Household Survey ie designed for thie pu~oqe.
It providee the
govern=nt with continuing information ●bout the major social fielde of Population,
Hcusing, Employ~nt, Education, Health ●nd Income. ~cauce all theee topics are
covered in one survey, it ic poeeible to ●xamine not only each topic separately but
●leo the ●f feet of ●ach on the others. Clearly ● pareokt’eeducation relates to
their ●mploy~nt, their ●mploy~nc to their income, inco~ to houeing, health ●nd
family eize.
The General Household Survey is unique in providing information ●bout + nmmber of
●ocial fields ●nd their inter-relationships, fo~ ~l,th,ough
depart~nts produce their
own informetion end commission their wn studie~, t,h,ay
do ●o in isolation, and one
department’s figuree ere not eaeily related to ●nother’s. Furthermore: they tend
to collect information ●bout the servicee they provide but little’●bout the Mnds
of people who uee them. The Census, of course,,provides regular,●d, related
information, but ite ●cope ie limited ●nd the coll~c$,iontakes place only ●very
ten years, which ie too infrequent for many purposes. As this eurvey, like the
r.aetof cur eurveye, ie co~ducted on a voluntary bqp;s, in the ,long,rppit mey be
poecible to regar’dit ● e not bnly an ●conomic but,,lfio● democratic ●lternative to
asking for mre information in cmopuleory ceneusee.
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The topics ~ntioned above form what we have called the core -terial of the
survey. These core topice will ramain, ●lthough the detailed questioning may
change over ti~.
In addition, new topice that huld not warrant a ●urvey in their
own right cen be included for limited pariode of time.
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2.
TIIESWLE
Each year wa call at ●bout 13,000 ●ddreeees takan at’;,
~egular Intarvala, until 1984
frta the Elactoral Ragietar, k+ mu’ frm ~hd Pos\ Office’s list of addresaee, the
Poatcode Addreee File (PAP). At these addieqeoa m ~msh to interview all paraons
aged 16 or over living in ,privatehnu~eholde.
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The ●ample is spread over Englend, Scotl#
●nd Wa16d in ●uch ● way that
differaut M&la of araae’●nd houqeh~lda +‘ &#r&&$~d.
Similarly, f ialdwork is
spread over the whole ‘ydar‘tomeke sure that t~ “&ple ie ropraeentative of ●ll
ti~s
of the year co that the survey cen =aqu~e, for ,uample, ●eaaOnal che~e~ in
●mployment, uea of health ●arvicac ●tc.
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2
The PAF is the Post Office’s list of addresses (or ‘delivery points’, as they
call them) and postcodas for Grest Britain. It is a good sampling frame in
that it is as nearly as possible a complete list of addresaea and, being held
on computer tapes, it is relatively easy to use for drawing a sample. The
addresses on your list have been selected at random from the ‘small user’
Poatcode Addrass File, that is the fila of delivery points which receive fewer
than 25 articlas of mail per day. By using only the small user file we hope
to avoid sampling large institutions and businesses. However, some small
busineaaes or commercial premises may be sampled and appear on your address
list. (Note, however, that you must call at all the sampled addresaea to
ion).
check for residential accommodate
3.
ADDRESS LIST
3.1
An example of a PAP addreas list, reduced in size, is included for
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reference on pagea 4 and >. The top two lines giva general information about
the quota. Working from left to right they give the following details:
TOP LINE
Survey Number
Survay Nams
Year
Quarter, Month
The survey number, eurvey name and year will be constant
throughout 1990/91 but, obviouely, the quarter and mnth
will change.
Interviewer
Iha interviewer’s name and numbar will be written in by
hand in Field Branch.
Office Use
This gives HQ the date on which the address list was
printed.
SECOND LINE
Area No.
This consists of a 3-digit nwmber which should be entered
on all documents.
Posttowrl
Thie shows the posttown in which the addreases are located
but bear in mind that this is not always the same as the
geographical location. Often small towns or villages are
included in the posttown of the nearest large town or clty.
Sector
This skws the postcode sector in which all the addreaaaa
are located; it will .comist of one or two letters and two
or three digita. It is followed by the sector name. (The
name has been allocated by OPCS and is not meaningful to
the Post Office.) All the sampled postcodea on the address
list will atart with the same letters and numbsrs as the
sector printed hare. A postcode la, in fact, completed by
the addition of twn final letters to the poatcode aactor.
Thus, the sactor may be shown aa NR3 1 and the poatcodes
as NR3 lM etc.
Region No.
This ia a 2-digit number to be entered in the ‘REGION’ box
on the household schedula.
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HAIN SODY OF LIST
body of the ●ddress list is presented in 8 columns.
The information in the min
1. Add.
Serial No.
Thie is the 2-digit address number (often called the serial
number). It should be entered in the ‘ADD’ box on all
docu~nte.
2. Mdress
Normally thic will be the full postal eddrese. Very occasionally,
the house nam? or number will be omitted and replaced by en
●steriek. If no extra information has been written in pleaee
telephone Sempling for instructions.
At ●om? addrecsee on the list ycm will see the worde: ‘DIVIDED
ADDRESS - PARTS LISTED ON THE PAP.‘ See Section 5 ‘DIVIDED
ADDRESSES~ (page 10) for how to deal with these.
3. (Postal
District)
There is no heading to this colum which chowe the pottal district
of the sampled address. Thie information is not always given on
the PAF, ●nd therefore on many addrese lists it ●ppears only
intermittently. Note that ●ntries in this column are linked only
to the addrees on thet line.
4. Poatcode
This columt liste the poetcode (up to 7 characters) for eech
sampled addreea.
5. m
(MultiOccupancy
Indicator)
If an ●ntry ●ppears in this column it is an indication that the
address may be multi~ccupied, ie ~re than one household may be
living there. The number in the colum should be treated only as a
rough guide to the number of households you may ●xpect to find at
the addreee. There is no guarantee that thie number is correct,
●nd ya will still have to call at the ●ddress and identify the
number of households living there (see section
6 ‘Wlti-household
procedures’, page 12).
6.
Thie is the Local Authority code number on the PAF and la converted
into the lA name ●t the bottom left of the ●heet. At the foot of
the eddrese list, there is an indication of which ward the code
applias to.
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Authority
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This gives
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code ra&ber for the electoral
ward in which ●ach
use only).
●ddrees is located (for office
8. DNA
This gives A code number for the District Health Authority in which
●ach address is located. At the foot of the Mdreee List it tells
you what the code relates to.
9. Grid Baf
This givee the grid ~eference of the first ●ddress in the poetcode
chered by the ●smplod @dr~es.
There=
on ●verage, 17 addresses
in ●ach poetcode @ ~lthough the grid roforence my not be the
precise one for the sawplad eddrtss, it till only be in ● n
unueually widespread poetcode ● rea that the sampled ●ddress is far
from the grid reference. (See page 6 for how to uee the grid
ref● rence.)
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Most quotas, ie 23 addressee, should fit onto one page of A3 size computer
print-out. However, if the quota contains a number of ‘divided addreaeea’ it may
continue onto a second or even a third page. If the quota covers more than one
postal eector tha sampled addreasee in each eector will be printed on a eeparate
page.
If you hava any difficulty in interpreting the computer listing or in finding an
addreaa (after following the recommended procedure) pleaee telephone Sampling for
further informetinn (Ext 2354). Make cure you have the eddreas to hand when
telephoning!
3.2
Using grid reference on PAF samples
All PAF addreesea have an Ordnance Survey grid raference attached to them. This is
printed out on your addrese list. They are useful in planning your work in rural
areae, particularly ae addresaes do nnt always fall within the peat town given on
the addreae list.
You need an Ordnance Survey map of your area, which la fairly large-scale :
1 : 50,000 or 1 : 63,000 la beet.
The first 5 figuree of the grid reference give the reference along the bottom of
the map. The second 5 figurea the reference up the side of the map. (See example
opposite.)
A word of caution: not all tha grid references will be completely accurate.
There may be occasional errors in them and since tha reference is fnr the firat
addreee in the post-code containing the sampled addreea, rather than the specific
sampled address, it ie a guide to tha locality of your sampled address rather than
an accurate location. However, we understand that 90% of addreeeea are within 400
metree of the grid referenced addreaa.
Grid references may still laave you unable to find some rural addreasea and they
are not as useful in urban areaa, where a streat map would be more useful. If you
etill have problems locating an address, pleaae refer to eectinn 4.2
‘Addreasea difficult to find’ (page 10).
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Ignora the first digit in ●ach case (4 and 2).
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3.3
Address Labels
In addition to your address lists YOU will be given a set of sticky labels - one
for esch addreese in your quota.
You should stick the labels in your notebook which will save you copying out the
addreas by hand.
All the information given on the label till eleo appeer on your eddresa list but in
a different format.
An example of the label you will be given ia shown below.
2L4 LONOON
HADLfilGH
BENFLFET
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HADL$,IGtI
LASTL:” POINT CD
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Details shown on lebal
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Area No. and Address Serial No.
244 LONDON ROAD
Address
HADLEIGH
Postal Dietrict
BENFLEET
Post Town
SS7 2DE
POstcOde
HADLEIGH
Sector name (allocated by OPCS)
CASTLS POINT CD
Lecal authority name
RIQiT HAND COLSllN
MO 4
Multi-occupancy indicator. This will appear only
if the figure in the MO column on your eddresa liet
ia 3 or more
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This will appear only if the addreas ia, in fact, a
‘Divided &idreasl
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DIVIDED
ADDRESS
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Grid reference of the first addreaa in the poatcede
shared by tha sampled ~ee.
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3.4
Serial Number Labels
As well ● s receiving ●n address label for each,●ddress, you will receive 184 serial
number labels for your quota. Each label has the region, quarter ●nd ● rea number
corresponding to the number? on your addresm list., The,+abele ● re to be ueed on
●ll docummts.
If you look at the front page’~f all tha docd~,nta (achedulas ●nd
fiald) you will notice ● box haaded Region/Qtr’/A~e~,&}~~
~~~e+instruction ‘stick
label’ naxt to it. Stick one labal on each of thaaa boxaa!
The mddresa ●erial ●nd household numbrs will still need’~f?o,
ba;written in for ●ach
individual household in the Md/HIHld box.
The mmber of labele should cover mat ordinary quotak bt there my: be MXcePtiOnal
quotas of large houaaholds which could &an YCU run out’ of ●erihl number labele.
In these aaes please write in the neceaaary information (region, quarter and area
numbars) in the box separating the numbers with ● slash /.
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PROCEDURE FOR CONTACTING QUOTA
4.1
Your quota will’comiet of 23 addrdaeaa for d~c~c~}e~d~, month~r’’Eachquota
should be completed within ● maximum of 11 daya, la 11 j~~~neya~to and from the
● rea within the calendar wnth.
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Ebecaueeof this limitation on the numbar of days y~ ~re’p&fi~tted t? work, km do
, h’ II,
not require you to deal with a ●et mmber of mddrbsaaa par quota week. Ve do,
however, ●xpect you, as a general rule, to spread your wnrking days ovar the field
pariod ●o that you maximiee the clmncea of gaining cm-operation qnd ●chiave ●
reasonably ● ven flow of work over tha month. (For thie raaeon ~rk la allocated to
interviewers who ● re ●vailable for ●t least 3 w~ekl~of, tha quota pariod. )
To ●nsure that you complata yomr work within tha pdrkitted number of daya will
raquire careful planning. Pointa you mey fin#u9++3
to bqar in mind ● re:
you do not hava to deal ~th
addresaaa in
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order
group your ●ddreaaes and call on them in the order <’thst10 most
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try to contact ●ll addrcsaas ●arly in th~j q~ta,~o, that You can
adjuat your work plain to ●now for thoaa WY ● re away/difficult
to contact ●te.
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If YOU ere having ●ny probleme in coaplati~ yddr’’quota,plaaae contact the fiald
offica immediately. Plaaaa ~,ota,howa~er, t~t ●xtenailo~ ,to tha quota period or
to the permitted number of workl%a,~dayeyil{l~ ‘~~laed ~~;~,,inwry .uceptional
circumatancea, ●nd prior pa+aaion
f~orthi,a,
wa,~,‘:alvkye
,~,,
,obtainadfrm the
Field Office.
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.4.2
Addresses difficult to find
The PAF addrees list does not supply names of occupiers of each address and as a
result some rural or obscure addresses are difficult to locate. Experience has
shown that the most effective methods of locating difficult addresses were:
1.
Asking 10CS2 people
2.
Asking at local Peat Office or Sorting Office
3.
Asking police.
If after consulting maps, visiting the area and enquiring locally you still cannot
locate an addresa, there are two alternative:
1.
Telephone Sampling (2354) who may be able to provide extra information
either from the PAF or from the Electoral Register
2.
Check the addreas on the Electoral Register, to obtain a surname,
yourself.
You should decide which la cheaper. Obviously if locating an odd addresa in the
Electoral Ragister involves a long journey, parking expensea etc, it would be
better to telephone HQ. If, however, you have several obacura addressea and there
la a copy of the Electoral Register locally, it would probably be cheaper for you
to check this yourself. Please note this is only parmiaaible when all other
mathoda have been exhauated and it should only be neceaaary in a very small number
of casea in rural areae. Make a note of any such calls on your claims form. Some
Sub Post Offices have a copy of the Electoral Register to hand and may be willing
to help you or you will find a copy in the local library.
4.3
Quota weeks
Although there is no requirement for you to deal with a set numbsr of addressea per
week we do wish to maintain an aven flow of work. To nonitor the effacta of
changing to PAF and to calendar mentha, we have divided each month into four parta
(along FSS lines) - the datea are given below. For eaae of reference we will
continua to call these periods quota ‘weeka’ but this is just for administrative
purposes and will enable you to enter the ‘week number1 on your deapatch note uaing
the dstea given in the list below.
guota ‘weekg
1
2
3
4
Ml
months except Februa~
Daya lat
.
8th
“ 16th
“ 2~th
to 7th inclueive
to 15th
“
to 23rd
“
to end of month
February
lat
8th
15th
22nd
to
7th
14th
to 21at
to end
to
Thus all work carried out in the period of lat tn 7th of the nmith would be
returned in one deapatch for quota week 1. You should return work promptly at the
and of aach quota ‘week’ (ie four despatchee par month). If you do not work in any
one quota ‘week!, you should etill aend in a weekly return stating that no work waa
dnne. If you find ymu cannot work for 2 of the quota weeke, you must inform the
Regional Office immediately (any change in your availability ehould have been
notified to allocation).
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5.
NON-DIVIDED AND DIVIDED ADDRESSES
5.1
Mst ●ddresses ~,relieted only once on your ~ddrese Met; these ere
non-divided ●ddressee. (See address ●erial nos: 01+8, 12-14 end 16-23
on your ●xemple eddreqs liet). A few ~ddreeeee heve mre than one part listed
,’
on the PAP; theee ●re divided ●ddreeeee. (See kddrd~s ●erial nos: 09, 10
●nd 15 on your exemple ●ddrees list). liowey~r,the P~ +s not necessarily
complete ●o one or more peqte of,the ed~dress~y not ~ l@ted.
~ie can
happen ●t both non-divided addreeeee ●nd ‘dividedaddres~~d. ‘For exemple, et a
divided ●ddrees the PAF may shw a gap In’Jk,eaquenc~of ,numbers (eg in e block
of s flate where only flats 1, 3 ●nd 4 ●re lieted),
,or there is ● part ~th ● n
●lphe ●uffix that ie not listed (eg ’69 14einStreet’ ●nd ’69B PlainStreet’ ● re
lieted tut ’69A lieinStreet’ ie not).
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Clearly we wish to ensure that those parte of an +dres~~,th~$ are not lieted
on the PAP ● re given ● chance of selection, but we $1*o want to ●n~ure that
thoee parts that appeer on the ‘PAPdo not get a fukther thence of ●election.
This is the purpose of the ‘DIVIDED ADDRESS’ procedure.
5.2
Non-divided ●ddressee
In mat ceeee there will b.ronly one household at ,the eddress which you should
attempt to interview. However, there are two ekce-pt,ions.
●
i.
Ycu may find more than one houeehold ‘d+ \@n ddress on th,e
eddrese list. Ae in previous years you ehould liet ●ll ●uch households on the form provided and follw the appropriate multi-houeehold procedure to determine which household to interview. I?,England
end Wales you should always use the conceeled 14ulti-houeehold-”
procedure. ln Scotlend you should ~se the concel&l~dtt+t+-ho~qehold
procedure unless the eddreee has e Nulti-b<~pn?cy Indie~\~r ,of 3 or
more in which case the Pre-sempled 14ulti-houeeholdprocedure etiuld be
ueed.
You may find a eeparate flat or building with the cams number
the ●ddreee on your addrese liet but not,Mated on your mddrees
liet. For example when ycu go to ‘27 Corbet Close’ (eee ●ddress
●erial no. 01 on your ●xample eddrese list) you find:
ii.
●e
‘Upper flat, 27 Corbt Cloee$ ●md ‘27A Cerht
Close’
Then, in theee caees, ~o~ ;Ipuld tel&p&ne S*&li&
for further
Inetructione. Thie is ‘keceeiary to confi+ th,p} ‘27A’ ie not ●lready
included on PAP ●nd we ●re therefore not giving it two thancee of
●election.
5.3
Divided ●ddressee
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There ●re two typee of ‘Divided Mdreae” procedure,?,~ ~ ,
i.
MXED PART AND ANY PARTS NOT L2S&iD ON’‘@$~SS
(See ●ddreen ●erial no. 09 on your ●~plo
ii.
L2BT
●ddrees liet)
SDXEO PART ONLY
(See ●ddreae ●erial noe. 10 ●nd 15 on your example ●ddress
list)
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Please be careful to follow the instructions for each procedure as given below.
i.
Boxed part and any parte not listed on addrees list
Check firet to aee if there are any unlisted parts at the address. For
example, if you find a Flat 7, Flat 8 and Flat 9 at 1 Clover Way
aa well (eee addreea aerial no. 09) you should list the household(s)
at !1 Clover Way 1 and the houaehold(e) at the three flats
(Flats 7, 8 and 9) which were not listed on your sddrees liet.
Then follow the appropriate multi-household procedure to determine
which houeeholda should be interviewed.
If there are no unlisted parts of the addrese then you should attempt to
interview at the address in the boxed part. If you find mere than one
household at the sddrees in the boxed part you should follow the
appropriate multi-household procedure.
ii.
Boxed part only
Here you should not check to see if there are any unlisted parts at the
address. Where ~re
is only one household at the addresa in the boxed
part, interview that houeehold. If you find more than one household at
the address in the boxed part you should follow the appropriate multihoueehold procedure.
If you have any queriee pleaae contact Sampling on ext. 2347 or ext. 2354 or use
the AnswerPhone 01-831-7738.
6.
MULTI-HOUSEHOLD PROCEDURES
The term ‘multi-household addreee’ relates to an addreas with accommodation for
more than one houeehold.
Moat sampled addresses will contain just one household, but sometimes you may come
across a multi-household addrees. This may occur, for example, when the sampled
addresa is divided into flata which are not separately listed on the PAP. About 2%
of all addresaea are multi-occupied but tha proportion will be much higher in
Scotland and large cities.
Although the PAP haa a multi-occupancy (MO) indicator, we have found that it is
only reliable ae an indicator of multi-houaehold addreaeea in Scotland.
Hence in England and Wales !The Concealed Multi+louaehold Proceduret is used for
all multi-household addresses. In Scotland tha MO indicator enablea the uae of
‘The Pre-Sampled Multi-Household Procedure’ ae well aa ‘The Concealed
Multi-Household Procedure’. Both of these procedures ars explained below.
Where ycu are interviewing mere than one household at an addreaa, alwaye try to do
all the interviewe in the aamr week in order to prevent second hand versions of the
survey being paased from one household to the next.
Instructions for both procedures are detailed below and you should familiarize
youreelf with thoee which are likely to apply to you, in particular the concealed
multi-household procedure as you have no prior indication aa to when you are likely
to come acrosa an sddreea that ie multi-occupied.
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Survey ...... ........ Number ........
TO BE RETURNED TO FIELD WITH
C6LLSt( CONTQCT/OUTCUt’lE 5HEkf
CONCEALED MULTI-HOUSEHOLD
SELECTION SHEET
(la)
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Area
Serial
List
l\
No,
of Households
,,
H/hid
No.
:
:
(1)
:
DESCRIPTION
eg locatlon
; ; No. of :Interview at
;: h/hlds : households
;;found at:
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(2)
R-
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OF HOUSEHOLDS
and surnames
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IF MORE
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OVER
‘ roc edurq
!
he done
1. Note down the households
on the table above.
lhxs m~st
If numbered
then llst Ln numer~cal
order? L.c. flat l~z,~. etc.
svstematlcally.
>r flat A,J3,C, etc.
Otherwise
start at the lowest floor and work. In a clociwls~
~lrectlon.
.
F,ead column (41 to
-. li~ng the number of households
found at column 3.
RLng the selected
ldent~fy which households
are selected for interview.
Iousehold numbers in column (1).
:. Return th~s multl-household
sheet to yaur regional office with the completer
quest~onnalres
for that address.
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If you have any queries concerning these instructions or about the sample in
general, please ring Sampling on ext. 2354.
If you are unable to contact anyone on this number or it is outside office hours a
message can be left on the .snswerphone,01-S31-7738.
CONCEALED MULTI-HOUSEHOLD PROCEDURES (ENGLAND AND WALES AND SCO’iTAND)
You should familiarise yourself with this procedure before visiting any addresses
as there may not be any indication on your address list that the addresa sampled is
multi-occupied ie. the NULT OCC columr is frequently blank.
In this case you will take the top sheet from your pad of pink ‘CONCEALED
MULTI-HOUSEHOLD SELSCTION SHEETS‘. It is important that you do take the top sheet
as there are four different types of sheet to ensure that all households get as
equal a probability of selection as possible. On the front of the sheet enter the
serial number for the addreae concerned in the top right hand corner and the survey
number and name in the top left hand corner. After talking to a responsible adult
at the addrese, list all the households living there at your first call. The
listing procedure will vary according to the particular layout of the address, but
it must be carried out in the way described below so that you (or another
interviewer on a follow_up) can re-identify the household(s) chat are selected:
If the address ia a block of numbered flats you should simply list them
a.
in numerical order, starting with flat 1, 2, 3, etc. or A, B. C, etc.
u>”
If the address consists of unnumbered flats or bed-sitters, whether in a
b.
purpose built block or a converted house, you should list the flats in a
systematic way, starting with the lowest floor and working in a clockwise
direction on each floor (see the example of a concealed multi-household sheet
OPPOsite where an address containing four households is shown). On each
floor, start from the front left-hand side of the,property. Thus if the
address contained eight households, four on each floor, you would list them
etarting with the flat immediately on your left on entering the main door.
If the addrese is marked as a ‘DIVIDED @DRESS’ on your address list,
c.
you should list households only at those parts at which you,have baen
instructed to interview, ie. if you are asked to interview at 12A High Street
(and only 12A) and when,you errived you found four ●eparate households within
12A then you would list only those four, you would exclude thoee at 12S, 12C
●tc. Howaver if you were ●sked to interview at 12A and parts not listed and
12B was the only part listed, but the address contained C, D and E, then you
would need to liet 12A, C, D, and E and carry out your concealed
multi-houeehold procedure.
1, )’
)(, “
Remembr to include all flats that ● re krtwn, or +ppear, to be empty.
However ineligible ●ddressee, such ●s tuaineea or derelict accomdation,
should be excluded from your listing.
,!
Colum 4 tells you which of the households you are to interview at, according to
the number of households found aq the addrese. Ring the numbere of the eelected
households in column 1 (these are not the household numbers that you will
eventually use on the schedules). Once the interview has been completed, enter the
outcome code in column 5. The example opposite shows a completed form where there
are four households found at an address.
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The household(s) that you select should be numbered consecutively. If you select
If you are instructed to
only one household this will become household O.
interview more than one household the questionnaires for those households WI11 be
numbered 1, 2, 3.
You should return the multi-household sheet to the office with the rest of the
materials for that addreas.
On your weekly de.spatchsheet, please record the number of multi-household sheets
dispatched.
THE PRE-SAMPLED MULTI-HOUSEHOLD PROCEDURES (SCOTLAND ONLY)
If the number in the MULT OCC column is 3 or greater, the address ia treated as a
pre-sampled multi-household address. However, although we know that there is more
than one household at this address, they are not all listed separately on PAF and
we are therefore unable to carry out the sampling procedures for you. We are
therefore asking you to sample the households to be interviewed having visited the
address and listed the households at that address.
In each case where the MO indicator is 3 or greater you will have been issued with
a white ‘PRE-SAMPLED MULTI-HOUSEHOLD SHEETt. The serial number for that particular
address will be written in the top right hand corner of the sheet, and it is
essential that you use the correct sheet for each pre-sampled multi-household
address ao that households are given their correct chance of selection. There are
four different types of pre-sampled multi-household sheet and each has been
allocated in a particular way such that all households have as near equal
opportunity as possible Of aelectiOn and it is therefore important that the correct
sheet is used.
However, the number in the MULT OCC column of the addreas list is not a reliable
guide to the number of household spaces that may be at the addresa. Yo” are
therefore asked to first determine the exact number by listing them, and then to
select the household space(a) using the column provided.
In the first two columns you should list all the households living at the address
at the time of your firat call, plus any vacant household spacea. The listing
procedure will vary according to the particular layout of the addreas, but it must
be carried out in the way described below so that you (or another interviewer on a
follow-up) can re-identify the household(s) that are selected:
a.
If the address ia a block of numbered flata you should simply list them
in numerical order, starting with flat 1, 2, 3, etc. or A, B, C, etc.
b.
If the addreaa consists of unnumbered flata or bed-sitters, whether in a
purpose built block or a converted house, you should list the flats in a
systematic way, starting with the lowest floor and working in a clockwise
direction on each floor (see the example overleaf). On each floor, start
from the front left-hand aide of the property. As with the concealed
multi-household, start with the first flat on your left aa you enter che main
donr.
REMEMBSR to include all flats that are known, or appear, to be empty.
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MLlltl-OCCUpan Cy Indicator
- Y
Survey .............. Numb- r........
TO BE RETU~NED TO FIELD WITH
0NT4c T/ouTcOME SHFFT
cat 1~
PRE-SELECTED HULTI-HOUSEHOLD
SELECTION SHEET
(A)
11st of
H/hid
w.
:
:
(1)
:
IF MORE
Area
se
1234
rlal No.
HOUSC holds
DESCRIPTION
●g locat~on
OF HOUSEHOLDS
and surnamms
(2)
THAN 14 HOUSEHOLDS
PLEASE
.
i;
:: No. of ~Intmrvlmw ● t
:: h/hlds : households
::found ●t;
(4)
::addrmss :
I
0%
:
Outcome
code
(~)
TUKN OVER
Note down th- households on th= tablo ●bovm.
This rnu=t b- do n a
&.
If numb-red thmn llst in nummrlcal order, i.-. flat 1.2,.3, etc.
ar flat A,.B,C, ●tc. Othcrwlsm start ●t tha lowost floor ●nd work. in a clockwisz
jlrmctxOn.
found at colLlmn 3. Road column (4) to
2. Ring the number of household
Ring thm smlected
ld@ntify which hoL\smholds ● re Selmcted for interview.
nOL!sehOld nLlmb@rS in COIL!mn (1 ).
:.
. .ERtLlrnthis mLlltl-hOusehOld sheet to YOL!r reglOnal office with the COmPletec
qumstlonnalres
for that address.
1.
● vstmmatacal
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,,
l-/hld ;
Nm.
:
DESCRIF’TliJNOF HOLISEHL)LDS ~~ No. af ;Interview at
eg Iocstion and surnames
:: hihlds : hoL(~ehcld~
~
;
OL,.tcmme
c@de
IF MORE THAN 26 HOLISEHOLD5
RING SAMFLING
GHS
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ANSWER
-7739
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You will generally be instructed to interview at only ‘one household at the address.
However occasionally the,selection table will indicatq},thqtno interview 1S to be
completed at the addresa (in which case the addr;ss will be returned as ‘No sample
selected at the ai-ldreaa’
) or that rmre than one household is to be interviewed.
The example opposita ahowa a completed ‘Pre-sampled Multi-household Selection
Sheet ‘ for an addresa with an MO indicstor of 9. The households have been listed
systematically at the addreaa following the pro&dur~e,eipl’~lnedat (b) above (if
the flats had been numbered.‘thentheir ndmbera would have appeared.) Nine
households were found at ‘theaddre’eaand from coluum 4 it can be seen that
household 4 is the one ,to be selected. If only ~,eve,n
hq+holds
had been found
then no interview would have to be carried out, if ‘t{el% then houeeholda 7 and 11
would have been selected for interview. Ring the’number ‘of the households ) to be
interviewed in column 1 (in the ~example,household 4) and, once the outcome has
been determined, enter the code in column 5.
The household(a) that you select should be numbered conaec~tlvely. Normally you
will select only one ho”aehold and will therefore number that household O, If you
are instructed to interview”more than one household the questionnaires for those
households will be numbered 1, 2, 3.
You should return the multi-household sheet to the office with the rest of the
materials for that address.
Advance letters
:<.
,!
!,’
If you have more than 3 addresses needing Pre-sampled Multi-household,Selection
sheets, we will send you all the letters and labels for your quota with the address
list, ao you can aend (or deliver) the letters once you,hayledone your selection.
Special Cases
If the address on your address list la marked ‘D,IVIDEDADDRESS‘, you should
list houaeholda only at those parta aa Instructed on y’ouraddreaa list, ie. ‘BOXED
PART ONLY’ or ‘BOXED PART,AND ANY PARTS NOT LISTED :N @DRESS LIST’.
a.
b.
Empty or ineligible units- Units that appear’to i&~‘vackntshould’be included
on your listing and, if selected, wou,ldbe coded ‘inv~can-t;
an you would with any
other vacant accommodation. Any derelict accommodation-’’ahould
M ●xcluded from
your listing. Any buainesa accommodation, for example ahopa, should ●lao ha
●xcluded from your listing.
c.
Selected unit containa more than one househo~d;‘“ ‘ ‘ *
Occasionally you may find that your chosen flat containa ~re than one household le. it ia a concealed multi-household within ● pre-Bampled multi-household address.
In this case you,should follow the p,;$<cedures,,
for,cpnce~,ledwlti-households aa
outlined above.
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EXTRA HOUSEHOLDS PER QUOTA (ENGLAND AD
WALES ‘AND’:
%COtim
)
In any one quota no wre than four extra households from concealad ●ndlor
pre-sampled multi-household addresaea ●hould be included. For example, if two
concealed multi-household ●ddreaaes ●ach produce the maximum of three houaeholda,
then that la the four extra households. At every addresa after that you should
select one household only, ie. you ehould take the first household that your
Conceal=Mult i-household Selection Sheet inatructa you to interview. If in
,Scotland you are instructed to interview at two households at a pre-selected
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multi-household address, you will only interview at the first if you have already
reached your limit of four additional households.
Enter outcome code 81 against those households that you are omitting because you
have already included four extra households in your quota.
7.
INSTITUTIONS
An Institution is defined on the GHS as ‘an address at which four or more unrelated
people sleep; while they may or may not eat communally, the establishment must be
run or managed by a person (or persons) employed for this purpose by the owner’.
Up to 1986 all instltutiona were counted as ineligible for the GHS. We changed
this procedure for 1986 on so that an institution should be counted as ELIGIBLE IF
THERE IS A PRIVATE HOUSEHOLD USUALLY RESIDENT THERE. In such casea, we want you to
interview the private household(s), provided that the institution is their main or
only address.
The instructions for dealing with addresses divided into parts (see section 5) alsc
apply to addresses which are institutions. Therefore, if the address had more than
one part you would include private households at all parts unless there was an
instruction on your address list to interview at one part only or to exclude
certain parts. Por example, if the only addresa listed was ‘Nanor Hall Boarding
School’ but you found a ‘Headmaster’sCottage, Nsnor Hall Boarding School,‘ you
would include private households living at the headmaster’s cottage as well as any
living at the school. If, however, the address was marked ‘DIVIDED ADDRESS’ with
‘Manor Hall Boarding School’ as the sampled addresa and the ‘Headmaster’sCottage
SISO listed, you would not include private households living in the headmaster’s’
cottage.
8.
THE COMPLETED QUOTA
The completed quota includes
a.
Codes 10, 21, 22, 23 and 24
Households where you have finished interviewing and the outcome ia either
(10) full co-operation (ie every eligible member has been interviewed in
person) or (21-24) partial co-operation (ie some of the information was
collected by proxy or is missing).
b.
Code 30
Cases where the whole household refused to be interviewed.
c.
Code 40
Houaeholda that are deflnitaly away until after the end of the quota
period or where you were unable to contact anyone despite having made
four or more calla spread over the month.
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d.
Codes 61-65
Caaes where there is no household st the addreaa.
e.
(64)
Addresses that hsve bsen demolishedlsbout to be
demolishediderelict.
(63)
Addresses that are used solely for business purpoaea.
(61)
Households living temporarily at the addresa but —
who
normslly live ●lsewhere.
(62)
An addrese thst ie ●mpty st your first CS1l. A household
could move in after your first call but it should —not be
included in the sample.
(65)
Poatsl addreaa of a new buildinflwhich la not yet built or
completed. (NB If completed bu~ still empty o; in the
process of conversion, include in code 62. )
Codes 73-74
Ineligible addresses, which include.
(73)
Institutions with no privste households usually resident
there
Use this code nnly if there is no’private household for
whom the institution is their main or only address, eg.
a hospital. (See section 7).
(74)
NB.
f.
Households cnntalning foreign diplomata or US servicemen.
HousehoIda containing Roman Catholic priests are now eligible.
Code 79
If you need tn contact Ssmpling for a decision on whether to interview at
an eddrees (eg. Number 15 end 17 knocked together’to form one cottage)
and they tall you not to interview at the addresa, code 79.
ONLY 1 ,“1[(?
Pre-asmpled multi-household addreesea where Sampling heve given a
specific ruling that no household ‘is to be interviewed.
g.
Code 80 - SCOT-
,?
,
J
>1,
Use code 81 for households at concealed (concealed and pre-sampled in
Scotlsnd) multi-household add~esses which are celected for interview but
excluded because 4 extrk househ~ldri”
I&e “slr&ady Men included on the
quota (for England and Wales, see page 12; for Scntland, see psgea 12
and 13).
h.
Code 81
i.
Code 85
Address not traced. Thie ehould be used only ae a laat resort where
apsrt fram the addrees list itself, there is no ●violencethat the address
exists. You should follow the advice given in the ‘Address difficult to
find$ section and ycm must have asked HQ Sampling for advice before using
this code.
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9.
THE INTERVIEW SCHEDULES
There are two main schedules for use in the field, plus a Proxy Schedule, and
eelf-completion schedules for the Family Information and Smoking and Drinking
Sections, end the Inheritance trailer.
Household Schedule (yellow)
This schedule covers household composition, the main features of household
accommodation, consumer durablee, tenure, migration and country of birth.
One Houeehold Schedule la completed for each houeehold at which interviewing
takes place.
Individual Schedule (white)
This schedule covers the followin~ touics: employment. Densions and
retirement, education, aporte and-phy~ical exercises,“h~alth, carers, smoking
end drinking, family information and income.
An Individual Schedule should be completed for each eligible member of the
household (ie for everyone aged 16 or over).
Proxy Schedule (green)
The Proxy Schedule is a shortened version of the Individual Schedule. It can
be used in certain circumstances when an eligible member of the household
cannot be interviewed in pereon. (For the conditions in which a proxy
interview may be taken, see section 10 on page 19.)
Family Information self-completion schedules
There are three separate self-completion forms for men and women aged 16-59:
we
- for married/cohabitingmen and women (grey)
WOSep - for widowedldivorcediseparated men and women (blue)
- for single men and women (pink).
s
For notes on the uae of these forms, see the instructions for the Pamily
Information section of the Individual Schedule.
Smoking and Drinking self-completionSchedule (maiza)
There ia a separate self-completion questionnaire for 16 and 17 years olds.
This questionnaire can alao be used for other adults to self-complete the
drinking section if needed.
Inheritance sift sheet and schedule (cream)
See separate instructions.
Recall card
To be completed for every fully or partially cooperating household at the end
of all individual interviews.
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Conventions for Interview Schedules
i.
Whenever possible, signposts are shovn to the right of the coding
column.
‘- Q 15’
means
‘ask Q 15’
‘- SEE Q 15’
❑eans
‘look at the heading above Q 15 and, if it
appliea, ask Q 15, if it does not apply,
ring the DNA code (usuelly to the left of
the coding column or a code 8 in the column)
and follow that eignpost’
If no signpost is given you Bhould ask the next question.
Question headings have generally been omitted except for questions
that do not apply to all the informants directed to them, ie queetione that
need both a heading end a DNA code.
ii.
iii.
Page numbers are ehown with signposts to questione if you need to turn
more than one page to get to the question.
iv.
Where a box is designed for rore then 1 digit, this has usually been
indicated on the .echeduleby short vertical rules, pleaae space out the
numbers accordingly. Thus in boxes designed for 2 digits, codes 1-9 should be
entered as 01, 02, etc.
v.
When a question aska for the year - eg. Q35(a) ‘In what year did YOU
first arrive in the UK’ - we only want the last 2 digits of the yeer written
in.
vi.
Where you have to write an answer there will be a dotted line to write
on. If the answer ia a number there mxy, or may not be digit dividers, but
alwaya write numbers in digits not words.
vii.
There la no provision on the schedule for fractiona, is ehould be
rounded to the nearest ●ven number (eg 42+ should be recorded as 42 but 43j
should be recorded ae 44). Other fractions, of course, are rounded to the
nearest whole number (eg 41 k - 41 or 41 ? = 42).
viii.
If there is no dotted line, don’t let it etop you making notes of any
‘odd’ anewera. If there are any comments or queries on ● particular
questionnaire for our attention, pleaae attach one of the pink slips to the
top of the page containing the ccmment, and Field or Primary Analysis Branch
will then be able to follow up your queriee quickly.
Q.cations marked with
●n
❑
❑
Whenever questions are marked with an
, standard opinion probes should be
ueed. The ❑ la printed below the question number.
In &ompoaite questione, some parts mey be treated in this way and others not.
An~
●ppeara balow the number or letter of ●ach part to which it applies see, for exemple, pege 29 of the Individual Schedule.
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10.
WHEN TO TAKS A PROXY INTERVIEW
In certain circumstances it is permissible to take a proxy interview rather than
lose information about a member of the household.
Conditions in which a proxy interview may be taken
a.
Where the informant is senile, mentally backward, or totally deaf.
b.
Where the informant is ill and will not be well enough to see you
before the end of the field period.
c.
Where no contact can be made with an informant during the field period,
eg where an informant is away or in hospital for the whole of the remaining
field period.
NB.
If you are told by another member of the household that the
informant is ‘never in’, you should still recall several times
in the hope of seeing the informant in pereon before resorting
to a proxy interview.
d.
Where an informant is ‘too busy’ or ‘not interested in this sort of
thing’, provided the informant gives permission for the proxy to take place.
You should always recall in order to explain the survey In person before
accepting a proxy. In no circumstances should you take a proxy simply on
the strength of another member of the household saying that the informant
is ‘too busy’ or ‘not interested in surveys’.
In all these cases you should use a green Proxy Schedule, but remember that it is a
drastically shortened version of the white Individual Schedule. In the case
particularly of (d) above, a proxy interview is a last resort - ie it’s better than
nothing, but that’s all.
There may be other circumstances in which it would be sensible to take a proxy.
But, in such casea, ring the office for a ruling first. In all caees where a proxy
la taken, we need a clear description from you on the Record of Calls and Outcome
as to why the proxy was necessary.
Permission to take a proxy
Wherever possible it ie advisable to ask the informant for permission to do the
proxy before interviewing another mamber of the household on hislher behalf. This
is particularly true in the caee of those who are ‘too busy’, ‘not Interested’, or
‘never in’, becauae their excuse may simply be their way of saying that they don’t
want to be interviewed.
NOTE - If you never see the informant in person, aak another household msmber to
obtain the informant’s permiasfon for you. (Obviously there are still some
cases where one might do a proxy interview without permission - eg if the
person in question la senile, or away until after the end of the field dates
etc).
- Proxy information is generally better obtained only from a close relative.
However, in some cases, particularly with elderly people, this may not alwaye
be possible. You should uae your judgement of good public relationa, bearing
confidentiality in mind. If you are in any doubt, ring the office for advice.
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Office of Population Censuses and Sumeym
Room
424, SOclal Swey
DMalon
St Cathexines House, 10 Eingsway
London WC2B SJP
Telephone
01-2420262 H 2158
February 1990
Dear Rcaident
You may have read about the GeneralHousehold S-in
the newspapera or heard about iton
the radio or television.
ItM a Swhich we carry out every year to provide govumnent
departments with factsand ilguresabout life
in Brit&
Interview are carriedout throughout the year and the households representthewhole ofGreat
Britain.
This month your address is one of the 1100 selectedm.ndomly !kom the Post OtEce’alistof
addresses.Iam thereforewritingto ask foryour help.
within the next few weeks, one ofour interviewers
wiflcallon you. me interviewer
willshow an
official
Identitlcatton
card,explainthe su~ey toyou in more detd and ask totaflc
to each adult
inyour household The surveycoverssuch topicsas housing,employment, educationand health.
Ifyou happen to be busy when the interviewer
callshe/ she wtlllx happy to callagsdn.
The informationyou giveistreatedinconfidence.
The OffIceofPopulationCensuses
and Surveys
does not releasethisinformationin any way in which itcan be associatedwith your name or
address No identillable
informationabout you or your household willbe passed to other
government departments,localauthorities,
members of the publicor press.
By co-operatinginthesurvry,you willbe assisting
themany government departments which use
the resultsand we are very gratefulforyour help.
Yours
sincerely
Klepacz
FieldOtllcenGHS
Anne
For furtherinformationpleasecontacti
01-242-0262 Ext 2158 or
-e
Klepaa
Ext 2432
Chris Goodger
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M/n
Incl
Oftke of Population Csnsuscs ●nd Surveys
N/(;
6
Room 424, SacIal Srrsvey Division
St SMherincsMorrss
10Klngswsy
Oftice
ofPopulation
Gnsusesand Surveys
Raom 424,Social
Survey
Division
StCatherine
House10Kingsway
LondonW(:2B61P
“u●
LondonWC2B 6jP
Telephone
01-2420262
Ext2158
Telephone
0I-2420262
Ex12158
Dear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dear
....
..
..
.. ... ..
A fewweeksagoa letter
was senttoyou,tosaythatyour address had been
selected
in our General
Household
A few weeks ago we sent a letter to this address to say that it had been
selected in our General Household Survey.
Survey.
I have called several times but have not managed
to find you at home,
Since I have now finished all my work in this area, 1 shall not be able to
call again. If there is another interviewer in this area, my office may ask
him/her to call, but it is unlikely that we will contact you again.
In fact, on calling
living here.
I find that 1 do not need to contact everyone/anyone
I shall not therefore be calling again, so please disregard the original letter
if you still have this.
Yours sincerely
I am sorry to have missed you now.
Yours sincerely
Interviewer
Interviewer
Social Survey
Social Survey
Division
Division
ccmaIm
,,, ,,,.,,
.,
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11.
USE OF INTERPRETERS
In some households there may be a language barrier, in which case you may have to
uae an interpreter in order to help you obtain all or part of the information. In
these circumstance the following rules apply:
a.
If the interpreter is a member of the household aged 16 or over use the white
Individual Schedule and aak all the questions.
b.
If the interpreter is a member of the household aged under 16: use the white
Individual Schedule but omit the Family Information section.
If the interpreter ia not a member of the household: use the green Proxy
c.
Schedule.
Remember to record on the Record of Calls an! Outcome who acted aa interpreter,
12.
ADVANCE LETTERS
In 1990/91 advance letters will be sent to all sampled households (example
opposite).
Letters will be sent out from HQ a week before the start of each rmnth. They WI11
be addresaed to ‘The Occupier‘ so of course you cannot aasums that your informant
will always have seen the letter, particularly if the address turna out to be a
multi-household. Spare copies of the advance letter will be sent to you aa will
‘signing-off’ letters for use with ineligible or multi-household addresses where
not all households turn out to be eligible for interview or for households you have
been unable co contact throughout the field period (examplea over page).
SC4)TL4NDONLY
For quotas with pre-sampled multi-household addreases you will be aaked to send out
letters yourself once you have selected households using the selection sheet.
(Inatructiorm on this will accompany your address list.)
13.
ADMINISTRATION
13.1
Serial numbers
Region, quarter and area numbers are pre-printed onto a label to be used on al1
documents (ace 3.4).
You will need to write in the addresa and household numbers for ●ach household.
PLEASE NOTS: Put a 2SR0 in the household (H’HLD) box where there ie only one
houeehold at the addre.se. If there IS more than one household, number th~l , 2
(or 3) aa appropriate.
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22
13.2
Record of Calls and Outcome (Pink)
Please ensure that you alao have a notebook for each quota for jotting down
information to help you in planning your work. We will supply you with address
labels for each number which can be stuck in your notebook.
HOW TO USE THE sHEET
Uae a separate sheet for each aerial number, and if you find more than one
household at an address use an additional sheet. You may therefore return up to
three outcome sheeta for a concealed multi-household addresa.
PLEAsE NOTE: Last year we made a not very successful attempt to make QUOTA MONTH
match the financial year. For 1990/91 therefore quota month reverta to being the
same as calendar month ie. April is quota month 04 and January 1991 will be quota
month 01.
A.
Enter details of calls made
For each call: ring the call number, and enter the day of the week, date and time
(using 24 hour clock).
Then ring, as appropriate:
code 90
-
where you did any interviewing
code 91
-
if there was no reply
code 92
-
where you made an appointment
code 93
-
if you withdrew without making an appointment
Enter how long each interviewing call took, inclusive of time taken on
introductions, etc.
B.
IN ALL CASES
Enter the number of people eligible for interview and the number actually
interviewed.
c.
FINAL OUTCO~
CODE
For all interviews: ring a final outcome code
either code 10 for full co-operation
or one or more of codes 21-24 for partial co-operation
for codes 21-24 enter the person numbers of household
members who were not contacted or who refused.
if you uae a proxy enter the reasons why at J overleaf.
continued
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s 510/1990/91
C&FERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
Stick
OF CALLS AND OUTCOME
RECORD
Label
CJWTJ
m
Adhau800n NuMbu ............... ................
A. DETAILS
OF CALLS
CENlo.
4
3
5
6
10
7
8
9
90
93
90
w
w
I
I
H?f
L
B. TO ALL
MADE
2
1
1990/91
El
ADD
Inmmcwta%N8me ......... ....... ..............
(1)How lnlny
nunlbrrs
of
be hou@lold
di#bk.for
kllavlcw’1
I
909090
91
91
91
91
91
91
91
92
92
92
92
92
92
92
93
93
93
93
93
93
93
c
—
?i&a
=
C. FINAL OUTCOME CODE
COkmETBLYm.OPSRA~O
HOUS~Of-D
~-y
... . ......
a~~
Ommbu-md
.
10
—
E
—
Dmmluhdhbaumb dmohdmddmwhm
(CODEONLYfFCSRTAfN.
OTHERWISE
CODE64) . ....... 61
um6coblyf=bulkmaskmmF+=m
......................... ........ 62
umdfa~9mmmm&mcmly
......................... 63
PART2AfLYco-ofl?.lumo
HousEHofn
Nm~
of~ bmudmld
snsmlk(s)-bxy-lcti
.................. 21 -..
@wPxYdddun.
NaI~
ofw bamdmld
mmnh(s)-hxyschdubBad
.............. 22 ...
................................................
64
Nw bddmsnotPI=m@smd ......................... ....... 63
—
PmridrwpcOO
.*19mlcmc
kmmdmklmmmb-tiwb
.............................................
mEuomus
fnmtudml
Wiul
m pfvaaImudmldUmulfy
.................... ........
mmdml(Sm~)(sPSclFY)
Z3 ...
hdal~.bouseboummnk=(d
t~itwtmfusml anmq’umltm(d
.........- w
N~
21.22,
Z3ni U
- b multl—
~
NON-RESPONSE
Mud mHQ ...........................................
R9fbd*wb0hbamdmldIointE+-=.........
&7ucf6m fi.e
-
35
m
menm hmdmld)......” 40
.
...
:
~mEmtufi
n
&pbmluus
HmmdmM ~ “ ~
-........................................... ................. 74
SfUDIRSfXBDNOSAMPLE
ATADDRESS.................. s
NO SAMPLE SEUCfZD AT ADDRESSfSCOllAND=dY)- —so
HOUSEHOLD
NOTN1’EEVfSWED
BECAUSE
FOUR
BX7UAHOUSEHOLDS AlasADY fNcLuDsD
ON QUOTA ............................................................ 81
ADDRBSS
NUf7RACED........................................... z
#
i T
CODE 30s
D.Codereason
forrefusal:
F.Ifappnintnwat(s)
weremsde,didtiehousehol&-
Domn’tbelieve
inswveys......................
1
Anti-govcmment
..................................
2
Can’tbebothcsed .. . .. . . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. . .
3
Tooold .............................................
4
Badpreviousexpraicmcswithaurveys.........
5
Tooaick ............................................
6
Didikrd
ausvcysnstter
...........................
7
Omtdndytoobuay
8
x
DNA (noappt.%)
Keepappnintme.nt
thcnsefuse?
.................. 1
Multi
~
Break
a~inonrsrL
mta.xnagain?
............ 2
Break
appoinonrnt,
m apparsmt
mason?....... 3
fagood -n?
Break
appointmem.
4
. .. . .. .. ...
G.Wbsttimeof&y didycmftimoatofthe
household
togc$hu?
MOM
Y
. .. . . .. . .. .. . .. .. .. . .. . .. .. .. .
-
Invmionofpivacy
................................
9
Aftmtmn ...........................................
EruIyevming
....................................... 2
Contldentislity
..................................... 10
Lsr.c
evening
........................................
Refusal
toHQ after
being
.
.
aussbymternewcr
............................. 11
~i~findho~oldt%thu
Inmnvmimttime
1
3
................... 4
K Whstkind
ofinooduction
didhmashold
have?
No inrtoduction
.................................... 1
Latecmtact
-I’Moutoffield
time........... [2
Abouttogoaway..............................
13
Tamporarilytoobusy
..........................
4
DcOrarcp
inucductims
............................
2
FuI1iISOOdUCtiUI
M doorarq ...................
3
Fullinuoductioniashouae.......................
4
Pascmslprnblcms
.............................. .5
Otk
................................................
6
—
E. infcmssamAttitude
I
- Away onhotidayftetnprdy
...................
]
Hoadle ..............................................
1
Working
shwoddhmm
-
..........................................-
2
Rarely
ataddress
..................................
3
Pfc&sant. ............................................
3
WUI notanswadoor.............................
4
Otk(apccify)
.....................................
4
mink address
isempty
tmtmufdnotconfmss
..........................
5
Othcs
(apmify)
....................................
6
No infonrtatimt
gained...........................
7
.........................................................
I
:ODE 40s
. Whstinformsdon
didyoutmnsgem fiid
outabout
theabamthousehold?
.............................
........................ 2
—
‘ROXYUSED
Ex@itlwhypMXy(S)l15d
atthiS
household:
...................................................................
...................................................................
...................................................................
Wmsnram
...................................................................
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For all cases of:
non-response
ring one of the outcome codes 30-85, ie
where you get a refusal
where you finally accept a non-contact
where you eet.ebliehthat there 16 no household at the
●ddress
where you esCablieh that
the address ie ineligible
where no sample ie selected at the address
where you ●re not interviewing a’household at a multihousehold address because you have already included
.4●xtra households on your quota.
D.
~DE
40
Complete I overleaf giving the reasons you think the houeehold was ebsent. We
re-issue some code 30s and 40’s so any notes here will be helpful to a possible
recaller.
E.
CODE 35’s
We will notify you of any refusals to HQ. Please do not‘,u~’e
this code for cases
where en infnrment tells you he has been in touch witp the office unless you have
had confirmation from us thit a“refusal wes received. Codel351a will not M
included in calculating interviewer reaponae ratea.
F.
CODE 30
Ue intend to carry out sore?analyeie on refussle, ao pleaee ring all reasons for a
refusal ●t D and code E to H on the reverse eide.
G.
CODE 85’s
Pleaae try all possible ~thods to locate an ●ddreen ●nd contact HQ Sampling
before returning an addreee as code 85.
H.
CODE 79
88
It ie to be used in England ●nd Wales where Sampling (SIU) haa Instructed you not
do ●ny interwiewiog ●t ●n addreaa.
1
to
.
13.3
Weekly Return (White)
Field work for ●ach calendar mmth is divided into 4 periods (called quota ‘weeke’)
for ●dministrative purpoaea (see note on page 11 about quota ‘weeke’).
Ae on ●d hoc eurveys, a Weekly Return met be sent
the mcnth until ●ll ●erial numbers have been dealt
you did no work in one week of the quota, we would
from you for that week, with ● note to ●xplain the
to HQ for each quota ‘week’ of
with. If it should heppen that
still expect ● waekly return
circumatences.
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24
The Weekly Return has two sections:
PROGRESS
DESPATCH
When completing the Return, please note the following points:
PROGRESS
Each household is to be shown In the Progress section of only one Weekly Return
(that is the quota ‘week’ when the househbld schedule was comp~ed ).
Enter the week number, and the serial numbers completed that week, plus the serial
numbers of households in which you started interviewing during the week and
completed the Household Schedule at least, but have still to interview eoms members
of the household. Ring F for completed cases only, that is, where no further calls
are to ba made.
Only work done in one week should be entered in the Progress eection of each
Return.
Do not include in the Progress section households you have called on but not dealt
with. For example, if you receive no reply at an address or make an appointment
for a subsequent week, you should show these in the Progress section of a later
Weekly Return.
Do not duplicate in the Progress section. If the household schedule is completed
in one quota week and the individual schedules completed in another, the household
would be entered for the week of the household schedule completion (it should not
be entered again in the Progress section).
DESPATCH
Completed work should be dispatched once a quota ‘week’. So please enclose with
your Weekly Return the schedules end documents for all serial numbers completed
that quota week.
Enter the serial number and household number, and ring the appropriate outcome
code.
The number of aerial numbers for which you despatch work should be the same as the
number completed (ringed F in the Progress section of the Return). If in any week
these numbers don ‘t agree, please explain why on the back of the Return.
Completed schedules and documents should always be returned in an envopak, so
pleaee make sure that you have one available. Let us knuw if you require extra
envopaks. Seals will normally ba Included with your materials.
Unused envopaks should bs returned to the office at the end of your quota.
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GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY 19$XIBI
WEEKLY RETURN
‘:::; ~
QUOTA Quota
Ot?TH Week
AREA .............................
INTSRVISWER ......................
PROGRESS Entar
J
1950/91
EE!l
::’-=
each serial nmober on only one Weekly Rnturn
—
Nnrk done this week:
Is this a
Continuation sheet?
ADDRESS NUWSER
Yss .......... 1
HOUSEN02D NUNSER
NO ............ 2
IF ~LEIED
, RING +
F
F
F
F
F
DESPATCH Enclosed are echedules/doctnnents
for the following complet.d
number
Ad&ens
F
F
F
seriel nos.
I
Household
Canplet@ly co-operating household
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
Non-interview: proxy used
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
Plrtial
Non-contact: proxy not used
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
responsa
At least one member of the
houeohold refused interview
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
Sane question(s) refueed
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
Wf usal by whole hnusehold (i=el.d.
OC4*35’
S]
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
Non-rsntact:
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
No household ●t the addrese
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
Ineligible
70
70
70
70
70
70
70
70
no one
No smpla s.loctad
●t
seen
in
household
tha address
19/Bo79/80.,
7s/80.
79/10.
79/80.
7*/m.79100.
79/so
-
H‘hold not intmrviowad bacause 4 ●xtre
households already included on quota
al
81
81
El
81
01
01
al
Address not traced
85
85
85
85
85
85
85
85
If the nub-r
●bOV*,
ma:
please
of •.ri~l
numb~r~ dispatched
is different
●rplain why overloaf.
from the number ringed
No. of multi-houeehold ■election ahemts ●ncloemd _
F
n---
ILJ
‘1’Msdespatch brings the total no.
of households sent in this month to —
Number of daY8 worked on
the QUOta thim mmnth _
n
S@natore
. .. .. . . . . .. . . . . .
34
El
-u
25
13. &
Order
of
documnt a
All the following docu~nts for each household should b
not tied with laces, in the following order:
(e)
For households
interviewed
Record of Calls and Outcom
fastened together by ~,
(coded 10 or 21-24)
(pink)
Recall Card
Houeehold Schedule (yellow)
Person 01 - Individual Schedule (white)
and, if used
- Family Information eelf-completion cchedule (M/C,
WOSep, or S) and Smoking and drinking eelf-completion
echedule should be tagged to the back of the
relevant Individual Schedule
~
Proxy Schedule (green)
Person 02 - Individual Schedule ●tc; as for Person 01
~
Proxy Schedule
and so on for all the person numbers.
Inheritance sift
eheet
Inheritance Schedules (if used)
(b)
For all other casee (coded 30, 40, 61-65, 73-74, 80, 81, 85)
Record of Cells and Outcome (pink)
13.5
L
claim
The survey number to be ●ntered on claims formg is 510. The etage number will be
Far ●xample, if the field
the number of the mnnth in which the field period falle.
period is 1 February to 28 Februery, the etage number ‘-tillbe 02.
v-.
13.6
Study time
L,+-
For interviewers working on GHS for the firet time ................... 8 hours
-,
J (plue 1 hour post,,!,7
briefing study)
.>.
,7
For interviewers who have worked on GHS before,
. ............. See
and who are being rebrief●d on the 1990/91 ●chedul~n
rebriefing eet
for detaile
35
26
13.7
Admin time
For 1990/91 a payment of 7$
covers the following:-
hours per quota of 23 addresses will be made.
This
3 hours for planning of work, writing up notebook and despatchfng work
h
hours for carrying out the following checks on schedules:
1.
Person numbers entered on individual schedules, including on all selfcompletion documents
2.
Serial labels stuck on each document including self-completion and
field documents
3.
Zern entared in household number box (unless multi-household)
4.
Front page of household schedule complete
ie total number of persons boxes
5.
Household box complete
ie all codes ringed especially sex, marital status,
Family Unit and CWN codes for all persons
6.
Occupation and Industry coded and entered into boxes as required Qs 5, 27 and 35
7.
Employment Qs 1, 2, 2(a) and 3 coded
a.
Family information Q1 and Q3 coded for all ages 16-59
9.
Income Q} coded
The above items are the met cnmmon omissions on completed schedules. A laminated
card listing these chacks will be enclosed in your briefimg act.
hour allowance should be claimed on the final work claim for the quota.
The7~
13.8
Stationery
Always check through your msterials very carefully bafore starting a quota. Allow
time for any replacements to be sent from HQ.
A checklist till be sent out with each mnth’s supply of msteriala. Please refar
to this to check that everything is up-to-date and complete.
Schedules are aomethas aoanded and reprinted during the GYM year. To help
ensure that you always use current materials, pleaae do not terry materials over
from one quota to the next. Please destroy any out-of-date schedules and
documants.
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27
13.9
Whcm to contact
For queries
concerning:
Field
procedures
. . . . . . . . . . . ext 2158
or 2432
Sampling ................... ext 2354
or 2347
Field Officer
Field Aeeietant
- Anne IUepacz
- Chrie Goodger
Sampling Officers - Nic Croll
Andy Balcon
Situations may arise which are not catered for in theee instructions. In theee
cases ycu should either ring the head office for advice or make full notee and
‘flag up’ the relevant page with the pink slipe provided. This will ●nsure that
the problem is dravn to the attention of Field at an ●arly stage.
3’7
GHS Interviewer InstructIons 1990/91. Main sample
PART 2
THE QUESTIONNAIRES
For eaae of reference, these instructions are interleaved with the questionnaire
Pagea to which they relate,
in the following order:
Household Schedule
Individual Schedule
Notes on presentation
The instruction pages are in brown, and are interleaved with the questionnaire,
so that where poaaible the instruction facea the relevant question.
Each page of inatructiona has the Bare page number, in bracketa, aa the relevant
questionnaire page.
Where there are two or wre pages of inatructiona for one questionnaire page, the
Instruction pagea are numbered a, b, etc. Thus Instruction pagea (3a) and (3b) both
relate to questionnaire page 3.
A double line in the margin beside an instruction means that the instruction has
been changed since 1989/90 or that the question waa not included in the 1989/90
questionnaire.
A section showing changea to the Household and Individual Schedules from the
previous year precedes the Inatructiona to each schedule.
PROXY SCHEDULE
The Proxy Schedule ia a shortened version of the Individual Schedule. For 1990/91
it contains the following sections.
Employ~nt - (including retirement)
Education - ●xcluding Q6
Health
- excluding Qs 1, 10-18
The question numbers are the same aa on the Individual Schedule, and the same
inatructiona apply.
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(la)
CHANGES TO THE HOUSEHOLD SCHEDULE FROM 1989/90
Qs21-25
Housing Benefit questions now asked of all residents in England,
Wales and Scotland because of the introduction of Community
Charge.
Q27-33
Questions about tenants attitudes to landlords and awareness of
the ‘“TenantsChoice” Scheme.
Questions deleted: questions on ‘Right to buy’
FRONT PAGE
When entering numbers in the boxes above the household box, please
make sure that they are all clear and legible. If data on this page
gets keyed into the computer incorrectly, it is expensive and
time-consuming to sort out the errors eg. if a 5 looks like a 3 and
gets keyed as a 3.
H’hld No.
The Household No. is recorded as O or as one digit.
Enter O in the box:
- where there is only one household at the address;
- at a concealed or pre-sampled multi-household address where only
one household has been selected for interview.
EH
ADD.
eg
01
H‘HLD
0
Enter ‘l’, ‘2’, ‘3’ etc in the box only:
- at a concealed or pre-sampled multi-household addreas where more
than one household has been selected for interview.
Date of
schedule
Enter the last 2 digits of the year.
With split interviews, enter the date on which the Household Schedule
was completed.
Household
box
The usual Social Survey definitions of ‘household‘ and ‘head of
household’ apply, as given in the ‘Handbook for Interviewera1 (1984).
Please take care to fill in all parts of the household box for each
member of the household.
39
(lb)
Date of
birth
and age
Date of birth is placed before ~
so that the two questions can be
asked together. First ask ‘what is your date of birth?‘ or ‘what
16....’s date of birth?’ and then ask age, ●g. ‘ao may I just check,
how old ia . ..... now?’.
Refer to card H1, the age chart, aa nece.aaary.(Card HI iS to be used
for interviews dated 1st April 1990 to 31st December 1990 and Card
Hl, on the reverse side, fnr interviews dated 1st January 1991 to
31at March 1991.)
~
Children lees than 1 year should be recorded aa ’00’,
over 99 years as *99’.
Marital
*tatus
and persons
The GHS uses a different marital statua prompt from the standard one
described in the Interviewer’s Handbook, because there la an
additional category in the marital etatus box (C - Code 2) for people
who are cohabiting.
You should ask aa a running prompt ‘Are ynu married, living
together, single, widowed, divorced or separated?‘ Code living
tngether as code 2 (cohabiting). ‘2%1shas priority over the single
widowed, divorced and separated codes.
At this stage you are not expected to probe ‘separated‘ but, should
an informant query the term, it cnvers any person whose spouse is
living elsewhere because of estrangement (whether the separation is
legal or not).
tiaritalstatus should not be asked if the ‘relationship to HOH’ has
been given aa ‘wife’ (or ‘husband’): simply ring cnde 1 (married)
under Marital Statua. Similarly simply ring code 2 (cohabiting) in
the Marital Status box without aaking marital status if the
‘relationship to~HOH’ haa been gi’venAdt[tcommon-lawwife ‘ (or
‘husband‘) or if ‘cohabitationhas been ‘8pontaneoualymentioned eg.
‘girlfriend, she lives with me’.
When code 2 applies, record the relationship to HOH aa cohabitee,
boyfriend/girlfriendor common-law husband/wife. Note that with
cohabiting couples, as with married couples, the male la
autnmetically taken to be the HOH.
Recnrd both partners of a homosexual couple to their formal ❑arital
status.
Family unit
Marital ●tatua ●nd age informatiori
“collected’in the household bnx
should never be recoded in the light of’hhswe~a to the Family
Information section (eee Individual Schedule instructions relating to
the Family Informetinn
section). ‘
,,
.,
Figures collected by a number of g?~$~nparm depart~nte relate to
famllias rather than houaeh61da. Consequently, it ia necessary to
group household members into family
units.
A FAMILY UNIT can consist of.
,
- a merrled or cohabiting couple on their own;
- or a married or cohabiting couple/lone parent and their nevermerried children provided these ch”ildrenhave no children of their
own;
- nr it can consiet of one person only, eg a divnrced daughter
Witbout children.
,,
40
(lC)
A brother and sister (whose parents are not part of the household)
would form two separate family units.
Members of the HOH’S family unit should be numbered 1 in the Family
Unit; the next family unit 2, and ao on, eg:
Per. No.
Relationship to HOH
Pamily Unit
01
02
03
04
HOH
Wife
Son (unmarried)
Mother
1
1
1
2
The following example shows the nutiberingof a family unit where
other relatives are also members of a household:
Per. No.
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
Relationship to HOH
HOH
wife
Son (single)
Sister (widow)
Brother
married co
Sister-in-law1- each other
Niece (single, daughter of Per.04)
Pamily Unit
1
1
1
2
3
3
2
Note also:
In general, family units cannot apan more than two generations, ie grandparents and grandchildren cannot belong to the same
family unit. The exception to this ia where it ia established that
the grandparents are responsible for looking after the grandchildren (eg while the parents are abroad, etc).
a.
b.
Adopted and step-children have the same family unit number as
their adoptive/step parenta. A foster-child, however, should be
given a separate family unit number from his/her foster-parents.
‘CWN’
This section la for recording whether each member of the household
is white or coloured. This information is used to examine the
Interrelationship between colour, country of birth and ethnic
origin. Code according to your own observation; but you include as
coloured all persona who would not be described aa white - eg
Negroes, Indiana and Pakiatania, Chinese and Japanese.
You must not make any aaaumptions about the colour of people you have
not actually seen - these should always be coded 3 (‘not seen’). If
you do aee a person but cannot decide whether he/she is coloured or
not, leave the coding blank and enter at the bottom of the page what
you would code if you —had to make the choice.
Do not fotget to code children under 16, and to recode from code 3
(not seen) any peraon seen later in the interview.
41
GENERAL
HOUSEHOLD
HOUSEHOLD
SURVEY
1990/91
SCHEDULE
s 510/1990/91
IN CONFIDENCE
=711
::::~[’+
,,
Interviewer
Authorlsat]on
El
A13D
H’H
22/23
24
2s-28
No.
29130
sl/31
3s134
a
Total
number
of persons
In household
ss/38
—
m
m
Person no
Ring
I
Id
a
Number
of
adults
Number
of persons
Relatlonshlp
to HOH
OFF
USE
A
~
MF
12
in household
mtervlewed
Sex
OFF
USE
d B
HOH
(16+)
(Incl
—
S?Isa
~]s9,40
Proxles)~
Date of
b]rth
Day Mth Year
1
I
1
I
I
1
1
2
I
3
I
4
I
5
I
6
~
123
I
123
5161
I
123
1
5161
11231
5[61
11231
w
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2
ACCOMMODATION.
PRESENT
INTERVIEWER
1. For ~
Type
CODE
Ql
S6/1
households(England,Walcs & Scotland)
of accommodation occupiedby thishousehold:
Whole house,
Code
Foswl SEQ02]
and Q2
one
bungalow,
“.
.
““
.
detached .............................................
01
, semi-dets
ch cd ..................................
02
terraced/endof terra
ce............
Q3
03
from
Purpose-built
flat
or maisonette
in block:
observation,
with
lift ............................................
04
wit bout Iif t.....................................
05
if in
doubt
ask
in fnrmarrt
Part of house/converted
rooms in house:
flat
or maisonette/
Q2
wit h lif t............................................
06
wit h ou t 1if t.....................................
07
Dwelling with businesspremises
................................................
09
Ask only
Q6-9,1 1-13
and
Migration
n
10
)3
08
Other (Specify)
.....................................................................................
x
What is the floor level
of the main living part
of the accommodation?
3.
When was this
Prompt
if
necessary
u
If DK
code your
estimate
Basemen t/semi-basemeot
...................
1
level ................
2
1st f 10or ....................................................
3
2nd f 1oor ..................................................
4
3rd floor ...................................................
5
4th to 9th floor ....................................
6
10tb floor
7
Ground
building
first
before
floor/street
or high er ..........................
w
built?
1919 ................... ..... . ...............................................
1
between
1919 and
1944 ................... ...............................
2
between
1945 and
1964 ...................................................
3
1965 or later .........................................................................
4
DK
5
but after1944.............................................................
DK (neither informant
nor interviewer
able to give estimate )...........................................
6
43
(2)
PRESENT ACCOMMODATION
Purpose of section
If it is to carry out effective housing policies, the Department of the Environment
needs to be able to aaaesa the extent and nature of the housing problem in different
parts of the country. These queetion.eare designed to provide information for this
purpose. They are concerned WIth certain basic housing standards, such aa the
degree of overcrowding and the amount of accommodation that lacks sole use of
amenitiea. In eddition, the GHS is used for monitoring the growth
certain
standard
in the poaseaaion
of consumer durables
and central heating.
Type of
accommodation
Code from observation.
Q1
Here the description of the accommodation should refer only to the
‘space’ used by che household. Thus in the case of a house
owner-occupier who sublets some rooms, you should ring code 06 or
07 to indicate that the household occupiee only part of the house.
Bungalows (including ‘pre-faba’) should be treated ae whole house
and coded 01, 02, or 03.
‘Dwellings with bueinesa premises’ covers thoee placee where there
is access between the private and businese parts without going
outside the building. If the address!is a flat in a block, the
bottom storey of which is a row of shops, then code 04 or 05 should
be used.
For public houses, inns and hotels: please bpecify that the
accommodation is a pub etc. and ring the appropriate code. This
will usually W code ’08’.
Caravana - code ’09’ applies to all typea of caravan, both mbile
and non-mobile.
Q2
current
social
problem is the situation
of people who
live in very tall blocks of flata (high-riac.accommodation). The GHS
haa been asked to help fin the study of this problem by ehowing what
kinds of people live in these conditions and’whether they might have
special problems as a result (eg the elderly, the disabled, mothere
with very young children).
An important
The question is concerned only with the living part of the
room, lounge
accommodation. ‘Living part 1 here means the living
whatever
it may be called.
where the main living
part
If
it
ie
not
obvious
or
from observation
le. you mwet check thie with the
informant.
44
(3a)
Qs 4-10
These questions refer to the accommodationoccupied or shared by the
household you are interviewing. Rooms which are usually (sub)let or which
are let in the holiday season to another household or guests should be
ignored altogether, even if they are unoccupied at the time of calling.
Q4
A fixed bath is one that is permanently attached to a water supply and
has a waste pipe.
Q6
We require whatever an informant thinks of as a bedroom. Every household
should have at least one bedroom, that is, a room in which someone
sleeps.
Q8
For our purposes a kitchen is defined as any room in which the household
cooks - other than those which, in addition, are used aa bedrooms. If
there is more than one kitchen in the accommodation, please record the
extra kitchen(s) at Q9, ringing the ‘shared’ code if any are shared.
Give priority at Q8, firstly to any kitchen used to eat meals in, or as a
sitting room, and then to any kitchen at least 6+ ft wide.
Informants may mention that they have cooking facilities in a hall or on a
landing. These are not ‘kitchens’for our purposes and should not be
included, but make a note of the circumstances. ~ count a pantry or a
scullery if it is used for cooking.
Q8(a)
For some analysis purposes and for comparison with the Census, small
kitchens are not counted as ‘rooms’; 6+ ft Is an approximation to 2
metres.
Q8(b)
Accept the answer given by the informant but, if queried, note the
following points:
- the question relates to current usage
- meals should exclude just cups of tea or coffee.
Q9
This question refers to all rooms other than bedrooms and kitchens and
those rooms specifically excluded on the schedule.
Enter all other rooms (whether actually used or not), recording the name
given to the room by the infonssnt. ‘Kitchen’ can appear here as a room
description - this is the name given in some parts of the country to the
resinliving room, even though the room is not used for cooking. You
should note that the room Is not used for cooking. It can also appear
here if there is more than one kitchen used for cooking in the
accommodation (see instructions at Q8).
Where a room is ‘ open plan’ with dividers of some kind, it should be
A room
counted as two rooms if there is a sliding
or folding
partition.
If a
divided
by curtains
or portable
screens
should
count as one room.
‘dinette’
is given we need to know that it ia separated frnm the kitchen
by a (folding) partition. Alcoves are not separate rooms.
contd
45
3
Now I would
accommodation,
sublet
Ilke to ask you about your household’s
excluding
any rooms you may let or
Do you have either
4
fixed
5
shower
Do you
a fixed bath or a
hot water supply?
with
have
a flush
SHARED
Yes
todet~
No
.. ...
Yes
.
No
(a) Is the entrance
ctKfe
ins]de
first
that
WWlies
to it.
your
outs]de
.
accommodat]on~
. ....
your accommodation
but nss]dc the bu!ldmg~
outside
the bu]ldlng~
.
..
44/45
1
. .. .
Q6
. .
.
2
. ...
.. . . .
..
.
3
. .. . .
46/4 7
How many bedrooms do you
have, includingbedslttlng
rooms and spare bedrooms?
6
1 - 7 Enter no.—
8 or more
8
+
7
Are any of them used by your
household
for cooking ]n Ilke a beds]tter for example?
Yes
No
4ai49
8
(Apart from that)do you have a
kitchen,that M a separaw room
m which You cook?
Yes
a) & (b)
No
)9
1s the narrowests]deof the
kitchenlessthan 61/2ft w]de
Less than 61/2ft
from
6112 ft or more
(a)
wall
to wall?
(b) Do (any of) you ever
Yes
. ..
eat meals in It or use
It as a s]ttlng room?
9
What other
rooms
..”-.
...- .
..--”..
”.....-..
.
.
. . .
. . . . .
.. .. . .. ........ .. .. ..
.... . .. . .. . .. .
10
.
.
60/61
do you havc~
. .
. .
. . .
. .
.
. . . .
.
.
.
.
. .
.
.
. . .
... ............ ....
.. ..
.
. .
. . . .
.
. . . . . . . .
.
.
.
.
. . .
. .
.
. .
... ....... .. . . . .
.... . . . .
Do you share any of the rooms or
the bath (shower) or flush toilet
w]th any other household?
‘i
Q9
No
List informants
names for rooms
EXCLUDE
Bathroom& toileq
garage% utdity
room & rooms used solely for buamcxs
.. . .
1
.
None
. . . .
. . . .
..
.
.
.
..
. .
.
. . . .
. .
.
. . .
x
.
.
.
.
. .. . . .
..
. .
No
x
,x
x
..”
..- . x
x
.
. ..
Yes
. .
,...
.
x
. . x
n
t
Rm# ‘shared codes
msd eoter no. of
bedrooms shared
then ask Q] 1
> 11
46
4
11. Do you have any form of centralheating,
includingelectric
storageheaters,
in your
(partof the) accommodation?
Central heating = 2 or more rooms,
kitchens
halls landings
bath/we
heated from one central source
52/5s
Yes ...........................
. (a)
No ............................
-Q12
~
(a) Which
Probe
type
of fuel
‘Hot Air’ for
-
does it use?
fuel
peat ...............................
1
Code
Elect rici ty: storageheaters .........................................................
2
all
Electricity
Solid
fuel:
incl
other
coal,
coke,
wood,
(incloil-filled
radiat oars......................................
3
that
Gas/calor
gas ......................................................................................
-Q12
4
8PP1Y
5
Other .......................................................................................................
6
47
(3b)
Q9 (contd)
If you are in any doubt whether
to include
or excluda any particular
room, describe
the situation
fully,
noting
in particular whether or
For ●xample:
not the
room can be usad all the yaar round.
attic, loft,
store room
specify whether (a) it waa built for living
purpoaea
(b) it haa a skylight or
vindov;
Q1O
aun room, axtenaion -
nota whather it can be uaad
only in aumer,
unusable room
and
specify in what way it ie unusable,
whather the situation la tamporary, eg while
being renovated.
all
year
round
or
We would expect shared rooms only at a multi-household addresa
(either preaampled or concealed). If rooms are aharad in the
accommodation (aapecially shared toilets with an ●ntrance inaide tha
accommodation) and it is —not a multi- household addreaa, please add a
note below Q1O to explain the situation. Count aa ‘shared’ if aharad
with anyone outaida the household, ag with people who work in a ahop
attached to the premleee.
(4)
Qll
Central heating includes any system wheraby two or mora rooms
are heated from a central source, such aa a boiler, a back-boiler
to an open fire, or tha electricity supply. This definition includes
a ayatem where the boilar or back-boiler heats one room and alao
supplies the powar to haat ona other room.
Whara a household haa only one room in the accommodation, traat it
as having central heating if that room la heated from a central
source along with other roome in the house or building.
Central haating alao includes under-floor heating and hot air ducts.
Central heating doea not include appliances plugged into the mains
circuit at the wall. —
If the informant la unsura whethar there la central heating, aak if
you may look at it yourself.
48
(5a)
Q12
Include items chat are either owned by the household or available for use
in the informant’s accoumdation. Broken items not intended for repair
should be ●xcluded.
With the exception of telephone, icema available for communal use should
be included only if they can be used in che informant‘a accommodation - le
count a shared vacuum cleaner that the informant can use, but ignore a
washing mschine used in a communal laundry.
Usually the items listed will be easily understood. However, there may be
occasions when they need to ba precisely defined.
Video-recorder - a machine for recording television programs
from a TV
set (in black and white or colo”r) for playback later, and for replaying
pre-recorded video cassettes. Exclude video-diet machines, which cannot
record programmed from a TV set, but only play back pre-recorded
video-discs.
Deep-freezer - a separate cheat or upright cold storage cabinet used for
freezing food for long periods of time.
Fridge-freezer - a two-compartment cabinet with separate doors, one
compartment ia designed for freezing food as in a deep-freezer, the other
is an ordinary refrigerator. Do not count as a fridge-freezer the
freezing compartment of an ordinary refrigerator. If someone has a fridge
but not a deep freezer, ‘Deep freezer or fridge freezer‘ should be coded
2.
Washing machine - include automatics and twin tubs, but exclude
boilers with a hand agitator and separate spin driers.
Tumble driers - this is a drum which dries by tumbling its contents in a
stream of hot air (unlike a spin drier, which merely gets rid of water by
spinning), soreswashing machines have a built-in facility for tumble
drying, but in most cases tumble driers are separate machines.
Compact Disc Player - this msy bs a free-standing unit or part of a
‘music centre’ which has other audio functions as well.
Home computer - this should . - have a keyboard
- be programmable
- have to be attached co a display (eg a
television ecreen or a screen made
specially for the mdel)
Include: - hou computers and personal computers (eg ACORN BBC, SINCLAIR
SPECTRUM, ZXS1), even if they are only used for playing games
computere owned by self-employed people and used for business
purpoaea.
Exclude: - video gamee (not progrwnmsble and no keyboard)
(used for transmitting and receiving
computer terminals
information processed on a remote computer)
programmable calculators (have their own built-in display)
computers supplied by a person’a ●mployer for work purposes
and not available for personal uee.
49
(5b)
Q13
‘Normally available’:
includes - vehicles used solely for driving to and from work
- vehicles on long-term hire.
excludes - vehicles used solely in the course of work
- vehicles hired from time to time.
If a vehicle la not currently available
dismantled
whether
it
or is in some other
ia repairable.
way unfit
for uae because
it has been
for use, make a note as to
50
5
12.
Does your householdhave any of the follow]ng
Items In your (part of the) accommodat]on~
I INCLUDE
Itensa stored
or under
repair
I
Colour TV aet~
1 only
more
than
1
none
Black
and wh]te
TV set?
.. ....1 only .. .. .... .
more
none
than
...
1
. . .. ..
Yes
40
20/21
V]deo
recorder?
Deep
freezer
. .. .. . . ... .. ...
I
2
22113
EXCLUDE
Frldge
only
or fr]dge
2
freezer?-
24/25
1
2
16/27
1
2
28/29
1
2
solal
2
52155
2
34/s5
1
EXCLUDE.
13.
V~deo
games
Home
computer?
Is there a car or van normally
avadablc
for uae by you or any
members of your household?
r
INCLUDE
Any provided
if normally
avsilable
for
informant
or members of
EXCLUDE vehicles sased
(a) la there
one
or more
than
.
. .
1
. .
Yes
.,.
No
..,..
2
s6/S7
2
%74
by employers
private usc by
the houacbold
aolcly for the
one’r
2
1 . . ..
. ..
1
2 .....
2
3 or more
3
Q 14
51
6
TENURE
14. In whose name is this
(HOUSE/FLAT/ROONf)
owned Or rented?
-
HOH
only ..........................................................
WIFE/COHABITEE
(of
HOH)
only
1
.
2
Q 15
Jnint
Other
=’
HOH and WIFE/COHABITEE
(Specify)
3
4
...............................................
..................................................................................
7
15. Does your household
own
this (HOUSE/FLAT/ROOM)?
or rent
Owns/is
buying
......................................
1
) 16
free
......................................
2
) 17
scheme .............................
3
221
‘age 9
ownership, ...................................
4
2 16(a)
Rents/rent
Spontaneous
Co-ownership
Shared
46/4
16. Is this
(HOUSE/FLAT):
owned
Running
prompt
outrigh t,.........................................
1
or is it being bought with
a mortgage or loan? ..........................
2
I EXCLUDE
Improvement
loans I
m
(a) Ask or code
Is the
Running
prompt
(HOUSE/FLAT]
owned
that
as part of a co-ownership
is jointly with a housing
.........or is it owned
scheme, that
.........or neither
scheme,
association
........................<
as part of a shared ownership
is part rented and part owned
1
....................
2
of these? ................................................................................
3
Q 21
Page 9
(6a)
TENURE
Purpose of section
The movement from renting into owner occupation%has been one of the mnst striking
features of the post-war hcn+eingecene, and the ability of the CHS to monitor these
flows helps to improve foretaste of houeing needa.
Q 16
This queetion wording haa been altered to refer to the appropriate
hrusehold accrmmodetion. In general the .sccanmdation will be in the
name of a household member ak only on occaeion (eg abaent spouse)
not ba lieted in the hcuaehold box.
\
The identity of the actual ‘o~er mat
needed at subsequent queationa.
be established because it ia
Where accommodation ie owned by an individual outside the household note
the following points.
treat aa ‘owrs/is buying’ - accommodation owned or being bought
solely by, or jointly with, an ex-spouse
- accommodation owned or being bought solely
by, or jointly with, a spouse outside
this hpuaehold (away,on buaineaa
c’~ntinuoualyfor six:mpqqhraor more).
If the houeehold rents the accommda~ion, give,tfi~‘pera~nresponsible
for the rent even if it is rented from a relative, ●g. ‘anold lady in
a separate granny flat paying ,n+nal rent to ,,
her,son who owns the house.
If the household live? rent-fre~, give the pers,~nd
~~s,ponqiblefor the
rent-free occupancy, eg. give the HOH if the acccmy$ption ia a house
owned by hia parent.s~’
give wife of HOH if it comes rent-free with her
job.
Treat as ‘rents/rent free’ - accommodation owned or being bought by
w ‘relativeor friend or formerly owned ~
deceaaed relative and now held in truet.
For code 3 to apply
haaehold.
.
bot,h the ~:0~ ,and vife
,’,i,.
mst b~~~embera of the
.1’.
(
If the mmer or joint owner ‘of‘tie ~ccommodaci#~+o in ,ex-spouse,then
ring code 4 and ap~cify t? owne~ljoint ovnera.,,
Treat cohabiting as merried.
53
[bb)
Q15
(&Qs lba
& 20(b))
For tenure analyses, two types of housing association scheme need to be
identified:
co-ownership schemes - included in the owner occupied sector
fair rent schemes
- included in the rented sector
Co-ownership or equity sharing schemes are those where a share in the
property is bought by the occupier under an agreement with the housing
association. The monthly charges paid for the accommodation include an
amount towards the repayment of the collective mortgage on the scheme,
and as such the occupier may be able to claim tsx relief. However, for
practical purposes the payment Is regarded aa ‘rent’. It is important
to realise that the co-owner never becomes the sole owner of the
propsrty, but on leaving the scheme a cash sum ~sually
repaid to the
one r.
In fair rent schemes there is no capital investment in the property
by the occupier; only rent is paid. Therefore the occupier never owns
~e~~t
Of the prOperty and there is no repayment on leaving the
Most ‘equity sharers’ will identify themselves spontaneously at Q15
because they find it difficult to say whether they are owner occupiers
or renters. However, as a check, all mortgagors are asked (Q16a) whether
they own a share of the property jointly with a housing association. (A
aim.ilarcheck for renters is made at Q20b.)
For further points on the coding of Q15, see instructions for Q14 above.
Q 16(a)
& Q20(b)
Co-ownership is the joint ownership of residential properties (eg blocks
of flats) by a group of people who have formed a registered co-ownership
society. These developed particularly in the 1960s when groups were
buying newly-built properties, usually on an equity sharing baais
whereby each person bought a share in the entire property. Co-ownership
is declining as groups sell the properties to individuals following the
appreciation that has taken place in the value of the aharea.
Shared ownership involves an Individual being part owner (whether on
mortgage or not) and part tenant of the property. The tenanted part is
frequently owned by a local authority or housing association, who
receives rent from the purchaser. The rented portion usually stands at
between 2~nd
75%, but the purchaser msy have the option of increasing
the percentage slhe owns, eventually owning the property outright.
54
7
17.
To all rentmg/ljvlng
rent
free
(coded
2 at Q 15)
m
1s th]s (HOUSE/FLAT/ROOM)
furn~shedor unfurn]shed~
II1
rented(provjded)
Furnished
.
.
Unfurnished/partly
furmshed..
2
62/6s
18.
Are any business premmes included in the rent
for th]s accommodation
(In the accommodation
prov]dcd)~
Yes .
.
No . ... .
1
2
~
&4/6&
19.
Does th]s accommodation
go with
Job of anyone In your household?
the present
Yes
1
1
-Q20
No
2
55
20.
Who is if rented from?
(Who is it provided by?)
7
ORGANISATIONS
Local
Authority
or Council
................................
10
Prompt
New Town Corporationor Commission........
01
as
Propertycompany.......................................................
02
nccessar y
ScottishSpecialHousing Association/
ScottishHomes ...........
........................................
03
other housingassociation
or co-operative
or charita
b]e trust
...............................................
04
Employ er............................................................................
05
Other organisation
(Specif
y)..................................
06
Q21
(b)
Q 21
............................................................................................
INDIVIDUALS
Relative
...............................................................................
07
Employer.,
...........................................................................
08
Other individual
............................................................
09
(a)
(a)Does the landlordlivein thisbuilding?
Yes,......
1
No .......
2
Q 21
x
(b) DO YOU:
Running
prompt
just rent this (HOUSE/FLAT/ROOM)
from
(ANSWER AT Q 20) .........................................................
1
.......or have YOU bought a share of it as part
of a co-ownership
scheme, that is joint
owrscra hip with a housing associa tin . ...........................
2
.......or have YOU bought a share of it as part
of a shared ownership achemc, that is
Part rented and part owned ?...............................................
3
56
(8)
Q 20
Note chat the code for local authority can be 10, 01 or 03, as
appropriate. (Scottish Ifomeaformerly The Scottish Special Housing
Association - is financed
by local government.)
Any person
ehould
whose accommodation
ia tied to their job (code 1 at Q19)
be coded 05 or 08 at Q20. People in tied accommodation w+oae
employer ie a Local Authority, New Town or Scottish Housing
Aeeociation should aleo be coded 05 (Employer).
Q 20(a)
Note that the question refera to the landlord living in the same
building, ie not necessarily at the same addreas.
Q 20(b)
Households who are part of a co-owners~ip-eche~ with e houeing
association should have been identified at Q15. This question la e
●aaokietiome,
co-operatives
final
check to those renting from housing
question
or charitable
truste:
if you do find out ●t this
are part of a co-ovnerehip
scheme,
ring code 2 at Q20(b)
Q21.
(Do not go beck and recode Q15. )
that they
and go on to
For notes on houeing aaeociation achemea eee Q15.
57
(9a)
Housing Benefit
Q22
From April 1990 Community Charge (applicable to individuals) replaces
rates. Community Charge rebate replaces the rates rebate componentof
Housing Benefit (See Income Q45). In most caaes this benefit should
be deducted from the amount of Community Charge they have to pay. In
some cases a lump aum refund msy be received. However, we do not
want to pick up community charge benefit or rebate on the household
schedule. We cover this on the individual schedule at Q45 (income
section).
Qs 22 to 24. These questions on Housing Benefit have been changed
from what they were in 1989/90 because of the introduction of
Community Charge. The question wording no longer refers to rates
rebate because this has now been replaced by Community Charge rebate.
‘Transitionalrelief’ was introduced in April to lessen the immediate
impact of community charge for some people. This is not a Housing
Benefit. This type of relief is in addition co commu~y
charge
rebates and income support. Broadly, if the 1990/91 national
community charge is greater than the 1989/90 rate bill by more than
f3 per week (156 pa) the government will meet 100% off the
difference. Pensioners and disabled people can apply separately for
relief to bring their notional community charge down to f156 pa. The
notional community charge is what authorities would need to charge if
they spent in line with government assumption. Transitional relief
la treated as a reduced rate of community charge at Q45 on the income
section of the individual schedule.
Q22, 22(a)
22(b)
Housing Bsnefit should not ba confused with a discount for prompt
payment of rates etc. (eg for paying the year’s rates in one lump
sum).
Q 22(b) is a check to pick up recipients who may have said ‘No’ to
Q22 because Housing Benefit is deducted from the rent they are asked
to pay.
Tenants
Housing Benefit (HB) originally took the place of rent and rates
rebates and rent allowance. In some cases tenanta may not actually
receive any money aa the benefit will be paid direct to the landlord.
Q22(b) is a check to pick up any recipients who may have said ‘No’ to
Q22 for this reaaon.
Q24
It is possible for a household,to include somaone else who ie
receiving HB in his/her own right.
In an owner occupier household, for example, a teenage child of the
HOH who ia paying him/her rent could be eligible for HB.
58
9
21. INTERVIEWER
1
8;/ss
CODE
renting/shared
owned
22
Some people quallfy
for Housing
M, a rent rebate or sllowance
incl.
Bcneflt,
ownership
co-ownership
.__.
1
Q22
.-.”,
2
Q23
that
M/a5
Are you [or HOH] recelvmg
Housing Benefit
from your local authority
or local Social
Sccurlty
offlcc?
Yes.._ ..
..
No..._...
1
Q23
2
(a)
t
Are you waiting to receive Housing
or to hear the outcome of a clalm?
Yes --‘No
May I just check, does the local authority
or
Iocal Socjal Security office
pay any part of
your rent?
Yes.
No
23. INTERVIEWER
1
bsjar
Benefit
... ..
..
1
...
2
Ia there anyone aged 16 or over, apart from
HOH and apousc/cohabitee,
in the household?
11’ Y’es.. .
No. ... .
.’
24. Is anyone (else) in the household
rccelvlng
a
rent rebate, rent allowance
or Housing Benef]t~
Q23
}
70/71
,1
CODE
Q23
1
Q24
1
-
2
. Q25
~
ralra
‘,
Ycs . ... .
1
No .. . ....
2
Q25
}
74/7s
25. TO ●ll households
Some people who used to recclve housing benefit
or rent or rate rebates (also) qualify
for Transltlonal
Payments
from the Department
of Social Security
May I just
Transitional
check, are you (or HOH)
Payment?
receiving
a
Yes . ...-.
1
No/DK
2
Q26
EXCLUDE
in rcspact
Transitional
Paymenm
of income anpport
—
}
59
10
26. INTERVIEWER
Household
CODE
currently owns
including
rosall
shared ●nd co-owners
2 or 3 ●t Q20b)
.......................
(coded
1, 3 or 4 at Q15 or coded
Others
..... ........................................ ............... ... ...... . ..............................................
27. How
❑ WilI
satisfied
are you
with
your
you pleasechoose an answer
Very
-
Q34 page
I
12
Q27
accommodation?
front
satisfied
this card?
..................................... .........
FairI y satisfied
Neither
aEQo4
satisfied
.... ... ... ....... ....................... ..
nor dissatisfied
....
Fair] y dissatisf icd ...................... .... .. ...........
Very
dissa tisf iced................. ............... ......
DK /no
opinion
..............................................
are you with the way the council/your
landlordmanages and looksafterthe property?
28. HOW satisfied
Very satisfied
..................................................
‘-
Fairlysatisfied
...............................................
Neithersatisfied
nor dissatisfied
.....
Q29 page 11
Fair] y dissatisf iced ......................................
Very
DK/rro
dissatisf ied .................... .......................
opinion
..............................................
60
(9b)
household
could include
someone who is peying rent to the
head of household/landlord in his/her owm right and receiving HB,
for example, friends ehering acco-dation.
A tenant
aeked only if the household includee another edult apart from
the HOH and epouee (Q23).
If the answer to Q24 ie ‘Yes’ , please
check (a) that it la e seperate benefit paid to an individual
houeehold umber and (b) that there ie no double counting, ie that
Q24 is
the
Q25
same banefit
ie
not
recorded
at
Q22 and Q23.
Transitional Payments (TP)
These were introduced in July 1988 for people who used to receive
rate or rent rebate and loa t out financially
under the new Housing
*nefit rules. A eeparate application has to be made via local
off icee and the paymnts are cent direct to baneficiariea from a
central Social Security off ice in Glaagow. Payments may be
occasional or regular and are mede to the pereon who would be the
rent peyer
Transitional
(in
Recipients
of
Scotland
the ex-rate
peyer).
come Housing
Payments may or may not be raceiving
Banefit or Community Charge rebate.
,
,
Transitional payments can alao be made to,people who ueed to receive
Family Income Supplement end some other benefits ●o eneure that the
TP recorded here wae to replace or top up Hou.eingBenefit.
Transitional paymenta Bhould not be confueed with transitional
reliaf payments that are related to the introduction of the
Community Charge. (See note at Q22.)
(lo)
r
k,, ,/r
T
.
,: r,-,,
k
Tenante satisfaction tith the service:they rt~e,ive from differant
types of landlord haa ,bacrne ●n importan~,Iaeuefor DoE ministers.
Linked to thie la’the need ~for Info-tion on prospects for the
Tenants Chmice scheme (ace notes at Q33)J ‘+III!.
-
Q27 to 33
II<
Q28
1 -1 31
’13
!.1
.8’(
.,$
The wording ‘the councilL should k ueed~,
for Local Authority tenante.
‘The landlord’ should k jused for otherftenante.
-,.)[
I 3,,,!rl .C
,, ,,4.,,
f II II
.,{, l-,,
,151!
,, “4,
,,
(11)
Q32
Q33
Housing association in the context of this question does not include
any form of joint ownership. Tenanta of property owned by a housing
association pay rent in the normal way. A housing co-operative is
whare tenanta also have a collective responsibility for the
management of the property.
‘Tenants’
Choice’
ia a scheme that has been publicised
by the
of the Environment and the Welsh Ofice that givea council
Oapartmant
tenants and tenants of some other public landlorda an opportunity to
change landlords while remaining in their present homes. Tenanta can
be put In touch with alternative landlorda who may be non-profit
making organiaationa or comniercialconcerns. Alternative landlords
have to meet certain atandarda. The initiative to change landlord
may coma from tenanta or the prospective landlord. Once tha package
and price are sorted out tenanta can then vote. An independent body
counts the votes. If more than half the tenanta with a vote aay they
want to stay with the council, or if leaa than half of them vote at
all, no one tranafers. If the tranafer happena tenanta who voted yas
(or did not vota at all) tranafer to become tenants of the
altemat ive landlord. Tenanta who voted no stay as council tenants.
However pleaae note this is an asterisked question and you should not
explain Tenant‘a Choice to your informants.
62
11
29. INTERVIEWER
LA/New
Othcra
Town
. . ....
CODE
tenants
10 or 1 ●t Q20) . .... ... ..... . ... ......
(coded
.. ........... .. ........ . ... . . ..
Q30
_.-.-..,_--.......~~-,_
Q34
page
12
30. Do you expect to move m the oext year or so?
❑
●
Yes
... -....”._”.
(a)
No ... .. .. .. ... .....
Q31
DK . .. .. . . . . .. .
(a) Do you expect
to rent
again
}
or buy?
❑
●gain
Rent
●
“.”.. . ..”..
Q32
Buy . .. . ... . . . . . ... . ..
,.
DK
. .. .. .
.. . .. . ..
Q33
t
31. In the next year or so do you expect to buy
the (HOUSE/FLAT)
you are hvmg m?
❑
●
Yes . .. .
No
,k
;..
Q33
../. .. ... ..
Q32
1,
32. If you could choose who
would you prefer to
You rent
..,,
from
❑
Stay as a council
rent
Running
prompt
rent
[
from
from
tenant
.. . . ... .. . ....
a housing
association
a housing
.“
co-operative
.-..”. .,
or rent from an approved private
landlord? . ... .. .. . ..... . ... .. ... . ... .. ... . . .. ..
Other
(apccify)
. . . . .
.
. .’. . .
.?,
3A Have you heard
o~ a sch$mc ca~lcd ‘Tenants’
that allows council tenants to vote to change
landlord
if they want to?
❑
... ....
,
Choice’
their
!
Yes .-”.—
. .. ..
No .......... .
. -.
t
Q34 page
12
63
12
M3GRATION
34.
To all (including
children)
Ring Person No.—
Introduce
(Could I just check) how many years
has .......... lived at this address? _
If under
1, code
@(HOH)
........ i.-----
In what country
was .......... born?
If O-4 years
........I........
Outside
UK
nr record
In what country
was .......... father
born?
UK
02
03
04
02
02
03
04
(Specify) ........................... ........................
-b
........ I........
..............
...... ““”””-”””””7
1
I
t
t
........ ... ....
........ I........
England ................................ I
01
01
01
Scot land ................................
02
02
Wales ......................................
03
04
03
04
02
03
04
(Specify) ........................... ..........................
.......................
En gland ................................
01
01
01
In what country
was .......... mother
bnrn?
Scotlan d ................................
02
Wales .....................................
03
04
02
03
02
03
04
04
UK
To which of the
groups listed on
this card do you
consider ..........
belongs?
●
03
04
Ask or rccnrd
Outside
❑
. ...... I........
........I ........
Scotlan d................................
N. Ireland ...........................
38.
0-4 years
01
N. Ireland ...........................
Outside
0-4 ycara
01
If born outside UK
(a) In what year did .......... first
arrive in the United Kingdom?
37.
........ t ........
01
N. Ireland ...........................
36.
........ I........
England .............................”.
Wales ......................................
Ask
03
SS 00
If O-4 ycara
(a) How many moves has .......... made in the last 5
years, not counting moves between places
outside Gt. Britain? ‘F
35.
02
(Spccif y) ..........................
White ................. ........................
01
01
01
West Indian/Guy
arrest ......
02
Indian ............... .......................
03
04
02
03
02
03
04
04
05
06
Pakistan i................. . .... .. ... ..._.
05
IEEEl
Mixed
origin
~~~~=”=”
06
07
07
05
06
07
08
08
08
Af rican ........ ... ... . ............... ..
09—
(Spccif y ●t (a) below) ....... ............ ..
10
Norse of these ............ . ... .....
4
If none of thcac
(a) How would you describe
❑
ethnic
group
to which
097
4
10
the racial or
.... ....... dots belong?
●
64
(12
& 13)
(a)
HIGRATION
Please introduce the purpose of this section:to which people rove, and their country of birth, are of interest to
many depart=nts bacauae they throw light
on the mvement
of ~pulation
within
The extent
of birth
Inf ormat ion ●bout country
Great Britain
and from one count ry to ●nether.
and ●thnic
origin
are ●lso important for population statistics and for identifying
●ny neede for sub-groups of the population ●g. houeing, employment, education. It
-Y help to identify
particularly
disadvantaged
groups.
Note
that
Q34
tbia
Saction
●ppliea
to —
all
rnmbers
of
the
houcehold,
including
children.
Enter the number of completed yeare at the eddrees.
Absences from the eddress’ which by their nature ●re temporary, ie
without permanent intent, should be ignored. For ●xample, a person now
●ged 22 who wes born ●t this addrese, end whose only absence was when he
went to university for three yaars ●t tha age of 18, should be recorded
in this COIUMI ●s ‘22’ and not ee ‘01’ (year).
Q34(a)
The number of roves ehould include any that were from Graat Britain or
—to Great Britain, but not,●ny nmves that were who~overseas.
Great Britain: exclude Irelsnd (North and South) and tha
Channel
Islands.
NB This question must h, ●sked about children aged under 5: the
words ‘since he/sh~s
born’ may be substituted for ‘in the laet
5 years’.
-,
Qs35-37
Some countries will have different names now from when informants or
their parente were born. YaJ should give the present name of the
country, but, if this is not known, give the old name and actual place
of birth.
We can then subetituta the present na~ in the office.
The 6 most commn descriptions that
Q35(a)
will
require
probing
are:
i.
UK, GB
- code
England,
Scotland,
ii.
Ireland
- code
Northern
or
iii.
Germany
- say whather Eamt or Weet
iv.
Pakiatan
- East or West (ie Bangladesh or West Pakiatan)
v.
America
- say whether USA or Canada
vi.
West Indies - we need to know which ieland.
‘First arriva’ ~ans
or Ualen
●pmcify
Southern
for any purpose whatsoever, including hnlidays.
65
(12 & 13)
(b)
Q38
This is an opinion question addreased to tha person interviewed for
the household schedule. Do not code from observation except in the
~lowing
circumatancea: yo~my code 01 WIthout asking the question
where the person concarned is obviously white, and where he or sha
and both of his/har parenta were born in Great Britain or Northern
Ireland (ie Qa 35, 36 and 37 codad 01, 02, 03 or 04). You must not
aaaume that code 01 at Q38 applies to anyona you hava not actually
seen; in these casea the question must be asked.
Evan in the circumstances deacribad abova, wa suggest that you ask
Q38 (rather than coding it without asking) if you have already asked
it or will nead to ask it about another member of the houeehold.
From a public relations point of view it might seem odd to aak about
the ethnic group of some members of the household and not othera.
This will particularly apply where there ara children in the
housahold whom you have not scan.
Please make sura that any answers coded ‘Mixed origin’ ara prompted
and apecifiad fully, becausa we need to be able to sort out whethar
the person’s parents balong to two different ethnic groups (eg whita
and Pakistani, Indian and Chinese) or two nationalities (eg French
and Italian, Nigerian and Kenyan). Specify at (a) without asking
(a). Do —
not recode.
Q38(a)
This should bs completed whenevar tha main question is coded ‘mixed
origin’ (09) or ‘none of these’ (10).
If an informant answers ‘mixed origin’ at Q38, probe and specify
fully at (a) but do not ask Q38(a). (See above, Q38).
If an informant answars ‘none of these’ at Q38, ask (a) and specify
fully.
66
04
05
I ..
....
06
.
f O-4 years If O-4 yesrs
07
... 1.
...1.....
If O-4 years
If o-4 years
08
09
...1....
.....1 ..
If O-4 years
.. ..” 1 . ..
. ..”. .. ... .
.. ..... .- -.
.....-. I... ...
01
01
02
03
02
03
04
01
02
03
01
02
03
01
02
03
04
04
04
I
. ..”....
04
If m
years
“.. I . .. .
01
02
03
04
. .. . . .
t
. . . ..
t
t
1. ..
t
..1.
... !
t
.. .. ..
I
01
01
01
01
01
01
02
02
02
02
02
02
03
03
04
04
03
04
03
04
03
04
03
04
. .. . . . .
.. .
01
02
01
02
01
03
04
. ..
. .
. .. ..
.
.. .. ..... . .
02
01
02
01
02
01
02
03
03
03
03
03
04
04
04
04
04
01
02
03
01
02
03
01
01
01
01
02
03
02
03
02
03
02
03
04
04
04
04
04
05
06
05
06
05
06
05
06
04
05
06
07
07
07
07
07
07
08
08
08
08
08
08
09—
09 —
09 —
09—
09 —
09 —
10
10
10
10
10
10
tt
. . .. .“.”....”.
tt
. .. .. . ... ...........
tt
.... ... “-.” .......
t\
.. ......”.._.”... .
. -.— .. . . ...
. ... . . ....
..
...”.-. -. . . . ...
tt
t?
— ... .. .. . ., .. ....-...”.. .,
.
. .... . ... . . .... ... ,--- .. ..... .... .-. .“...”._
.. .... . ...
.. .. .. . ....”. . .-. .. . .. ........ . ...”..“....-. ...... .... ......”... ... ...
05
06
. .. .... . . . ...
67
(16)
INDIVIDUAL SCHEDULE
CSANGES TO TIM INDIVIDUAL SCNSDULE YROM 1989/90
Sections added:
Sect ions
deleted.
Early and late retirement, Sports ●nd Physical activities,
Carers, Smoking, Drinking, Glaeses ●nd Sight Teats.
Accidente,
Dental
Heelth,
Training,
and
Contraception
Sterilisation.
EMPLOYMENT
Job Training Scheme deleted
Q2
Question about different or additional paid jobs has been
deleted.
RETIREMENT
Q31-34
New questione for thoee receiving an occupational pension on
the reesons for ●erly or late retire-nt.
EDUCATION
RGN added to Nursing qualificetiona.
Q6
SPORTS AND PHYSICAL
EXERCISES
Thie ●ection is e mdified vereion of the
last caked in the 1987 GELS.
Q1-4
●eriee
of queetions
HEALTH
Accidente ●nd dental health queetione
Q7-9
& 16-1S
have
been
deleted.
ion of queetione on glaaaes
and centact leneee,
e new question ●bmut whether sight teata were NHS or
private.
Re-introduct
●nd
CARERS
Re-introduction of a
aeked in 1985.
●hortened
vereion of the
●ection
Iant
68
(lb)
SMOKING AND
DRINKING
Q1-12 6 1-7
These sections
have been added to the 1990/91 survey. They
are a repeat of the questions asked in 1988.
FAMILY INFORMATION
Contraception snd sterilisation questions have been deleted.
INCOM3
Q33
Q45
Minor changes of layout so that this question is now
consistent with Q34.
The question on reduced rates of Community Charge now applies
to everybody aged 18 and over.
INDIVIDUAL SCSSDULE
One Individual Schedule should be completed for each member of the household aged
16 or over.
If anyone aged 16 or over cannot be interviewed in person, a Proxy Schedule may be
used. (See Part 1, Section 10 for instructions on when a proxy interview msy be
taken).
69
f,
GENERAL
HOUSEHOLD
SURVEY
1990/91
. ,,
INDIVIDUAL
B
SCHEDULE
- ..
s510/1990/91
IN CONFIDENCE
=7111
::;*
,,
DAY
Date of
interview
I
MONTH
1
YEAR
ADD
I
I
H*H
PER
12/13
I
1,
II
I
70
2
EMPLOYMENT
16/1?
1. Did you do any paid work lastweek .
that is in the 7 days ending lastSunday eitheras an employee or self-employed?
(a) Even though you weren’tworking,
did you have a job that
away from last week?
(i) Last week
looking
To men aged
Q2
No ......... X
...
(a)
Yes .................
I
Q2
No .......... >
you:
for work? .......................................................................................
3
4
5
NONE
6
OF THESE ......................................................................................
16-64 and women
the last
SUNDAY,
. . . . (i)
or intending
to look for work but
prevented
by temporary sickness or in jury? ...........................
(Check 28 days or Iesa)
DNA,
During
1
waiting to take up a job that you
had already obtained? ..........................................................................
Cnde
first
that
appliea
2
were
you were
Yes................
12 months,
aged
/10.20/2
16-59
men 65+ or women
that is since
I
Q2
.
60+ ....................................
. . .
hsve you been on any of the following
Q3
8
Up to last
government
schemes.
Youth
Code
TrainingScheme
Training
(ET)? .........
2
that
Commu nit y
Industry? .....................
3
apply
None
of these? ......................................
4
all
prompt
(a) On what date did you finish
still on the scheme?
the (ANSWER
Training
Scheme
(YTS)
........
Employment
Training
Industry
Year
26/2r
24/26
...... I......
...... I......
...... I ......
82133
54136
...... I......
...-. 1......
(ET) ...... .......... ...... ......
4.s/39
(iii) Community
Month
22/2s
Scvsl
(ii)
(a)
}
Q3
AT Q2) or are you
Day
Youth
1
Employment
Individual
(i)
(YTS)?..
.............................. ...... I......
60/41’
42/4S
...... I......
...... I......
Still on
scheme
28/29
1
SSJS7
-
(b)
2
44/46
-
3
Make sure that the date entered
not more than 12 months ago
ia
Q3
(2a)
EMPLOYMENT
Purpose of section
This survey iB one of the main sources for supplying the Departwnt of Employment
with information
unemployment.
on the eize and ccmpoeition
of the
When linked
with other
sections,
the
work force,
employment
and on the ●xtent
questions
help
of
●concfaicplanners by, for example, exploring tha ralationshipa between people’s
qualifications and the type of employment they follow.
Q1
Note that the definition of ‘working last week’ hae changed in 1990/91
●o that it la now conaiatent with the Labour Force Survey.
‘Work’ at this q“eation ~ana any work for pay or profit done in the
reference week, ●ven for as little se one hour, including Saturday jobs
and ceeual work (ag babysitting, running ● mail-order club ate). As
●oma raapondents may not consider a mail-ordar agency or babysitting to
be ‘aerioua’ work, pleaae be prepared to probe those (eg houaewivea with
dependent children) to whom you feel this may apply. Even your youngest
respondents who have not yet left echool mey have jobs euch aa a paper
round or helping in a ahop, and it is correct for them to ba shown as
doing paid work.
Self-employed persons are considered to be working if they work in their
own busineaa, profesaional practice, or farm for the purpose of ●arning
a profit, aven if the enterprise la falling to ~ke a profit, or just
being sat up etc.
The unpaid ‘family worker’ (eg a wife doing her huab.end’saccounts or
helping
with the
work contributes
mtned or operated
family
farm or businese)
directly
to a business,
by a relatad
umbar of
in included
aa working
if the
f~rm, or profeaaional
practice
tha ?arne household. (Altbough
the individual concerned may re,ceiveno pay or p~ofit, hia or her
contribution to the imainesa profit counts aa ‘pkid’ work at this
question.) Note, however, that thie appliea only when the buaineas
is
ownad or oparated
by a related
mamber of
tha
●tc
same household.
Anyone on a government scheme which is employer baeed should also be
of people
on government
included aa ‘working last week’. For traacrnent
training
Ql(a)
schemes,
aee
notes
on page
(2 b).
Include any persona who were abaent bcause of holiday, ●trike,
sickness, maternity leave, lay-off, or similar reaaon, provided they
h.evea job to return to, with the same hm$loyer. Do not include those
recaiving redundancy paymenta who have no job to return to.
Do not include people who have a job fixed up but have not yet started
work in it; such people should be coded 3 at Q la(i).
QIA(i)
Code 4:
Looking
for
work
seeking work
anyone who waa cut of employtint
tut actively
*laat week’ - eg registered at ● gove’rnhdrit
Employment Office,
Jobcentre, or Careera Office,
or at a !piivateemployment agency,
anawering advartiaements, advertiaicigfor jobe etc.
- include
- include informants ‘on the booke’ of prl,vataemployment
agenciae.
,, ,,
- includa thoee doing voluntsry work if they are
work.
also looking for
72
(2b)
Qla(i)
contd.
Code 5: Intending to look for work but prevented by temporary sickness
or injury.
- exclude anyone whose temporary siclmess or iniury has already lasted
Such psopl~ s-kuld be cod~d 6,
longer th~ 28 days (ie ~ wee~s).
‘None of these’.
Code 6: Nnne of these
- include anyone who was economically inactive ‘last week’. ie
neither employed nor seeking work, eg:
- persona who worked only for payment in kind, eg doing domestic work
in return for board and lodging, but without any cash remuneration.
- persons who received on-the-job unpaid training, eg physiotherapist
ts.
- persons doing voluntary work for which they receive no payment
(other than expenses)
- seasonal or caaual workers who did not work ‘last week’, if none
of categories 3-5 apply.
Ql, 2
Treatment of people on government schemes
In 1990/91 several government schemes will be in operation and notes
detailing these are set out below. It is poaaible that informants may
use “nld”’names for schemes that have been subsumed into the Employment
Training (ET) programme, if you come acrosa such examples follow and
code the ET route through the section.
YTS YOUTH TRAINING SCHEME
This scheme focuses on people 16 or 17 years old, unemployed and
provides an integrated programm of training, education and work
experience for up to 2 yeara.
From April 1986 16 year old school leavers
have been eligible for a two year YTS and 17 year old school leavers for
a one year YTS.
YTS are run by managing agents who coordinate contributions from
employers and colleges. In most schemes the young person will work with
an employer,but till receive a minimum number of weeks training, some or
all of which may be at a college. 2n some caaea the parson will spend
rmoa
t of the time pn a course at a College of Further Education or some
other educational eatabliahuent.
ET EMPLOYMENT TRAINING
This is an extensively advertised new government schema aimed at the
long term unemployed. It ia a reaponae to the problem of those who have
been unemployed for a long pariod and aeeka to addreas the almrtage of
skilled workera. While YTS ia aimed at the 16/17 year old school leaver
ET ia available for a much wider age range (19-63).
The achene began in
September 1988. ET takes over from a range of government schemes and it
la possible (likely!) that informsnta will uae the old namea for some
time.
73
(2C)
Ql, 2
contd.
For our purposes ET covers
Employment Training
,.
Cmnmunity Programme
Voluntary Project Programme
‘
Wider C@portunities Training Programme
People on ET will
usua21y
be with
an employer
but
aa with
the
YTS the
periods of college training or in some cases the
paraon on the achere?may spend moat of tbir time at a college.
ocherne can
include
CI CCtif4UNI~INDUSTRY
People on a CI schema have a formal contract of employmnt and are
counted aa being ““atwork”’. This providea jobs for personally and
aecia.llydisadvantaged young people who undortaka work projects of
benefit to the cemmunity. Community Industry recruits 17-19 year olds
for whom YTS placas are inappropriate and temporary ●mployment is
provided by Community Industry Ltd, a registered charity.
Q2, 2a
‘his question incorporates elewntn of Qa 2;33
survey.
The first
section
●stablishde
on any govarn=nt schemes during
SUNDAY.
the
and 34 frem the 1988
whether
the informant
has baen
last
12 ‘months ENDING lAST
$1
E,-
The second section (Q2a) records when the
scheme
in foruant
is
still
on the
●nded
or if
the
acharne (ongoing).
,7,
It is ●xtremely important that the end date for achemea is recorded,
becauae we use tha information‘as a check on later questions about the
job held by the informant 12 mnths ago and any jobs they have started
within the last 12 months. (It enables us to present tha data either
including or excluding paople on go=rnuant schemes in the ●mployed
category).
Ideally w want ‘“day,month and year’”at Q2a but “mnth and year” can
still be used. Uo note that it ia possible for aoueone to have been
on or.
re than one ●che.meand you would record detaila of both. More
than two mchem?a is very unlikely.
If an informnt wntions that they did not complete the full pariod of
a government achame please note the start and finish datea. Please
flag such examplas with a note detailing the circumatancea.
74
(3)
Q2(b)
DE want us to code whether YTS snd ET participants were with an
employer providing work experience (emplnyer baaed) or at a college or
training centre (college-based)in the last week (ending last Sunday).
If an informant waa bnth with an amployer and at college laat week,
- code 1, ie ‘employer-based’. If YTS participant was ill or away from
the scheme for another reaaon, code the usual place of training.
People on YTS/ET with an employer laat week are treated as wnrking
last week and so questions about their main job (Employment Qa 5-15)
People on YTS/ET at cnllege last week are
apply to the YTs/ET job.
treated as economically inactive and answer Employment C@ 25-30.
Q3
This is the continuity indicator for the rest of the Employment
Section, except for YTS and ET participants (see Q2 (a) above), ie it
determines whether you ask the questions for the wnrking, the
unemployed or the economically inactive.
For the unemployed there is a further check at Q4A/B/C to determine
whether they are aaked Q5.
Q4 A/B/C
Q4A is addressed to unemployed people waiting to take up a job that
they have already obtained (code 3 at Ql). Note that in 1990/91
employer based YTS and ET Schemes are included as paid work.
Q4B is addresaed to all other unemployed people (code 4 or 5 at Q1).
This question establishes whether an unemployed person has ever had a
paid job. If they have not (and are not waiting to take up their
first ever jnb) then they by-pasa Q5,
Q4C la a check question. (see note on Check Questions nn page 5b)
75
3
(b) To those
on YTS or ET last week
(Q2a)
DNA
Last week
3.
with
were
an employer,
or sita collegeor tralnlngcourse?. .
last
week
(coded
1 at Q] or 1a or coded
UP pb
waiting
to take
Unemployed
looking
for work
(coded
4 or 5 ●t Qla(i))
mactlvc
(coded
6 at Qla(I))
- economically
For unemployed
waiting
to take
(coded
. .
1
Q5
.... . . . .
. .. ..
2
Q25
Page
3 ●t Q2a)
. .. .
3
Q5
. .. . .. .. .
4
Q4A
...
5
Q4B
.. . . ... .
6
Q23
Page
3 at Q1 a(i))
.
.... . . .. ..
.
14
14
48/4$
up ● job
Apart from the JOb you are waltlng to take up,
have you ever had a paid JOb or done any pajd
work?
I
Q4C
.
2
Q5
Yes ..
3
Q4C
No
4
Q16 page 12
Yes
No
4B.
Q3
CODE
Unemployed
Others
. . . .
or on a project
that
applles
a pb
X
4.SJ47
prov]dlngwork experienceor practical
tranmgv
INTERVIEWER
.
you
code
f mst
Had
4A
on your
others
.
For allothersunemployed
(May I check),
done
any paid
have you ever
work?
had a paid
Job or
..
aols]
4C.
Aak or code
if known
(May I Just check) have you ever worked for
an employer
as part of a government
scheme
such as YOPS, YTS, Commun]ty
Industry or
Employment
Trammg~
Yes ...... .... X
(i) Have you had other pa]d
or paid work as well?
. . . .
(i)
No .. ...... . .
1
Q5
Yes ... .—...
1
No ..-.- . .....<
2
I
Jobs
Q5
76
4
‘Blank page’
‘7’7
(5a)
Q5
Preamble
The Department;of Employunt is naturally Gry interested in the take up
of its training schem6, particularly ET. Howewr it is apparent that
to include and deecribe people on euch schemes as working may ba
ragsrded as wrong by sore?people. The preamble before Q5 has been used
on the Labour Force Survey and ●xplaipa.that f,or~tha purpoaas of the
questions folloving, ache~s co~t ae ●mploy~nt. ,,YOU should also note
tha purpose of the Check Questions (see note page 5b) and that the
dataila of schemes recordad at ,Q2and Q2a ~an be used to filter out
people on government achamea when we do the analyais.
If e person holds more than one job concurrently, the job to be antered
at Q5 is the ‘main jobt, ie the most remunerative one.
Unemployed paraona who have had a previcma job (coded 1 or 3 at Q4)
should be aaked for details of their last job, ●ven though those coded 1
at Q4 are waiting to take up another job. If thair lnat job was an
employar-baaed government achame this is now tha one for which detaila
are to be collected.
Unemployed persons who are wsicing to take up tbir firat ●ver job
(coded 2 at Q4) should be askad for details of the job they are waiting
to take up. Information at Q5 la used to c;aeaify ● person’s job into
two different coding frames: OCC - Occupation Code, SIC - Industry
Group.
Remamber to code occupation and industry using your Occupation and
Industry instructions.
Laval of responsibility: kihenasking about occupation, plaaae
level
Q5(a).
of responsibility
(see
notes
st
Q5a) and the
appropriate
probe for
code at
Self-employad/employees: In general accept informant1a anawers, except:
1.
Uhere thare la doubt you stmuld try to find out how they are
daacr ibed for tax purpoaea,
and for National
Insurance
purpoaea.
If tha informant
does not pay tax or NI, accept the informant‘a
●nawer,
but note that peopla working aa mail order agents, pnola
agenta, odd-jobbing, baby-sitting etc ara usually cleaaad aa
‘self-employad’.
NB
2.
It la poaaibla to be self-amployal and work under contract
to an ●mployer and so be traated aa ●n employee for tax
purpoeea (ag in the construction industry.) Informemta in
this situation should be claaead ee self-employed.
For all
diractnra
●nd menagera
who aay ini tielly
that thay are
-employed,
chack wbe ther they work fnr a limited
cnmpsny.
for tax and NI purposes
If they do, they are traated
as ●mployees
and should
be coded 1amployea 1 here.
●elf
Nota re agency amployaea
AM employee obtaining work through an ●gency (ag ● aacretary, nuraea
●tc) may be ●ithar an employee of that agency (eg the agancy paya part
of their NI contributions) or an mployae with each dif ferant
●mployer
they go to. When Wobing occupation and industry eatabliah ~ich la tha
caae aa this will affect anawera about length of time with praaent
employer and number of new employee jobs started in laat 12 montha.
78
(5b)
Q5(a)
Aak or record the answer as appropriate (see ‘Handbook for Interviewers‘
P68) remembering that job titles can be useful indication of level of
responsibility but can also be misleading (eg a ‘playground supervisor’
supervises children, not employees and so should —not be coded a
supervisor.
Q5(a)(i)
The size of establishment remains as detailed as in 1988, as the detail
is needed for the analysis of occupational pensions.
Q5(b)
Exclude from the total number of employees:
- any relative who is a member of the informant‘a household
- any partners in a partnership (as they would also be self-employed).
Q5(c)
Check Questions
The 1990/91 GHS treats people on government schemes as employed both
at the questions about current jobs and also at those questions
relating to jobs held in the past. Questions 2 and 2a allow us the
option in analysis to include or exclude people on government schemes
at the time of interview or within the previous 12 months. For the
parts of the employment schedule that relate to longer time periods
check questions have been introduced to allow us a similar facility to
count people on government schemes as employed or not.
Q4c, Q25a These question will need to be asked and coded from the
informants answer.
Q5c, Q27c These check questions need to be coded but for many
informants you will know the answer already so “ask or code”.
Do note that Q5c refers to a job ‘“lastweek ending Sunday”. It iS
possible that an informant finished a government scheme such aa YTS or
ET “last week”, and so you will have this as an ‘end date’ at Q2a
rather than an ‘ongoing’.
People who stay on in a job after their scheme ia completed should
bs coded 2 at Q5(c).
79
5
scheme
5 (For those on a government
in the followlngqucst]onsI may referto your
‘work’ or your ‘Job’, for your purposes I would
IIke you to take this as the pcrjod you spend
on your government
scheme)
him
Job (mc
Or most
recent
employer-based
YTS/ET,
or Community
Industry)
job
Or job waiting
to take up if unemployed
no previous
job (coded 2 si Q 4A)
now
,.
●nd
I
Job title
I
I
Intcrwcwcr
code
1
S2/S4
Occupation
Dcacribe
fully
s5/57
- industry
Industry
5s/66
How many cmployccs
m the cstabhshmerrt?
1
(a)
self-employed
2
(b)
b9/61
(a) If employee
Ask or record
(i)
employee
manager
work(ed)
.
.
1
foreman/supervisor
2
other
3
employee
1-2
..
3-24
100 - 999
],000
2
.
25 -99..
or more
02/6:
1
.
3
. ........... .
4
. ... .. .
5
.
1
(i)
I
(c)
a4/as
(b) If aclf-employed
Do (dId) you employ
any other PCOPIC?
Yes,
-{
probe
1 - 5 employ ees.. ....
1
6 - 24 ... . ... .. ........
2
25 or more
.. ... .....
3
. . . .......
4
No employees
(c) Aak or ask
May I just check, did you get this job ‘
through a government
scheme such as ,
YTS, Commumty
Industry, or Employment
.,
.,Trammg~
ss/61
I
Yes . .. .. .. . .
1
No .... .. .... .. ... ..
2
1
Sti
Q6
80
6
m
6. To thosewith job lastweek
DNA,
unemployed ...........X - . . - . Q16 page ]2
1~/17
n
Last week did YOU do any otherpaid work
or have any otherjob or businessin addition
10 the one you have justtoldme about?
Yes......................
1
(a)
No .......................
2
Q7
1.
(a) Job title:
Interviewer
code
la/20
Describe
occupation
fully
21/2s
industry
=
Industry
24/2
employe . ..........................
1
(b)
self
-employed..................
2
(c)
26/2
(b) If employee
Ask or record
(i)How many employees work(ed)
in the establishment?
(c) If self-employed
Do (did) you employ
any other people?
manager.............................
1
foreman/supervisor
.....
2
otheremployee..............
3
(i)
28/2!
1 - 2 .................................
1
3 - 24:................................
2
25 - 99...............................
3
100 - 999 ..........................
4
1,000 or more ................
5
So/s]
Q7
Yes, probe
1 - 5 employees
..........
1
6 - 24 ................................
2
25 or more .....................
3
No employees
4
................
81
(6)
Q6
A person should be coded as he~ing a mein jobzand a subsidiary job
only if both jobs were held concurrently.
The ‘main job’ entered at Q5 is
the
informent’s
most
remunerative
job.
NB If it is in the nature of a person’s employrmnt to work at the
●ame job for !mre then one employer - eg. ‘dofaeitic
help, jobbing
gardener ● tc - this should be treated M one job, and all details
●ntered
at Q5.
If it 16 not in the nature of the person’s job, however, eg a school
teacher who also teaches in ●vening claeaea,
record
details
of the
main and subsidiary jobe separately.
If an informant hes a third job, tear a spare sheet from another
schedule and enter details.
!1
[
18
rL
,,’,
,,
1
82
(7a)
Qs7-16
Note that all these questions refer to resinjob.
Q?
Include as short-time patterns of work based on a week.
eg ‘one week on, one week off’
Exclude as short-time if only overtime hours hsve been cut.
Q8 AIB
Hours of work
For employees, plesse check that they have not included sny paid
or unpsid overtime at Q8A.
For the self-employed, ask about the total hours they work in their
main job (described st Q5) including any overtime. Most
self-employed don’t think of themselms as working any ovsrtime and
so for all self-empleyed we want to record their total hours.
The following points should be noted:
If a person has started a new job in the reference week, the
ususl hours should relste to what the person expects them to
be in the future.
a.
In the case of people who are ‘permanently on call’, make a
b.
full note of the circumstances and probe for the”totsl hours
ususlly worked when on call (ex~ overtime) and enter this
number of hours in the coding column.
If the hours vary or the work ia intermittent (eg cssual
c.
workers), try to obtain the weekly average over the past
few months.
For teachers, You should accept the ans=r zi~n, which maY
d.
very well be in excess of the normal 27 or 28 hours.
When recording the numbers nf hours you should round
the nearest whole number. However if you get a half
answer eg 37+ hours, you should round to the nearest
this case it would be 38 hours. This rule should be
questions of this type throughout the schedule.
Q9
any snswer to
given in the
even number; in
appliad to all
The Department of Employment uses survey data to estimate the totsl
number of people looking for work. To do this they need to identify
separately those who are ‘claimanta’, and as such recorded as
unemployed in official statiatics from Unemployment 8anefit
Offices, and those who are not 1claimants’.
A certain proportion of claimants are working in any one week so in
order to mske sure we identify s21 claiments we need to ask sll
people, working or otherwise, whether they are claimants. As it ia
difficult to specify in sdvance which typaa of workera are the most
likely to be claimants and in order to avoid complicated filter
questions, Q 9 is asked of all workers including those on government
schemes. Note that people on ET retain their right to benafits.
continued
83
7
7. (Thmkmg
of your mam jOb) were
on short time or were you laid-off
all last week’r
7
you
at
Yes.
. ..
1
No ... ... . ..
2
I
Q8A/B
7
6A.
For employees
(main
job/government
scheme)
(Introduce
if on short time/lay-offi
I’d hke to ask about your hours when
not on short time/laid
of f..)
you$fe
How many hours a week do you usually
work (m your mam Job/government
scheme),
that is excluding
meal brca ks and overtime?
NO OF HOURS
excl meal
breaks and
nvertime
.. . “.-
See Q9
TOTAL HOURS
excl meal
breaks —.
.1.
See Q9
EE!E!!l
8B. For aclf-employed,
(main
pb)
(Introduce
if on short time/lay-ofC
I’d like to ask about your hours
when you’re not on short time/laid
off
)
How many hours a week in total do you
usually work (In your mam Job), that M
exchsdmg
meal breaks but including
any
overtime?
I
Check with informant
that this in total
●ny paid or unpaid
hours includuig
overtime
I
If work pattern not baaed on a week.
give average over a few months
9.
To men
●ged
16-64
●nd
women
aged
I
Safl
16-59
DNA,
men 65+ or women
60+
... .
8
QIOA/B
Some people, although
they have a job, are
cntltled
to claim unemployment
benefits
or
National
Insurance credjts
May I check,
Unemployment
Code
thst
first
●pplia
were you signed on at an
Benef]t Off Ice for Iast week
-
to claim
unemployment
to cIaim
income
unemployed
support
benefit?...
_-
1
m an
person? .“..”.-..”-. ”..”..-..”.
2
QIOA/B
or in order to set credits for
National Insurance contributions?..
NO, NOT SIGNED
....
ON AT UBO -....._.
3
4
I
84
8
—
IOA. For employees
(main
job/government
scheme)
How long have you been with
your present employer (up to
yesterday?)
10B. For self- employed
(main
job)
How long have you been
self-employed
(up to yesterday?)
01
4 weeks but less
than 3 months ...................
02
3 months but less
than 6 months ...................
03
6 months but less
than 12 months .................
—
1====1
Less than 4 weeks ...............
I
04
2 years ..........
05
but Iess than
3 years, .. ............
06
3 years
but less than
5 years ................
07
5 years
but less than
IO. years ..... .......
08
12 months
2 years
but less than
10 years
but less than
15 years ............
09
1S years
but less than 20 years ...........
10
20 years
but less than
25 years ...........
11
25 years
but less than
30 years. ...........
12
30 years
but less than
35 years ...........
13
35 years
but less than 40 years ...........
14
40 years
or more ...........................................
15
See Q14
Page 10
I
__J---J 1.
Now thinking
about this time 12 months ago,
that is, on. .
, . . ,werc you in a paid
job or doing any paid work then, or not?
(a)
(b)
At that
To thoas
time
aged
12 months
16-24
ago,
were
Yes, working ..........
1
(a)
No .................................
2
Q12A/Is
you:
42/4$
working
as an emplo ye . ..................
1
Or were
you self -employed?.........,.,
2
See (b)
}
44/4(
DNA,
aged
25 or over .... . .......
Q12A/B
8
Were you also a full-time
student at that time?
Yes....._....
1
No .................
2
}
Q12A/B
85
(7b)
Q9
(contd)
Ue have suggeeted an introduction to the question. The workers nmst
likely to be signed on at an Unemployment Banefit Office are thoee who
were looking for work, those available for work bwt who worked e short
a lW ●mount.
weak for eo~
reaaon laat week ●ndlor ware earning
Uorkers
may be eligible
for unemploywnt
benefit
or Income Support
●a an unemployed
parson if they earn leae than about S2 on a day.
If
they earn mre than this
kut insufficient
to pay a National
Insurance
contribution,
they may sign on at a UB9 to claim an NI credit.
NB
Dn not include as a claimant a full-ti~ workar receiving Femily
Credit or Family Income Supplement (FIS) to supplement his low
wages. (Sac the instruction .etIncome Q33(b) for a full
explanation.)
Unamploywnt banefit ie normally paid fortnightly, ●o still ring code 1
if the person’● claim covered last week, even though it may not have
been mede laet week.
In ●orne caaea raepondents
my sign on quarterly,
again
this
counts
as
long
ae this
covered
laet
weak.
Paople can get Incyme Support andlor NI credits for many reaaons, only
one of which is being unemployed. It is important therefore to include
only those claiming via an Unemployment Banefit Office, this is
important because Income Support can be claimed through UB’3Sif the
person in unemployed.
NB
They will be required to attend the US!)fortnightly, or perhaps
quarterly. People receiving Income Support via a UWY will be sent
the m.ney by GIRO frcm the USO, others will go to a Peat Office, or
from DSS.
Therefore code 4 if they are claiming benefits or credits only through a
DSS Social Security Office and not via a UW3.
as already mmtioned, is the one to uee for people who are —
not
signing on at a UBO.
Code 4,
Q1O A/B
(8)
If the informant has worked on ●nd off for his/her
praaent
employer,
ignore
all previ cue epella of ●mployment and code only the length of
tire?in the currant spell. Frevioua spells within the Iast 12 months
will
Use
Qdl-13(a)
count
the
ae job
revarae
starte.
side
of prmmpt card A for intarviewe
The Depart-nt
of Employment
●nd turnover
in the
rnbility
in 1991.
neede to maaaure the ●xtent
of labour
cnuntry;
tha utant to which panple are
●ble or willing to change jolm la an important ●lement affecting
policies
on employmmt
●nd mnamploymant.
job
started
aa ●n ●mployee.
Qll
These
qmaa tiom
only
covar
Ue need to kna whether
or not ● pereon waa working
●s ●n ●
mployee
12
-ntha
ego in order to calculate the mmbar of changea of employer he
haa had in the 12 month pariod,
●o be sure
to quote ● full
date ●nd year
’12 mntha
Note
that
ago’.
the
definition
of
‘working’
is
the
eama as
for
Q1 and
govarnmant schemes are includad.
Qll(b)
If queried, the definition of ● full-ti~ student ia those still at
school ●nd those studying full time at college
or univars ity or on a
sandwich course. (See aleo inatructiona for Education
Q2).
86
(9)
Q 12A/B
We need to know whether the informsnt has started any other paid
work as an employee within the last 12 months.
Be sure to quote a full date and year 12 months ego.
The following circumstances do not count aa tstarting a job with a
new employer’. If the informan~
- has a new employer merely as a result of a merger or takeover
- is a !temp’ who works for different finns but is employed by
the same agency
- works for a local authority (eg aa a teacher) and changes to a
similar job within the same local authority (or its equivalent
before ths LA boundary changes)
- ia a civil servant and changes jobs within the same department.
Note that employer based Government Sthemes are included.
Exclude any jobs started while the informant was living abroad.
Q 13
A ‘main job’ is the parson’s most remunerative jOb at the time
(even though it msy be only a part-tima or casual job). It may,
of course, have been the peraonts ~
job at the time.
87
9
—
12A
For employees
(present
main
jnb/government
scheme)
Apart from your present Job, have you started
wry other Jobs as an employee wjth]n the
.?
last 12 months, that ]s, since
12B For aclf-employed
(present mtist pb)
In your present Job you arc self-employed,
but
within the last 12 months, that is, since
. . . .
. . . . have you started any Jobs as an
cmployee~
—
4a/4
Yes, other job(s)as employee ..
No.
.. .
.
....
..
1
QJ3
..
2
SCe Q14
niji
J3.
Was that JOb (were
mam
any of those JObS) your
Job at the time you started It, or
was It in addlt]onto your main job?
‘----
m
Started
at kUt
Started
addjtjonal/second
one mam
Job .. .. . .. .. . .
1
(a)
JOb(S) only
2
SIX Q14
... ..
7
So (excluding
your present JOb) how many ncw
employers
have you started work for m the
last 12 months, where the JOb was your mam
JOb at the tjmc~
NO. OF NEW EM7LOYERS
(excJudmg
present JOb)
.
.—.-
Sec Q14
88
\
10
PENSIONS
14. To employees
Introduce
(main
jub/governsrrent
scheme)
if necessary
DNA, self-employed............
(Thinking
now of your present job)
some people (will) receive a pension from their
when they retire, as well as the state pension.
Does your present
or superannuation
employer
employer run a pension scheme
scheme for any employees?
Yes
DO YOU belong
pension
(b)
to your
15. Isstroducc
(a)
DO ..................
- (b)
Yes .................
No ...................
1
DO .................
- (b)
belongs .....................
1
employer’s
Possibly
-
- Q15
scheme?
So do you think it’s possible that
YOU belong to a pension scheme
run by your employer, or do you
definitely
not belong to one?
...............
No ....................
~
(a)
- Q15
Q15
Q15
Definitely
not .........................
if necessary
(Now I would like to ask you about personal
pension schemes rather than employer’s
pension schemes)
Some people arrange pensions for themselves,
for which the contributions
are income tax
deductible.
These schemes are sometimes called
‘personal pensions’ or ‘self-employed
pensions’
or ‘Section 226 Retirement
Annuities’.
Have
(a)
you ever
contributed
to one of these
schemes?
Yes ...................
1
No .................. ..
2
DO ...................
3
Was the first payment into this scheme
made before or after Ist July 1988?
1st July
1988 .......... ....
On or after
Ist July
1988 ................ I
.........
Q31
page
2
H
3
17
}
Q31
page
Before
Not yet paid anything
I (a)
17
}(b)
Q31
page
17
azlss
(b)
Do you contribute
personally
to the scheme
or does someone else make all the contributions?
Contribute
~
(c)
personally
Someoneelsecontribu;e=~
:
Q31
page
17
89
(lea)
PENSIONS
Q14
question
is included
as s lead in to Q15 and also to use in the
analysis of Q15. See below for the purpose of Q15.
This
Be careful to include pension echemea run by
sector ●–..
mnlovern
. rmblic
.
nationalised
Industries,
local
●
uthorities.
●s. the civil
service,
Do not include pension schemes run by Trade Unione or Friendly
Societies unless the employer is also involved in the control of the
pension scheme end makee financial contribution to it. If in
doubt, make a note of the name of the ocheme and treat es an
●mployer’s scheme.
DC not include schemes that give only ● lump mm payment on
retirement. If the employer rune ● pension scheme that provides
other than just lump sum payments, but this informant
will
receive
lump sum only,
Q14(a).
on retirement,
Do not
personal
include
pension
code
Yes at
schemes
Q14 but
arranged
ring
code
a
2 at
and ‘run’ by an
employer.
Q14(.9)&
(b)
These queetions identify ●mployees who ●re mambers of their
●mployer’s peneion scheme (coded 1 at Q14(a)) or who are possibly
members of an employer’s scheme (coded 1 at Q14(b)).
If queried, code 1 includes employees over retirement age who
belonged to the peneion scheme run by their present employer before
they reached retirement ege. They may already be receiving their
occupational pension from the ●mployer.
Q15
This question is about ‘pereonal pensions’ for 0SS and Inland
Revenue and epplies to all working informants. Some people arrange
peneions for themselves rether than belonging to an ●mployer’s
pension scheme.
These arrangement are mmetimes
celled ‘personal
penaione’ or ‘eelf-employed pensione’. You will also find come
people have ‘Section 226 Retirement Annuities’. One cen no longer
take out a new Saction 226 but old schemes will be continuing.
From July 1988 ●ny individual has been able to contribute to a new
form of personal pension and contributions to these new peneions
●ttract incoma tax relief.
Prior to July 1988 personal pensions were generally only taken out
by the self-employed ●nd by ●mployees who did not belong to their
●mployer’s pension scheme because only these groups of people were
●ligible
for tax relief
on personal peneioms contributions.
In
order
to mmitor
the
effect
of
the
new legislation
●nd
the
take-up of personal pensions, Q15 wae included in 1987 prior to the
legislation, ●nd then again in 1988 ●nd 1989 to look ●t the
situation once the legislation hae been introduced. In 1989/90 some
●dditional detaile were added.
If in doubt about the eligibility of
proceed as if it was ●ligible.
●
scheme describe it
●nd
90
(lOb)
Q15 (contd) The main question is to include anyone who has ever contributed to a
scheme, however infrequently,or long agO.
Include those who make occasional payments into a scheme, eg selfemployed who only contribute if their earnings are high enough to
afford it.
Q15(a)
The sponsoring Department are particularly interested in personal
pensiona taken out under the new legislation whereby from July 1988
any individual can contribute to personal pensions and attract
income tax relief. Previously only ths self-employed and employees
who did not belong to their emplnyer’a pension scheme were eligible
for tax relief on a personal pension.
Q15(b)
If an informant says at this point that no paymenta have been made
yet code 3 and move on to the next section.
Question (c) will only make sense for those who contribute to the
scheme by making payments themselves, hence tha need to identify
them here. It does not matter if they make payments regularly or
not.
91
92
(11)
Q15(c)-(g)
Parts (c)-(g) are to find out if informants who have started paying
into a personal pension scheme during the 9 months prior to interview
have belonged to an employer’s scheme shortly before that, and if so
whether it was a scheme with the same employer as they have nnw. They
want to know to what extent those who already had some cover from
their preeent employer still think it la worthwhile to take out a
personal scheme.
[9 mnnths wae chosen because
the maximum time anyone interviewed
April
1990 could have baen in the scheme ia 9 months]
Q15(c)
in
The month of interest at (c) is the month in which the infnrmant
actually paid out money. The reference to back payments is there
becauae some people pay two or three nmnths worth the first time. For
example they can first pay in September but mske the schema operative
from August and pay for August and September in one go. In such a
caae it is the month of payment, ie September, which you record.
If the informant is not sure of the exact mnth aak whether it would
have been over 9 months ago or up to 9 months ago; and if up to 9
mnnths ago try to pinpoint the exact month.
Q15(d)
The interviewer code at (d) is to save having to aak people who were
clearly eelf-employed throughout the reference periods whether they
belonged to an employer’s schetwsduring this time.
Q15(e)
This is addreseed to employees. The six months of interest are the
six months immediately prior to the first payment. For example if the
first payment was in September 1989 the reference period would be
March-August 19S9. Code 1 applies if the informant belonged to an
employers scheme for part of that 6 month period or for the whole of
it.
Q15(f)
If your informant has not given the exact wnth of first payment
despite your best efforta still aak about the six months prior to
first payment.
This simply checks whether the employer’s scheme wae with their
current employer or not. The following circumstances count as being
with the current employer:
the
company merged with, or waa taken over by, another.
the informant works for
departments
within
a local
authority
and haa changed
it
informant is a civil servant and has changed jobs within
the same department.
the
Q15(g)
Thie applies to those who are turrently self-employed but may have
been an employee within the reference period. It checks whether they
belonged to an employer’s echeme during the 6 month reference
period,
defined
as at
(e).
93
11
(c) In which month and year dld you make your f,rst
payment, I mean the month ]n which you first paid
out money even ]f thn included
back payments
/as-e.s/el
Month
1
Year ,—.
1.
..
6S16C
INTERVIEWER
CODE
Over
9 months
ago .. .. .
1
Q31 plge
ago .... .
2
(d)
Up to 9 months
7
70/71
(d) INTERVIEWER
CODE
Employee
.... . .. . .. .. . .. . .. ..
Self-empIoyed
for at least
Self-employed
for
under
1
(e)
. ... ..
2
Q31 page
. ... .... .
3
. ... . ......”..... .
2 years
2 years
17
(tit)
7%/7:
(e)
During
that
the
six
M, during
months
scheme
to
[month
the period
, dld
pens]on
prior
at
(c)],
to
you belong
.
to an employer’s
at all?
Yes .. ... ..
1
No.
2
.
... .
DK . ..... ..
..
(f)
Q31 page
3
17
t
74/71
(f) May I check, was
scheme with your
that employer’s
pension
current employer or nnt?
Current
employer
.
... ....
1
2
Not ..... . . . .. ..... . ... .. . .. ... .
I
Q31 page
17
Q31 plgc
17
y
(g)
You are self-employed
now, but may I Just
check, d]d ynu belong to ●n employer’s
pcsmon scheme at any tlmc during the
six months prsor to [mnnth xt (c)], that is
the
period
. . . . . . . .
to . . . . . . . .
?
..
1
No . ..... .. ... .
2
Yes .. ... ..
t
94
12
m
16.
To all unemployed
last week
(coded
4 or 5 at Q3)
Last week were you claiming
unemployment
benefit?
17.
m
Yes .................
1
Q18
No ..................
2
Q17
18/1
Were you signed on at an Unemployment
Benefit Office
for last week Code
to claim income support as
an unemployed
person? ................... .......................................
1
or in order to get credits for National
Insurance contributions? .........................................................
2
NO, NOT
3
I
first
that
Q18
aPPlies
SIGNED
ON AT UBO ....................................
aofl
18. How long altogether
have you been out of employment
but wanting work in this current period of unemployment,
that is, since any time you may have spent on a
government
scheme, such as YTS or ET?
Less than
Period - up
to yesterday
1 week
a week ...........................................................................
but less than
1 month ...............................................
2
3 months ..........................................
3
3 months
but less than 6 month s........................................
4
6 months
but less than
12 months ......................................
5
but less than 2 yea rs..........................................
6
1 month
s
but
12 months
19. To those
less
than
2 years
but less than
3 years ................................................
7
3 years
but less than
5 years ................................................
8
5 years
or more ..............................................................................
9
who
have
DNA,
ever
worked
never
(See Q4 page
worked
(coded
Yes,
time
(a) Tothosc
12 months
ago, were
2 or 4 at Q4) .............
I
Q31 page
17
J
Sce Q35 Page
8
19
is,
working ...............................
I
No .......... . . ............ .........................
2
Q20
I
. Q21
24126
you:
working
as an employee ....................... ............... ............
J
or were
you self-cmploycd?
. ..
2
....................
8
●ged 16-24
1
Q19
22/:
3)
Now thinking
about this time 12 months ago, that
on . . . . . . . . . . . were you in a paid job
or doing any paid work then or not?
20. At that
1
...................... .. . . . ..
See (a)
}
2a\27
DNA,
aged
25 or over
Q21
rl
Were you also a full-time
student at that time?
Yes ..................
1
No ...................
2
1
Q21
J
95
(lza)
Qs 16 6 1?
The unemployed
These questions
●nable the Department of Employment to estimate what
proportion of the unemployed @ection of the work force are ‘claimants’
●t Unemployment Benefit Offices.
We ask first ●bout claImIng unemploy~nt benefit bacauee people
who are
claiming it must be signed on. ‘Claiming1 benefit rather than actually
receiving it is what ccunta, so even if a claim made laat week has later
been disallowed or the cmtcome ie not known the anawer to the queetion
1s ‘Yea’.
Unemployment benefit IS normally paid fortnightly, ●o still ring code 1
if the person‘e claim covered laat week, ●ven though it may not have
been made laat week.
Q17
Some unemployed people are not ●ligible for unemplo~nt benefit (eg
they may not have paid enough NI contributions,
or they may ●lready
have
received
unemploy~nt
benefit
for 12 months,
or have earninga
from
If
they
are
looking
for
work
and
are
aveilable
part-time
work, etc).
for work they can, however;
claim Income Support/benefit
from tha DSS.
Also,
those not eligible
for these
benef ita can still
claim credits
for
NI contributions.
their
People can get Income Support and/or NI credits for meny reaeone, only
one of which la being unemployed. It la important therefore to include
only those claiming via an Unemployment Benefit Office.
NB They till be required to
.
quarterly.
●ttend
the UBO fortnightly, or perhapa
I
Therefore
DSS Social
code 3 if
Security
they are claiming
benefite
●nd not via a UMJ.
Office
or credits
only
through
a
Note re. men aged 60-64
From April
1983, the regulation
●bout signing
on at UBO’s changed for
unemployed m?n agad 6C-64. An unemployed men aged 60-64 hae to sign on
at a UBO to receive unemployment benefit. ~ If however, he la not
eligible
for
unemploy~nt
benefit,
but ie ‘claiming
Income Support
unemployed
pereon),
ha will
not hava to sign
be coded ‘No, not ●
’igned on et~M’
(code 3 at
●rid/or NI credits (as ●n
at a US!I and eo ●hould
Q17).
Note re. registration
Since October
1982, those
via an UBO ●re no longer
aged
●lao
18 ●nd over ‘cliimimg
required
to rkgieter
on
benefits
or credits
for work ●t ●
Jobcentre. Thoee aged 16-17, however, ire’still required to register at
a Careera Office.
96
(12b)
Qs 16 6 17
If a person receives unemployment benefit —and Income Support, cnde 1 at
Q 16.
In cases where a person 16 uncertain if it is unemployment benefit or
Income Support that they receive, check at which office they made their
claim. If it was a USO, make a note and code 1 at the main Q 16 rather
than at Q 17.
If it definitely waa not a USO, code 3 at Q 17.
If, when asking the Income section, you find that the answers recorded
here conf11ct WIth the answers recorded there, make a note in the Incnme
section but do not recode Q 16 or 17.
Q18
Hare we want the total amount of time that the informant haa been
unemployed and actually looking for work, including any time the
informant was temporarily sick, as well as the time spent waiting to
take up a job.
Note that the period of ‘wanting work’ cannot start before the end of
the last paid job, even if it was only a temporary ‘fill-in! job. It
may, however, start at any time after leaving the previous job - eg a
person may have been out of work for 10 years, but only looking for work
for 3 months. Similarly, the current period of unemployment must have
started since any Government Scheme eg ET or YTS was attended.
Q19
This question establishes the informant’s wnrking status 12 mnnths ago,
before going on to ask about jobs started and unemployment spells in the
previnus 12 months.
Quote the full date and year 12 months ago.
Note that the definition of ‘working! is the saw
includes Government Schemes.
as for
Q1 ,
and
I-UXJ
Q20-25
These instructions are the same aa those for Qs 11-13. The Department
of Employment needa to measure the extent of labour mobi11ty and
turnover in the country; the extent to which people are able or willing
to change jobs is an important element affecting policies on employment.
These questions only cover jobs started as employee.
Q20(a)
If queried, the definition of a full-tima
studying
full-time
at college
or university
(ace alaO Instructions
for Education
Q2).
student
is etill
at school
or on a sandwich
course.
97
and
98
(13)
Q21
This question establishes whether the informant has started any paid
work as an employee within the laat 12 months.
Be sure to quote a full date and year 12 months ago.
The following circumstances do not count aa ‘starting a job with a new
employer’. If the informant:
- has a new employer merely aa a result of a merger or takeover
-
IS
a
‘temp’
who works for different firma but la employed by the same
agency
- works for a local authority (eg. as a taacher) and changea to a
similar job within the same local authority (or ita equivalent before
the LA boundary changes)
- is
a civil servant
and changea
jobs
within
the
same department.
- Note that employer based Government Schemes are included.
Exclude any joba started while the informant was living abroad.
Q22
A ‘main job’ is the person’s moat remunerative job at the time (even
though it may be only a part-time or caaual job). It may of course,
have been the person‘a only job at the time.
99
13
21. Have you started any Jnbs as an employee
all in the last 12 months, that M, sln~~
at
?
SWZQ
Yes .. .. .... .. ...
1
. Q22
No
2
. Q31 page
. .. ... .
.—
~
.
17
S@l
Waa that Job (were any of those Jobs) your
main JOb at the time you started lt, or was
It in addltlon
to your mam job?
started at kast one main Job
started
additional/second
JOb(S)
only
1
(a)
2
Q31
page
17
Q31 page
17
n
1
sa/m
(a)So how many new employershave you startedwork
for in the last12 months, where the Job was your
main JOb at the tlme~
NO
OF NEW EMPLOYERS
_-
.. ...
1
100
14
23. To all economically
Last week
were
inactive
(coded
6 at Q3)
B
you:
going to school or college?
(use only for persons aged
16-49) .....................................................
permanently
unable to work?
(use only for men aged 16-64 & women
Code
Q24
16-59) .......................
Q25
first
that
aPplies
retired?
(for womerx check sge stopped work and use this
code only if stopped when 50 or over) ..........................................
looking
after
the home
or were
YOU doing
or family?
something
.......................................................
else?
Q24
(Specif y) ..............................
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
24. To men aged
16-64
and women
aged
16-59
DNA,
men 65+ or women
60+ .......
Q25
you signedon at an
Unemployment BenefitOffice for last week .
May I check,
were
to claim
unemployment
Code
benefit? ................. .
. ..........................................
to claim income support as an
unemployed
person? ....................................................................................
first
that
rrPPIics
or in order to get credits for
National
Insurance contributions?
NO, NOT
SIGNED
See Q25
......................................................
ON AT UBO ...........................
................................
—
25. To all except
those
retired
DNA,
retired(code 3 at Q23) ..........
Have you ever had a paid job or done any
paid
work?
Yes. .............. ....................................
No, NEVER
(a) Ask or code
if known
(May I just check) have you ever worked for
an employer as part of a government
scheme
such as YOPS, YTS, Community
Industry or
Employment
Training?
(i) Have
work
WORKED ........
you had other
as well?
Yes ............
- - - .
No ............... ...
I
Yes ......... ......
]
No
2
(i)
Q26
paid jobs or paid
................
1
}
Q26
101
(14a)
Q23
Economically inactive
‘Last week’ mans the week ending last Sunday. The following points of
definition apply:
Code 1: going to school or college
NB This category can apply only to persons
of
age.
Persons
aged
50 or over
must
who are under 50 years
be coded 2-5.
Ouring vacatione, students
●hould
etill
b coded ●s ‘going to school or
college’. If their return to college depends on paeaing a aet of exame,
ycu
should
The following
code
1 on the
pereou
●re
assumption
that
they
will
be paesed.
excluded:
1.
●tudents
who say they were working
week (coded 1 or 3-5 at Ql)
2.
persons who are paid a wage or salary by an ●mployer while
●ttending school or college - they should have been coded
‘working’ at Q1.
or unemployed
in
the
reference
Code 2: permanently unable to work
NB
This category can apply only to those under atate retirement age,
ie to men aged 16-64 and women aged 16-59. Other persone must
be coded 3-5.
Include only pereons whose inability to work ie due to health problems
or disablement. Persons who are permanently unable to work bacause of
domestic responsibilities should be coded 4.
Code 3: retired
The intention is to include only those who, laet week, had retired from
their full-time occupation at approximately the retirement age for that
●mployment of ●ny kind.
Thue
occupation,
and were not eeeking
further
work in ordar to bacome
women who at a comparatively
early
age ceaaa
housewives are ●xcluded from this category.
Note that a retired person who last waek was ill or in hospital
should
still
be coded to ,the normal atatua, ie retired.
Code 4: looking after the home or family
This covers anyone who laat week waa mainly involvad in domestic
provided
thie pereon has’ not already
There can be more than one person in
been coded
a haaehold
in ●n earlier
●fter
looking
etc
duties,
cetagory.
home or
family.
Nota that a person looking after the home or family who last week was on
holiday or in hospital
●tc ehould
●till
be coded to the normal ●tatus,
ie code 4.
Code 5: doing something elee
Include ●nyone for whtm the earlier codae 1-4 ●re inappropriate,
eg
full-ti= atudentc aged 50 or over (who ●re not permanently unable to
work, retired, or looking ●fter home/family),
or people
●t industrial
rehabilitation
centraa.
102
(14b)
Q24
This question enables the Department of Employment to estimate what
proportion of economically inactive persons are signed on at
Unemployment Senefit Offices.
If you find that a person was claiming benefits or NI credits as an
unemployed person, do —
not recode the answer at Q1 or Q3.
‘ Senef its’
include
only unemployment
benefit
claimed
via an Unemployment
Senefit
Office.
Q 17 on page (12a).
or Income Support
See full
notes
at Q 16 and
Note re. men aged 60-64
From April 1983, the regulations
abeut signing on at USO’s have changed
An unemployed man aged 60-64 will have
for unemployed men aged 60-64.
to sign on at a USO to receive unemployment benefit. If, however, he is
not eligible for unemployment benefit, but is claiming Income Support
and/or NI credits (as an unemployed person), he will not have to sign rat a USO and so should be coded ‘No, not signed on at~O1
(code 4) at
Q 24.
If, when asking the Income section, you find that the answers recorded
here conflict with the answera recorded there, make a note in the Income
section but do not recode Q24.
Q25
At this question make sure your informant understands that we do mean
‘Have you ever done any paid work’.
Q25-27
Remember that Government Schemea are included.
(15)
Q26
Q27c
Ss sure to quote a full date and year 12 menths ago.
Check question. (see Nntes on Check queetions nn page (5b).
103
15
26. Have
work
since
you had a paid job or done any paid
in the last 12 months, that M.
.
?
Yes
1
. .. .. ...
No ... .. . .... ...
27. What was your
last Job?
-L
Job title
I
2
Intervwwer
Q27
}
.
code
16/28
occupation
--i
Describe
fullr
Industry
employee.
(a)
.. . .
(b)
self-employed
(a) If employee
Ask or record
manager
.
.... .. . . . .
foreman/supervisor
other
. .
.. . . .... .. . ... .
. .
employee
..
.
I
(i)
worked
(i) How many employees
m the estabhshment?
1-24
. .
. .. .... . . .
25 or more. ......... .. . .
t
(c)
(b) If self-employed
D1d you employ
any other
people?
1-5 employees . . ..... ...
Yes,
probe
6-24 employees.
... . ...
See Q28
25 or more .. ... . .. .. ..
No employees
.....,“”... ... ... .. . . .. .. .. ...... ...
t
(c) Ask or code
MaY I iust check dld You get this Job
thr;ug~
a government
~chcrne such as
YTS, Community
Industry or
Employment
Training?
Yes . .. .........
No. .. .. .. . ..
104
28. To those
who
have
worked
DNA,
in the last
others
12 months
(coded
2 st Q26) ..................................
Now thinking
about this time 12 months ago,
that is, on . . . . . . . . . . . wercyouin
apaid
job or doing any paid work then, or not?
(a) At that
time
12 months
ago, were
you
working
as an employ ee ..........................
or were
you self
Q29
}
employed? ..................
at all
29. Have you started any jobs as an employee
in the Iast ]2 months, that is, since
. . .
. ?
Yes ....................
No .....................
30. Was that job (were any of those jobs) your main
job at the time you started it, or was it in
addition
to your main job?
sts rted at least
started
one main
additional/second
(a)
job ................................
job(s)
. Q31
only ................
(a) So how many new employers have you started
work for in the last 12 months, where the job
was your main job at the time?
NO. OF NEW EMPLOYERS
.—
........
. Q31
—
105
(16)
Qs 28-30
These instructions ate the sane as those for Qs 11-13.
Q 28
Thin question established the informant’s working etatus 12 months ago,
before going on to aek about the jobs started and unemployment spelle in
the previou8 12 =0nth8.
Be cure to quote a full date and year 12 month8 ago.
Note
that
the
definition
of
‘workingt
is
the
came as
for
Q1 and
Government Schemea are now In”cluded.
Qs29 & 30
The Department of Employmen~ peedm to meaaure the ●xtent of labour
mbility and turnover in th,ecountry; the extent to which people are
able or willing to change jobe 1s ●n important element affecting
policies on employment end unemployment. Theee queetions only cover
jobe 8terted a8 an ●mployee.
Q29
This que8tion aetablishe8 whether the informant has 8tarted any paid
work ae en employea withifithe last 12 mOnth8.
Quote the full date and ye~?+12,monthe ago.,
The following circumatdqcee‘do not count aa ‘starting a job with a new
employer’. If the infor#fit:
—
has a new employer merely as a result of a mergar or takeover
in a ‘tempt who work8 for diffarent firma but 1s ●mployed by the
9eme agency
worke for a local authority (eg ae e teacher) and changee to a
cimilar job within the sa= local ●uthority (or ita equivalent
before
is
Note
the
a civil
that
LA boundary
sarvant
employer
change8)
and changes jobs within the samE department.
baaed
Covernmmt
S themes are included
Exclude ●ny joba etartad whila the informent wae living ●broad.
Q30
A ‘main job’ is the person‘a moat remunerative job at the time (even
though it may be only e part-time or caaual job). It may, of couree,
have been the person‘e only job et the time.
106
(17)
RETIREMENT
Q31 to 34
Q31
DOH and DSS are interested in the age of retirement of people receiving
an occupational pension and particularly whether they retired earlier
or later than was usual for their job. If the age was not.usual they
alao need to know the reasons why early or late retirement was taken
and whether their pension was affected. This information is designed
to be comparable with information collected on the OPCS retirement
survey. The advantage of the GHS collecting this information is that
it covers a wider age range. ‘lMead-hoc retirement survey only
interviewed people aged 55 to 69.
Collecting information about retirement could get quite complicated and
require a lot of questions to define the situation accurately. Here we
are trying a simple approach and ara confining the definition of
retirement to racaiving an occupational panaion from a former, or in
some cases, a present employer. Somaone can therefore still be in
employment but retired aa far aa theee questions ara concerned.
People who have received redundancy paymenta and those in receipt of a
disability penalon should be coded 2 (not receiving an occupational
pension).
People mainly doctors, in receipt of a pension under the NHS scheme
ehould be coded 1 (receiving arioccupational pension).
Q31(a)
If an informant is in receipt of 2 or more penaione ask Qa 31(b) to 34
for each pension, and record details on separate sheets.
Q31(c)
Problems are also involved in defining early or late retirement. Here
we are relying on informants to judge whether it was earlier or later
than was usual for their particular place of work.
This is an opinion question. However, if an informant says they have a
police or army pension they can be coded 1 (usual age). If an
informant aaya the age varies or thera is an age range they can be
Otherwise specify and give full details:
codad 3 (no usual age).
10’7
17
RETIREMENT
31. (Can I just check) are you rece)vlng
an
occupational
pension from any of your
former (or present) employer(s)?
Yes
- (a)
No
(t)
IS that
pension
. .. ..
- SIX Q35
page 19
18/1{
a pension frOIIYJUSt one
scheme or more than one?
One only
IF MORE,
WRITE
.....
..... ... . ...
.
1
IN NO
OFF
USE
01
(b)
(c)
age dld you fjrst
the pensjon~
Was that the usual age
m your pens]on scheme
place of work?
Record
- details of
add]tlonal
pcnslons on
aeparat e
sheet
F1.EC14
(Per
wnmon)
E
le/11
At what
draw
. (b)
AEe
.
.
for people
at your
❑✌
Yes
●
No .
,...
See Q35
. page 19
.. .. .
2
. (d)
....... ....
3
.. .. . . . ...
No usual
Other
1
. ..... . . . . .
age
(specify)
.
.. ... ...
.
4
}
See Q35
page 19
. ,
W21
(d)
Dld you draw
than usual?
u
●
it earl,er
or later
earher
later
.
.“...-.
..-._
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. ............ .....
. Q32
. Q33
108
18
32. a) What were your reasons
earlier
❑
If more
than
for taking
age?
the usual
your
pension
a)
~,
than
b) and what
●
one reason
was
your
own
•1
Code al
that
apply
main
reason?
ill health
ill health
made
02
02
................
03
03
............
04
04
.................
05
05
young/fit
...............................
06
06
a change
...............................
07
07
08
08
...
09
09
..........................
10
10
]]
11
.............................................
had no choice
reasonable financial
terms to
or take voluntary
redundancy
to enjoy
life
up with
while
with
partner/family
still
job/wanted
to retire
at same time as husband/wife
to retire
at different
tO giVe younger
Other
DOES
01
redundant/dk.missed
more time
NOT
time
from
generation
...................
husband/wife
a chance
..............................................................................................
CONSIDER
HE/SHE
33. a) What were your reasons for taking
later than you could have done?
RETIRED
your
EARLY
............
b) and
than
what
a)
Code al
that
av~ly
one reason
was your
main
El””””
to Improve
44/45
2
......
3
3
........................................................
4
4
5
5
6
6
..
7
7
..............................................................................................
8
8
know
what
to do after
fit and active
by employer
to retire
at same time
to retire
at different
CONSIDER
HE/SHE
stopping
to stay
work
on ..............................
as husband/wife
time
from
RETIRED
Did your pension increase, decrease or remain
the same as it would have been if you had
retired at the usual age?
Code
............. ....
husband/wife
LATE
..............
9
—
1
kc
Q34
~
Q35
4s./47
Increase
........................
Decrease
.......................
one
only
I
4
2
persuaded
NOT
Code
one
only
.............................................................
job/working
to keep
34.
posltlon
b)
1
didn’t
DOES
s 6/S7-42({
reason?
fmanclal
See Q35
..........................................
enjoyed
Other
12
pension
•~
If more
S41SS
t))
...........................................................................
to spend
fed
22/2s.32/
of rcla tive/f riend
was offered
retire early
b)
Code
one
only
Same
..............................
DK ....................................
]1
1
2
See Q35
3
4
109
(18)
I
Q32 6 33
Record all reasons at (a) and main reason at (b). Part (b) only
needs co be ssked if more than one reeson was given st (a).
110
(19)
Q 35
This question is used in analyses of ‘social ❑ability’, the extent
to which people have similar jobs to their fathers, and, for women,
the relationship between family background and the number of childen
they have.
The eligibility has been extended to include 50-59 year olds, to
enable fuller analysia of Family Information data by father’s
socio-economic group.
The question relates to the father’a usual job or occupation, which
clearly ia leaa defined than when we talk about the informant’s job
laat week or the last job that the informant had. If the informant
is in doubt aa to which was the ‘usual’ job, record the occupation
that was held for the longest period of time. If the father is
currently working, it is still the usual occupation that we require.
There are some casea when it will be impossible for informants to
describe their father’s occupation, In these circumstances note the
fact that no information could be obtained and say why. If the
informant does not know about a father but volunteers information
about a father substitute, eg a step-father, this should be
recorded.
111
19
[
35. To all aged
16-59 whose
father
is not m the household
DNA,
aged
x . . . . .
60 or over
16/17
Go
to
Education
DNA, father m household
Enter person no
Introduce
(if necessary)
Father’s usual JOb
Describe
Page 20
1
L
*’
lnterv]ewer
code
fully
Industry
21/2
employee
self-employed
.
1
(a)
2
(b)
Zs\a
(a) If employee
Ask or record
manager
.
... .... . .
2
foreman/supervisor
other
employee..
1
... ..
3
2611
(b) If self-employed
Does (dId) he employ
●ny other people?
Go to
Education
Page
Yes
. .. . .. . ......
1
NO
.
2
. .
.. .
20
112
20
EDUCATION
m
1. To those
aged
16-69
DNA,
aged
70 or over ........>
. . .
Go to Sport
Page 24
How old were you when
you left school?
1s/17
Not TechnicalCollege
NEVER WENT TO SCHOOL .........
AGE
LEFT
STILL
SCHOOL —
AT SCHOOL ....................
01
...... I.......
98
Go to Sport
Page 24
See Q2
Q6
laj19
2. To thoseaged ]6-49
DNA,
........................
8
Q4
Yes .......................................
1
Q3
2
Q6
Page
aged
50-69
I would like to ask you about any education
you
may have had since leaving school, not counting
any leisure classes.
Since leaving school, have you ever had any
full-time
or part-time further education
of the
types shown on this card?
1.2xHsA
No...,
.................................
20/21
3 Apart from leisure classes. and ianorin~
holidays,
are you at prese”nt:
on a Youth Training Scheme or Employment
Training
which involves studying at college?
....................
1
full-time? ......................
2
course? .........................................................................
3
training for a qualification
in nursing,
physiotherapy,
or a similar medical subject? .....................
4
studying
at college part-time or on day or
block release?
(INCLUDE
COURSES OF UNDER 3 MONTHS) ...........
5
doing
an Open Utriversit y Course ?.............................................
6
doing
a correspondence
course? .....................................................
7
OF THESE ..................................................................................
8
studying
Code
first
that
at a college
or university
22
Q4
- Q6 page
on a sand with
22
- Q4
❑
ExcIude
in service
training
courses
NONE
113
(208)
EDUCATION
Purpose of section
This section is designed to provide information about the ●ducation of the
population we interview and to mnitor changes in quelified menpower over time.
The information on qualifications, in conjunction with data from the income section
on ●arnings,
Is ueed by the Department of Education aa part of their work on the
rate of return to the economy of ●xpenditure on higher education.
Apart from the two Education Departunte (for England and Walea, and for Scotland),
other departments uae these education data ae background material.
Q1
If you already know that your informant ia currently at secondary school,
code 98 without aaking the question.
If informants tell you that they left school before reaching the minimum
school-leaving age - currently 16 - because their birthday was in the
holiday period between school yeara or terms, record them as having left
at the minimum age.
It la possible that an informant who reported in the employment section
that ‘last week’ they were going to school or college, .eayathat they
have now left. Pleaae make notea if this happena.
Q2
Uae prompt card D to show the informnt vhat is mant
further ●ducation
Q3
Note that this question refars
For students
institution
interviewed
during
they were attendimg
to
the
their
present,
vacation,
Q2 to
code
by
‘ever
the
had’.
coureeltype
of
in the previous term, ~rovided they will
be ●ttending ●gain when the vacation ia over. (If their return ia
dependent on exmlnatlon reaulta, aaaume that the exam will be paaaed. )
a differant
type of institution
(going
If next term they till
be ●ttending
from school to college) coda the new one. (You will of course only be
interviewing etudente vho are part of the houeehold.)
Those
training
for
●
qualification
in
nureing,
physiotherapy,
or a similar
medical subject may not regard themeelvae ●e being ●tudenta, since they
nomally work in a hospital ●t the aa~ time. However, we wish to treat
them ●a’●tudenta because the practical ●spect of their course ia an
eaaential ingredient of their training, which they must do to gain ●
qualification.
Thie ruling
appliee ●lao to nursery nureea.
continued
114
(20b)
Q3
contd
studenc~ on ~ ~and~i~h ~ourse, block-release cOurse or the yOuth
Training Scheme: code the college part of the training (1, 3 or 5) - it
is immaterial whether the student is in the college or working part of
the course at the time of interview.
Code 2 - studying at college or miversity
full-time:
includes - those studying for a degree in medicine
- those studying at a Tertiary college
Code 5 - studying at college part_time or on day or block-release:
includes - those studying in the evenings only
- those on any course lasting less than
3 months altogether
Code 8 - none of these:
includes - in-service training organised or run by the
informant’s employer, eg courses given by the police, civil
service, and local education authorities
job retraining such as that provided by the government
at Skill Centres
people who have had post sctmol furtliereducation but who are
not doing a course at present.
(21)
Q4
An informant interviewed between courses at different types of educational
(Note: this is
establishment should be coded to the type last attended.
different from the procedure at Q3.)
—
code 2 - university: include doctors (see note to code 4 below)
exclude Open University (as this is part-time
education)
code 3 - polytechnic: generally known as a central institution in
Scotland
code 4 - nursing school or teaching hospital:
include nurses, phyaiotherapiataand others trained in
paramedical subjects
exclude doctors; their practical work forma part of their degree
course, and hence should be coded to ‘university’
code 5 - other types of CO1lege:
include all further education, other than at a univeraity,
polytechnic, or nursing collegefteaching hospital,
provided the course laated at least 3 months, and was run
by an educational eatabliahment, either in the State or
private sector. There la no ned to specify the type of
college.
exclude courses run by employers for their employees (eg fire
services, civil service, Armed Forces)
code 6 - other: specify anything not fitting reerlilyinto codes 1-5, eg
technical school, special school, Inns of Court.
115
T~~l,.Ac
at
Fhe
ar,r,ronr+are
POd P
f,il
l-time I?d
IIcationret-e
ived outside
GB.
21
4 Now
thlnkmg
Just of your full-time
educat]on
what type of school or college d)d you last
attend full-t]me~
Was !t
elementary
Running
prompt
or secondary
22/2!
school
1
university
2
polytechnic
(INCLUDE:
3
Scott~h
Central
H
nursing
school
or teaching
H-
or some
other
type
Other
Q6
Instltutiona)
hospital.
. .... .
or college?
(Specify)
.. .
.
. . . .. .
.
5
6
..
.
4
. .
I
Q5
24/26
5. How old were you when you left there, or
when you flnlshed
or stopped your course?
AGE
I
Q6
116
22
6. Hand
informant
card
E
OFF. USE
26/27
DO YOU have any of the qualifications,
or have you
passed any of the examinations,
of the typeslisted
T\6
on thiscard,whether You are making use of them
or not?
Yea......................
(a) Which
Ring
ones
have
precede(s)
u
(a) and enter
CSE. Certificate
-
details
on pages
22 and 23
ungraded/f3K
grade
14/lt
Education
.................................................................................
00
Grade
1 ...........................................................................................................
01
Grade
2-5 ............................................................................................... .......
02
GCSE: General
or Matric
Certificate
...........................................................................
of Secondary
Grade
A B C ...............................................................................................
-
Grade
D E F G .........................................................................................
-
- obtained
obtained
obtained
GCE ‘A’ Level
or Higher
SLC
SCHOOL
School
]975
1975 or later
GCE AS level
SCOTTISH
before
]989
.....................................................
[ Grades
D & E ..............................
07
08
......................................................
09
Certificate
Certificate
........................................
- Lower
Grade
or
SUPE: Scottish
SCE: Scottish
Universities
Certificate
- obtained
- obtained
Standard
before
Preliminary
of Education
- Ordinary
11
....... 1.......
12
...... I.......
Grade
1973 ...........................................................................
Bands
A, B & C ...........................
13
...... I.......
[ Bands
D & E ..................................
14
...... I.......
Level
1 - 3 ...............................................................
15
,...... 1.......
Level
4,5 .....................................................................
16
......
6,7 or no award
17
......I.......
18
......I.......
[ Level
at Higher
Grade
or
Certificate
Exam
.1.........
10
1973 or later
Grade:
SLC/SCE/SUPE
06
A, B, & C ......................
EXAMS
Leaving
04
05
Grades
or later
School
03
Education
-
GCE ’0’ Level
w
qua])
IPN+.SED
-
Certificate
El
(..*
School
REC19
,BTNNED
or pass in?
IRISH SCHOOL EXAMS
of Secondary
::?t
(a)
Ask for qualifications
01-18
(i)How many subjects did you obtain
ENGLISH/WELSH/N.
(a)
No .......................
you obtained?
in column
1
26/29
of Sixth
Year Studies
.......................................
.1.....................
I.......
117
Q6
(22) 6 (23)
(a)
The qualifications shown on Card E are grouped into five types.
Consequently you will need to probe your infOrmSnt‘6 answer
in order to
establish which code to ring on pages .22and 23. Encourage informants to
look at the whole card.
If a subject was passed more than once at the same level count once only.
SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS
ENGLISH/WSISH/N.IRISH EXAMS
Codes 00, 01, 02:
CSE
There in no pas~r
fail, therefore count all, ●ccording to grade,
including ungraded subjects.
This ●xam started in 1965.
Code 030 School Certificate/Matriculation
To obtain a School Certificate, passes in a minimum of
were required.
5 6ubject6
Codes 04-05:
GCSE
GCSE re~ed
GCE ‘O’ levels
from
1988.
Code6 0648:
CCE ‘O’ level
You need to probe firstly for when these exams were tsken (even with
older people, .esthey can be taken out of school) and, if it was
1975 or later, probe for gradea.
If a subject was passed at GCE O/A level (Ordinary/Alternate,which
is a level between ordinary and advanced, count as an ‘O’ level
pass. If a subject was taken at ‘A’ level, but an ‘O’ paas wae
obtained code aa an ‘O’ level paas. If a subject was given an
‘unclassified’grade, record aa code 08 (Gradee D and E).
Code 09.
GCE ‘AS’ level.
‘AS’ levels.
The firat awards will be in 1989. An ‘AS’ level ia a
new ●xamination that covers about half an A level syllabus, the idea
ia that studenta can take more subjects to a higher standard than
GCSE9. It is poeaible for a mix of A ●nd AS levele to ba taken.
NOTE ‘S‘ levels are not the aa~.
●nd
for
our purposea
are
counted
These
aa
●re
higher
level
‘A’
levels
‘A’ levels.
Code 10: GCE ‘A’ level/Higher School Certificate
GCS ‘A’ level replaced Higher School Certificate in 1951.
HSC could
●re rarely
be obtained
for any number of passea;
GCE ‘A’ level
paeae6
If more then 4 pamaee ●re mentioned,
greater
than 4.
check whether the examination was the HSC or GCE, ●nd underline (to
~eft
of the precodea) the ●ppropriate one.
Include GCE ‘S’ level (Special level) paaaes ●t code 10.
SCOTTISHEXAHS
‘
Codes 11-14: Scottish Ordinary and Lower Grade exams
The Scottish Certificate of Education (SCE) replaced the Scottish
Leaving Certificate (SLC) in 1962.
From 1973, gradee were ●warded in tha SCE examination; therefore, ae
for GCE ‘O‘ levele, proba for the year the exam was taken and, if
1973 or later,
for the gradea obtained.
118
(22) 6 (23)
(b)
Codes 15-17: Standard Grade
This is a new examination which has been awarded since 1986 in some
parts of Scotland. It ia similar to the GCSE exam which has been
introduced in England and Wales. If someone has been awarded a
Standard Grade examination then probe for the level obtained,
i.e. 1-3, 4-5 or 6, 7 and no award.
Code 18: Scottish Higher Grade exams
Any number of passes may be obtained.
NB : t-take
sure the description of the exam agrees with the wording on the
questionnaire as some Scottish sctmola award certificates of
attainment which sound similar to those listed. If the description
differs at all from that on the questionnaire, you should specify the
qualification (code 31).
OTHER SCHOOL EXAMS
..
These should be coded 31. Include here the Certificate of Extended
Education; Certificate of Prevocational Training; the 16+ examlcertificate;
local, regional, and RSA (Royal Society of Arts) School Certificates; and
Scottish School Attendance, Leaving, or Day School Certificates.
Also include st code 31 all foreign school qualifications.
For each qualification coded 31 make notes on the grades and number
of passes obtained.
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS
Note that all foreign higher level qualifications should be coded 31 and details
specified in the grid, in boxes 1-6. This includes foreign trade apprenticeships,
commercial qualifications, nursing qualifications, and similar qualifications
obtained outside the UK.
Code 20: Clerical and commercial qualifications
Include in code 20:
- RSA - provided at least one subject is commercial
eg commerce, shorthand, typing, book-keeping, office practice,
comnerciallcompanylaw, cost accounting
Pitmans - except for their School Certificate (code 29)
- bndon Chamber of Commsrce
- Regional Examining Union (REU) Commercial Awards
- provided at leaat one subject ia commercial
The REU Bearda include:
EMU
NWRAC
WJEC
YHCFE
ULCI
-
East Midland Educational Union
North Weat Regional Advfaory Council for Further Education
Welsh Joint Education Committee
Yorka and Humberside Council for Further Education
Union of Lanes and Cheshire Institutes
- (SCOT)BEC qualifications in Secretarial and Office work
(NB: (SCOT)BEC National/Ganeral/HigherDiplomas and Certificates should
be coded 24 or 25 - see instructions opposite)
all secretarial, book-keeping, shorthandftyping, comptometer etc exams
but NOT - accountancy qualifications
- CSE/GCE/SCE qualifications in such subjects.
119
NOTE : City and Guilds do NOT set examinations in commercial subjects,
(22)
& (23)
(c)
Codes 24 and 25: BEC and TEC Certificates and Diplomas
(SCOT)BEC - (Scottish) Business Education Council
(SCO)TEC - (Scottish) Technical Education Council
Probe for level of qualification
If none of these,
NB
. National/General Certificate
or Diploma : Higher Certificate or Diploma check whether it is : a commercial qualification or a technical qualification -
code
code
code
code
24
25
20
21
SCOTVEC - do not code these under codes 24 and 25 but under ‘other’.
We are not interested in whether the qualification involves a standard or
higher level, or the ●ubjecta. We just need to knew how many SCOTVEC
modules the respondent haa obtained.
Nursing qualifications
The meet common nursing qualification which should be accepted in code 26
are.
Code 26:
State Registered Nurse
(sRN)
State Enrolled Nurse
(sEN)
State Certified Midwife
(SCM)
State Enrolled Auxiliary Midwife
Registered General Nurse (REG)
Do not accept:
First Aid Certificates (Red Crose/St John’s Ambulance qualifications) —
are
not accepted and should not appear at Q6.
Health Visitors’ qualifications, Nursery Nursea’ qualifications (eg NNEB) ,
and Dental Nurses’/Hygienists’ qualifications should not appear at code 26
but should be coded 31, and details given.
If in doubt about a nursing qualification, ring code 31 and give detaila.
Code 28. University diploma
Take care to distinguish university diplomas from university degrees codes 29 and 30 (they are shown aa one group on the prompt card).
2S and 29: CNAA degrees
CUM = Council for National Academic Awarda, ● body which granta degrees in
colleges other then univeraitiaa.
B.Ed = Bachelor of Education teachimg degrees should be treated aa a
University Firat Degree and coded 29.
Codes
II
Boxes 1-6
The boxee on page 21 should be used for the qualification listed at codes
27-30, for ●ny ‘other qualification’ (code 31), ●nd fOr all fOreiKn
qualification (code 31)
In box 2 describe the qualification fully, avoiding the uae of initiala.
Where membership
of a profeaaional
(code 31), details
must be given
institution
haa been ●ttained
of membership statua eg
member/aaaociate/aaaociate memberlgraduate memberffell~ ●tc. This
information la needed in order to decide the atatua (level) of the
qualification attained.
120
(22) 6 (23)
(d)
- In box 3 record the awarding institution (not
necessarily the same as
—
the educational establishment which ran the course or where the examination was sat). This information Is needed because
in some cases the
awarding institution will affect the coding: for example, an MA degree
mesns different things in Scottish universities, Oxford and Cambridge,
and other English and Welsh universities.
- In box 4, qualifications obtained In Northern Ireland should be coded 1
(’UK’). Qualifications obtained in Southern Ireland (Eire) should be
coded 2 (‘Abroadt), even if at the time Eire was still under British
control.
-
In box 5 enter the -
-
In box 6 record, for ‘other qualification’ only (code 31), whether an
exam had to bs paased.
subject(s) only.
Note that ‘in Service’ training by an employer is excluded.
121
23
(a)
)BTAINEI
Recognised
trade
apprenticeship
completed
.
.
Clerjcal and commercial
qualjflcatlons
(eg typing/shorthand/book-keep,n8/commerce)
City
and Gujlds Certlflcate
Craft/Intcrmed!
ate/Ord!nary/Part
20
I .
21
City
and Guilds
Certlfjcate
- Advanced/Final/Part
C]ty
and Guilds
Cerufjcate
- Full
Ordinary
National
Certlf;catc
BEC/TEC Natjonal/General
19
II
Technological/Part
...
III
(ONC) or D,ploma (OND),
Certjflcatc
or Diploma
22
..
23
.
24
Higher National
Ccrtlf,cate
(HNC) or D,ploma (HND),
BEC/TEC
Higher Cert]flcatc
or H]gher Diploma
..
. .
25
Nursnrg
Tcachmg
qual:f;catlons
(cg SEN,
quallflcatlons
e
Umvcrslty
diploma
Unlverslty
or CNAA
First
Unlvcrs!ty
or CNAA
H]gher
SRN,
. .
.
.
.
SCM
RGN)
.....
. .. .
26
..
. ...
. ..
. ..
27
28
.
Degree
Complete
boxes 1-4
(cg BA, BSC)
Degree
I
Complete
boxes 1-5
29
.
(eg MSc, PhD)
30
Other qual!f]cat]ons
(]ncludlngother school
and
mcmbersh]p
Probe
for
Enter
detada
(1)
Enter
precede
ringed
above
level
of
professional
and memberahjp
of qualifications
(2)
Quahflcatlon
obtained
(gjve full details
including
Icvcl and
membcrahlp
status)
exams
]nst]tut]ons)
Complete
boxes 1-6
31
status
coded
27-31
only
Awarding
or College
lnstltutlon
Where
obtained
(6)
(5)
. .
(4).
(3)
&
Subject(s)
If had to
pass an exam
Yea
No
12
1
2
12
1
2
12
1
2
UK Abresd
12
--J
1
2
Go to Sport
122
24
SPORTS
AND
PHYSICAL
ACTIVITIES
I am now goiog to ask you some questionsabout some physicalactivities
thatyou may
have taken part in.
Walking
1.In the last12 months,that is since
.
(TODAY’S DATE ]989/90),have you been
for a walk or hike of 2 miles or more?
INCLUDING
RAMBLING, FELL-WALKING
,,,1,
1
Yes ......
ETC
m
1
(a) & (b)
.-!
No ........
Q2
2
,
(a)
(b)
Could I ask about the sorts of
distancea you have walked.
Have you been for a walk of
. . . . (PRo~T
D15TANcE)
in the last 12 months
Ring
codes
of all that apply
I
(b)(i)
Now, thhskingof the 4“ For each activity
weeks ending yesterday, coded 1 at (b) aslc
thatis since.
,
On how many days in
the last 4 weeks did
you go for a walk of
. . . . . (DISTANCE)?
For each code ringed
at (a)aak:
Did you go for a walk
of . . . . . (DISTANCE)
during these 4 weeks?
(maximum
r
2C.LE
or more?
activity)
5 but less than
miles?
(c) Interviewer
Others
18/19
..... t .....
+
10
r
02
1
I
2
- (c)
..... I .....
J_b-
.....
I ...
check
If has walked
DNA,
NO. OF DAYS
14/1{
01
9
(O.* w
RING
CODE(S)
10 miles
REC17
= 28)
2 miles
or more
in last 4 weeks
.................................... I
................................................................................................. ...........X
04
l-l
- . . . .
I Record
Below
Q2
Record total days
on which informant
walked 2 miles or
snore in last 4 weeka
J-=5+
Enter
(NB: If has walked
different
distances,
check first whether
any walks were on
the same day.)
daya
L
J
Q2
(24a)
SPORTS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES
activities
have been requested by the Department of the
of the national
sports
councils
and other bodies, euch as
loc~l
author~ties,
who are responsible
for the provision
of sports
facilities.
to which people
take part in different
types
of sport
lnf ?~a~i?n
about, the ●xtent
●nd, phys;cal
eyer,cises
is used to help with the allocat~on and planning of sports
8me~iti~n; +80,
h
reCent yee.re,there have been several Campaigna ●ncouraging
The questions
on sports
Environment on behalf
people to keep fit and take more ●xercise and the data collecced by the GHS provide
● =asure of the,effestiveness of such campaigns.
In previoue years, information about participation in sporto ●ctivities has been
collected in the leisure section of the GHS. This section has been included at
3-yaarly intervals and, most recently, in 1987.
The concepts and definitions used in the 1990 Sports section are similar to those
used in 1987. However, there are some changee so pleaee make sure that you follow
the instructions given below.
a.
Introducing the questions
When you introduce the section, please do not mention ‘leisure time’ or
,’leisureactivity’, because we want to count sports done at any time, not just
in people’s leisure time.
b. , Handling and public relations
The questions apply to all informants. There is no age cut off becauae we
cannot apsuma that elderly peppl,e+
do not go for long yalka, play bowls or
darts or do,aerobica. Similarly
we,cannot
aasume ;hat someone who ia disabled
.,,
will not participate in a whol~ range of aports. Hoyever, thare will
be
ormant ia housebound or chairbound and it
aituat ions where you know that an ifif
would be Insensitive to go through these queetiona. In these rare cases you
may skip the section but pleaae write an explanatory note.
Qs 1, 2 and 3 are
ccmpoaite.
The primary
data
are
established
at
the main
question in each caae.
c.
Frequency of participation
Note that we want the number of daya on which the activity took place.
Therefore, If someone plays tannie twice on one day, this la counted
aa 1 day.
,!
124
(24b)
Q1
almost
all
activities
involve
walking we have used the term ‘going
for a walk’ to indicate that we are interested in walking for its own
sake and not purely for other reasona (eg. to get from A to B).
Since
Include: walks of 2 tiles or more (at one stretch) where going for a
walk was one of the reasona for the trip. It does not have
to be the only or main reason (for example, aomsone may take a
dog for a walk mainly to exercise the dng but would probably
also do this for his own pleasure/exercise- this would be
counted; someone working at a dog kennels who took dogs for
a walk only becauae this was hia job would not ba counted).
Similarly, if queried, walking to work/the ahopa would be
counted if, for example, the informant walked for pleasure
or exercise but not if hia onIy reason for walking was that
there was no other means of tranaport.
Walka done abroad.
Exclude: walking about at work (eg. postman)
I
I
il
1!
II
,.
!
.
walking while playing sports (eg. golf)
Other walking where going for a walk was not one of the
main reasons for the trip.
If you are unsure whether or not a walk should be counted, make a note
of the situation and code Ql, ‘Yes’.
If the informant has walked only one of the apecifled distances in the
last 4 weeks you can code (c) without asking - the total daya will be
the same as the number recorded at (b).
,.
If the informant has walked, 3 miles and 7 miles in the last 4 weeks,
you will need to check first whether these walks took place on the
same day. If they did, you would record the total days aa ’01‘, but if
they were on different days, the total would be ’02’.
125
126
(25)
02
The Sports Council is particularly interested in swimming, soccer and
bowls. These sports are those most likely to bs played indoors and
outdoors and the collection of information about where these sports are
played is important for the plsnning of sports facilities.
Handlin~
The recommended way to handle this question is to find out whether the
Informant did any swimming, soccer or bowls in the last 12 months at Q2
and then prompt, for each of these sports, whether this occurred indoors
or outdoors at (a). Then you need to establish similar information in
relation to the last 4 weeks at (b) and then record the number of days
in the last 4 weeks on which the activity took place, treating indoor
and outdoor swimming, soccer or bowls as if they were separate sports.
For example, if someone had swum on only one day in the last & weeks bu
had swum indoors in the morning and outdoors in the afternoon, 1 day
would be entered for both indoor and outdoor swimming.
Q(c)(i) ia only asked for those who swam both indoors and outdoors in
the last 4 weeks. Note that it is overall participation that is
important here. From the previous example, 1 day should be entered here
even though the informant swam on two occasions on the same day.
127
25
2
In the last ]2 months
soccer or bowls?
have
you been sw!mmlng
or played
Yes
.
m
I
1
[a)
(b)
If took part in ]2 months
yesterday
INCLUDE
TRAINING,
AND REFEREEING
14/1S
I
11
I
12
Soccer outdoors
(mamlv
11 a side)
I
13
Soccer Indoors
(ma,nly
S a s,de)
I
14
Outdoor
I
15
I
16
Indoor/carpet
or
bowls
bowls
d~d yOU
(ACTIVITY)?
RING
CODE(S)
(lawn)
On how many days
in the last 4 weeks
For each ●ctivity
coded ●t (a) ask
1
Indoor swlmmlng
clvln R
For each ●ctivity
coded 1 at (b) ask
COACHING
Prompt osrtdoora/indoors and
Ring codes of ●ll that apply
Outdoor sw]mm]ng
or dlvjnu
(b)(i)
NOW, th,nk,ng
of
the 4 weeks end]ng
yesterday
ending
D~d YOU
(ACTIVITY)”
4 weeks?
ii
these
(maximum
yes
I
El
(0..
NO
No
pw
●ctw,ty)
OF DAYS
=1=
ls/11
I
+--l+
I
1
I
Q-k
112
Others
DNA
. . ......... ... . .
I
17
I (c)(i)
...... ..
““””””--’m
(Can I just check) on how many days in the last 4 weeks
have you done any swlmmusg at all either indoors or
outdoors?
Enter daya
= 28)
REC17
swam both indoors and outdoors in the last 4 weeks
(c)(i)
Record dcta:ls St
(a) below then
●sk (b)
Is/17
1
‘3
em
128
26
3, (Going back to/still
in) the last 12 months, did you take
part in any of the sports or physical exercises shown on
these cards, either indoors or outdoors?
S3sow czrda
card(b)u~(b)
B
None
(a)
INCLUDE
TRAINING,
on either
(b)(i)
ending
yesterdsy
COACHING AND
Now, thinking
of
the 4 weeks ending
yesterday
apply
For each activity
ended at (a) aak
REFEREEING
Ring
cndcs
of all that
Did you...,.
(ACTIVIT.Y)
4 weeks?
t
RING
CODE(S)
CARD F/l
s4/11
Cycling (pedal)
(exe. exercise
bikes)
.....................................
20
Track/f
.....................................
21
ield
athletics
Jogging/cross-cnuntry
On how many days
in the last 4 weeks
did you....
(ACTIVITY)?
}
=1=
in these
(maximum
= 28)
1
Yes
NO. OF DAYS
No
16/1
2
..... I ....
I
2
..... I .
1
2
..... t .....
22
.....................................
23
Cricket
..................................................................
24
Hockey
(if Ice hockey, exclude and
specify
opposite)
.........................
25
.......... .......................................................
26
..
........ ............................................................
27
.. . 1 .....
Golf, pitch and putt, putting
(exclude
crazy/minature
golf) .................
28
..... I .....
Fishing
29
..... I .. .
Union/league
Netball
Tennis
Yachting
running
For each activity
coded 1 at (b) ask:
,...,
Rugby
/road
,
17T R’2Z=SY;;
at
yes .........................
F/l and F-/2
If took part in 12 months
~
. .................................................................
or dinghy
sailing
.......................
30
1s/1<
..... I .....
+-l+
+-t+
..... I .....
..... t .....
I ....
..... I ....
1
Other water sports (eg windsurfing,
water skiing, sub aqua, rowing,
canoeing)
.... ......................................................
riding, show jumping, pony
trekkiog
...... ......................................................
(check
If Polo, cxcludc and
apccify opposite)
12
31
1
32
1
2
..... I .....
1
2
..... I .....
..... I .....
Horse
Hunting/shooting
game .... .............................
Climbing/mountaineering/potholing
Skiing(on
snow/artificial
...”.
---t-
1
34
35
slopes/grass)
Motor sports (eg car/motorcycle
racing, rally driving, motor cross)
33
....
36
12
..... t .....
..... I
*
..... 1 .....
I
129
(26 6 27)
Ue want to include participation in these sports for any reason
Whatsover. Thus eomeone cycling to work bccauee this is the mst
convenient mode of traneport would be counted as haviMS done cycling.
Note that this la different to the treatment
of walking at Q1.Include.
indoor and outdoor sportelexercisea
aporta/exerciaea done at home/work/school or college
eportalexerciaes done abroad
refereeing
and coaching
aporta/axerciaee
save mmey,
to
done for pleaaute,
health,
raiae
funde for charity
aporta or exerciaea
professional
diver)
Exclude- organizing
aporta
done
(unless
aa part
the
of
a job
organiaer
exerciee,
(eg.
took
to
gym teacher,
part)
watching sports
eacortingfaupervising children taking part in aports
activities
playing informal games (eg. kicking a ball around)
gardeniqg (covered in the leisure activities eection)
Uae the epace for specified anawera for aportafexercises not on the
prompt card and for any that you are uncertain about how to claa.sifyand
ring Indoorloutdoor codes.
Ple.eaemake sure that the informant reads the list ON B3TH CARDS.
appropriate, YOU could mention that there are some leaa ●nergetic
activities on card F12 (eg. darta).
.,
If
130
131
27
Code
in gr,d
at (a), then
ask (b)
(8)
If took
part in
(b)
12 months
ending
yesterday
(b)(,)
IF TOOK PART
LAST 4 WEEKS
IN
NO OF DAYS
IN
LAST 4 WEEKS
(Maximum
CARD
F/2
,
Keep
fit,
yoga,
(include
exercjae
.Welght
aerobics,
tralnmg
Squash
., .
Table
. .. .
tennis
Basketball
Boxing
or wrestllng
self
dcfence
or sklttles
(eg
1
NO
38
1
2
I
.
. ... .
39
1
2
.. . 1
. .
40
1
2
1
41
1
2
I
42
1
2
I
43
1
2
t
14411,
121,
ldsltllzl
. .
Judo, karate)
I
46
1
2
I
Snooker,
pool, bllllards
(exclude
bar billiards)
47
1
2
I
Darts
48
1
2
I
49
1
2
I
50
1
2
I
. .
Ice skat]ng
(if roller skating,
specify
below)
Curhng
exclude
- 28)
18/11
18/17
I]ftlng
..
I
OF DAYS
I
.
bowls
No
2
.
Tenpm
1
1
.
Gymnastics
Yes
37
or weight
. . . .. . .
11
14/16
dance
exerclac bike)
Badminton
RING
CODE(S)
@
and
.
Other aporta or physical
●ctsvity.
●nd cods. whether
indoors
Specify
or
outdoors
In out
OFF
USE
1.
1
2
1
2
..
1
2
1
2
..... I ...
1
2
1
2
..
1.
132
28
Entertainment
4. Still/now
thinking
about the four weeks ending
yesterday,
would you tell me whether you have
done any of these things in your leisure time
or for entertainment.
-
Watched
television?
Listened
to
the
Listened
to
records
Yes
No
]
2
..............................................
]
2
tapes?
1
2
1
2
......................................................
radio?
or
...............................
1S/19
20/21
Individual
prompt
Read
books?
.....................................................................
Visited friends or relations,
or had
them come to see you? ..........................................
2
any gardening?..................................................
]
2
Dressmaking,needleworkor knitting?.............
1
2
House
1
2
repairs
or do-it-yourself
jobs?
.............
22/23
2412s
1
Done
16/17
26/27
28[29
30/91
133
(28)
A question similar to Q4 was included in the 1987 leisure section. ‘For
●ntertainment’ Is included in the question wording because there have
been difficulties with activities like ‘listening to the radio while
traveling to work’, which people may or may not count as one being done
in their leisure time. This question is included as n ‘marker’ so that
participation in aports eccivities cen be compnred to the level of
participation in entertainment activities.
wetched television:
include watching video tapes
●xclude playing video gamss
reading books:
●xclude
visiting friends ●tc:
include vieiting people in hoapitel
gardening.
include allotments and greenhouaee elso include
window box and belcony gardening if mentioned
dressmaking,
check and
house repaira and DIY
include decorating and house
also
magazinea, comics, newapepers
●xclude
include
if darning or mending only
electrical
maintenance
jobs
exclude car maintenance
134
(29)
HEALTH
Purpose of section
The Department of Health needs more information on the extent of sickness and the
use people make of various health and welfare services.
If an informant has already mentioned health problems during the interview, please
add the following preamble when you introduce the section:
‘You‘ve already talked to IUSabout your health, and now I‘d
like to go on and talk about it in more detail, including
anything you may have already mentioned.‘
Q2(a)
Please do not use Exp/How/Way probes here, simply record
what the informant says. However, please do use the A/E
probe to check that all long-standing illnesses are recorded.
Q 2(b)
If the informant has more than one complaint, use code 1
if ~
of the complaints limit his/her activities.
Q 3(a)
The ‘number of days’ required la the number within the apacified
2 weeks, not the total number of days if the illness or injury
started b~re
the time period.
135
29
HEALTH
the last 12 months would you say your
healthhas on the whole been good, fairly good,
1 Over
16/1
or not goody
❑
Good
●
Fairly
3
1
good
2
Not good
3
.
16/1
Do you have
any Iong-standmg
Illness, dmablhty
or mflrmity~
By Iong-standmg
I mean anything
that has troubled you over a period of time or
that is IlkeIy to affect you over a per]od of time
2
Yes
No
. .
1
(a) & (b)
2
Q3
❑
*
(a) What M the matter
with
you’r
❑
(b) Does thjs Illness or djsabjllty
(Do any of these]Ilnesses
or dlsabllltles)
Ilm]t your actlvlt]es
in any way?
20/2:
❑
Yes
●
No
.
1
2
. .. .. .
Q3
22[2:
3. NOW I’d
yesterday
down on
house/at
St Q 2a
Ilke you to th]nk about the 2 weeks ending
Durnrg those 2 weeks, dld you have to cut
any of the things you usually do (about the
work or m your free time) beeause of (answer
or some other) Illness or injury?
❑
.. .
1
(s) & (b)
.. . . ..
2
Q4
Yes .
●
No
(a) How many days was this m all during
these 2 weeks, Includlng
Saturdays and
Sundays?
NO OF DAYS —
(01.14)
,,
(b) What was the matter
1
❑
a4taf
with
1.
(b)
. .
Q4
YOU9
Same
as at Q 2a ...>
.
●
:.
136
30
Doctor
consu!taticzs
During the 2 weeks ending yesterday, apart from any visit
to a hospital, did you talk to a doctor for any reason
at all, either in person or by t~lephone?
Yes ...................
1
(a)- (g)
No .....................
2
Q5
c
26/27
behalf of ;hildren
under 16 and
pcraons outside the household
(a) How
many
times
28/29
did you talk to a doctor
in these
2 weeks?—
....... I.......
F
—
qm
14/1s
2nd
:ON! :ONS
ISt
(b) On whose
behalf
was this consultation
—
made?
—
3rd
:ON
1
1
1
Other
2
2
2
of household
]6 or over ................................
person
no.
I .
—
—
t..
1
I..
—
I
4
20/21
(c) Was this consultation
under the NationalHealth Service.,
...............................
or paid for privatel
y?.............................................................
I
1
1
2
2
1
2
(d) Was the doctor
S2J23
a GP (iea famiIy doctor)
...................................................
1
1
1
or a specla
l]st
..............................................................................
2
2
2
or some other kind of doctor?(specify)
..................
3
3
3
by telephone ..................................................................................
1
1
1
1
Running
at your
2
2
2
2
prompt
in the doctor’s
.........................................................
3
3
3
3
centre ......................................................................
5
5
5
5
or elsewhere? ................................................................................
4
4
4
4
Running
prompt
CONS
NO, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
(c) Did
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,,,,.,
you talk
2
3
24/25
home ................................................................................
surgery
1
,.,,,.
to the doctor
at a beaIth
,1,0”)
—
—
Give
‘~,u,,
16/17
Inf ormant ..................................................... ............................................
member
REC21
4th
;ONS
—
2812r
(f)
Did the doctor
a prescription?
give
(send)
you
Yes ............
1
1
No .............
2
2
sa/z9
(8) Did the doctor refer
for tests, investigation
You to a hospital
or treatment?
Yes ............
1
1
1
No, ............
2
2
2
8
I%brl
COrmlllt.
.ti.ru
} Otb-ue
as
137
(30)
Q4
‘Talking to a doctor‘ can mean seeing him (at home, surgery et
sP=a~W
to him on the telephone. In sow caaes informants ma
that they called to pick up tebleta or a prescription. You s
enter details only if the informant actually talked to the doc
Do not count ancial chata vlth a doctor who happena to be a fr
or relative.
Exclude
doctors
eeen
abroad
unless
Forces doctors.
Q II(C)
Private nwdical treatment is treatmnt which la paid for eithe
the informant or by someone else (eg an ●mployer, an insurance
company providing nx?dicalinsurance cover).
Q 4(e)
Note
that the question
ia intended
to cover viaita
to doctors
Therefore
if it emerges at (e),
for
their
own practices
only.
●xample,
that the doctor
was seen at a hospital
clinic
or distric
health
euthority
clinic, you nhould delete the ● ntry .
If the doctor wae eeen et a Heslth Cantre,
you will need to mak
special check beceuae Health Centrea usually include both doc
surgeries end district health euthority clinics (eg child wel
family planning). You must therefore check whether informants
the doctor in his capacity aa a GP in hia ●urgery at the Healt
Centre (in which caae, code 5) or whether they ●aw him aa the d
in charge of a district health authority cllnic (in which caae
delete the entry).
138
(31)
Q5
At this question, a 3-month time period is to be used, namely the
last three complete calendar months prior to the month in which you
are interviewing. Therefore, if you are interviewing on
30 November, for example, specify ‘the months of August, September,
and October’.
Include - visits made as day patients
eg for psychiatric treatment or for minor operations
- visits to private hospitala and private clinics.
Exclude - doctors scan abroad unless Forces doctors.
Q6
Include patient stays in private hospitals and clinics.
Be sure to quote a full date and year 12 months ago,
Q 6(a)
An inpatient stay lasta from adudssion to discharge, so if an
informant was sent home for the weekend during a spell as an
inpatient, this just counts as one spell.
Quote the full date and year 12 months ago.
Note the order of these questiona has been changed in 1990/91
ao that the periods involved get longer.
139
IREC20
Orrtpatlcnt
atterrdances
SEQ02]
16/17
5. During the months of
(LAST 3 COMPLETE CALENDAR
MONTHS) dld you attend as a patient the casualtyor outpatient
department
of a hospjtal (apart from straightforward
ante- or
post-natal
vmlts)~
Yes
No.
.
)FF
1
. (a) - (b)
2
. Q6
USE
18/1$
(a) Wluch
month
(b) HOW many
was
th@
times
dld
you atlend
}n that month?
Earl]estmonth In referenceperiod
(a)
(b)
Month
No of
times
1
!
Second
month
]n reference
period
2
[
Third
month
In reference
per]od
3
1
Inpatient
6
2012;
stays
During the last year, that
have you been m hospjtal
overnight
or longer?
]s, since
as an Inpatwnt,
Yes . ... ..
1
- (a)
No.
2
. Q7
.
2a/a:
(a) How many separate
mpatlent
have you
stays in hospital
had snsce
as ●n
(DATE ONE YEAR AGO)?
Enter Number _
. . ..
..
140
32
Glasses
and contact
lenses
7. Ask or record
Do you ever wear glasses
contact
(a)
(b)
or
Yes ...................
(a)
No ....................
(b)
lenses?
(Can
I check)
do you wear
. . .
glassesonly .................................................
Q8
Running
contact
(b)
prompt
or do you sometimeswear
glassesand sometimes
contactlenses?......................................
Have you ever
glasses?
lenses
only
.................................
had a pair of
Yes ...................
Qr3
No ....................
Q9
Yes ...................
(a) & (b)
No ....................
Q9
8. In the last year, that is since
. .
(TODAY’s
DATE) 1989/90, have you obtained
a pair of glasses - 1 mean new frames and
lenses?
Code
(a)
2 if new
frames/lenses
only
How many pairs of glasses
obtained
in the last year?
have
you
Enter
(b)
Q8
number
Was this (were any of these),
the first pair of glasses you
had ever had or did you
have a pair before?
First
pair ever
Had a pair
..........................
before
- Q9
..................
9. Have you had your sight tested by an
optician
in the last year, that is since
DATE) 1989/90?
. . . . . (TODAY’S
Exclude
doctors
(a)
tests
by GPs and hospital
Was this an NHS sight test,
did you pay for a private
sight test?
(a)
No ....................
Q1O
or
NHS test .......................................
Private
If the sight test was paid
for it should be coded 2
Yes ...................
test ..................................
DK ...................................................
I
141
(32)
Glasses and contact lenses
DOH has ●sked us to update
info~ation about the numbers of people wearing glasses
or contact lenses, last collected in the 1987 GHS.
There have been a number of changes over the years in the arrangements for
dispensing glasaes.
From April 1 1985 opticians
doing only private work were not
required to register
with the family practitioner committee whereas previously all
opticians had co be registered. It waa thought that this would increase the number
of outlets from which glasses can be obtained. From July 1 1986, people who were
●ligible for NHS glaaaes
were given vouchers
which they could use to buy a cheap
pair of glasaes or put towards a more ●xpensive pair. Previously they had to
choose
from a limited
range of NHS frawa.
It waa hoped that by increasing
the
number of dispensing
outlets
and widenimg the choice for those ●ligible for NHS
glasaee, p+ople would be rmre willing to have regular sight tests and get (new)
glaa.eeswhere necessary. However, in April 1989 the rules about who was ●ligible
for NHS sight teata were changed and this could make Bornepeople more reluctant to
have regular sight tests.
Q7
If informants have glaases or contact lenses but do not wear them they
should be coded ‘No’.
If the informant is wearing glasses, ring code 1 at Q7, start vith “can
I check” at Q7(a) and omit precede 2 from the running prompt.
Q7(a)
If an informant usually weara lenses and keepa a pair of glasses only
for emergency use, code 2 - ‘contact lenses only’. Only use code 3 if
he/she wears both glaesea and lenaea on a regular basis or at the same
time.
Q7(b), Q8
Include glasaea obtained privately or on the NHS. Exclude ordinary
(le. non-prescription) sunglasses and protective glassea (eg. worn by
welders ●tc.).
Q9
Include sight tests by opticians in ahopa or stores. Exclude tests in
lwapitals, doctors’ ●urgeriea and clinics.
Q9(a)
This la a new question designed to monitor the change in legislation
that occurred in April 1989. NHS sight tests are still by definition
free and are ●vailable
for,
children
under 16, full-time
utudenta
under
people ●nd familiea getting Income Support or Family Credit,
19, single
registered blind or partially-sighted ~ople and people needing certain
typea of complex
lenses.
You may find some confusion among respondents about what is on NHS and
what ie a private sight teat. If so use the DK code (3).
142
(33)
Children. Health
(Q. 10-15)
These questions are similar to those in the adult section.
33
10
INTERVIEWER
CODE
Are there any
household?
chddresa
(a) 1$ this informant
for the children?
under
the person
16 in the
responsible
. . . .
Yes
x
No
Y . . . .
Yes . .
1
No
2
.. .
I
11. Now I’d Ilke to ask you shout your children under 16
Do any of your children under 16 have any jong-stand]ng
illness, dlsabjllty
or mf]rmlty~
By long-standing
I mean
anything
that has troubled them over a period of time or
that is IIkely to affect them over a period of time
❑
Yes (any
●
chdd)
No (allchlldrcn)
(a) What ,s the matter
(a)
Carers
Page 38
Q]]
[ Csrera
Page 38
T
1
(a) & (b)
2
Q12
?
with
●
•1
(b)
Does th,s
dmablljtm)
,Ilness or djsabd,ty
(Do any of these Illnesses
IImlt
‘s actlvltles
m any way?
or
❑
●
krson No
rrom h’hold
‘ox)
(a)
What is the matter?
(b)
Does it
Ilmltv
Yes
1
No .. .
2
,
,... . . I
. ...
Yes
.
No . . ....
1
2
... ..... I. ..... . .
144
34
I’d like You to think about the 2 weeks ending yesterday,
During those2 weeks,did any of your childrenhave to cut
12. Now
down on any of the things they usually do (at school or in
their free time) because of (answers at Q] la or some other)
illness or injury?
]*1
u
(a) How many
including
days was thisin all during
Saturdays
(b) What waa the matter
Yes (any child).........
1
(a) & (b)
No (all children)......
2
Q13
~
~;(~~g;~’
these
2 weeks,
-
and Sundays?
with
. .
. . . . . .?
❑
,
Pcraon No.
(from
h’hold box)
(a)
Number
of days
(b)
What was the matter?
(01-14)
same as at Q 1la ......................... X
.........I......... ......1.......
same as at Q 11a ......................... X
.........I ......... ......1......
same as at Q I1a ......................... X
.........I......... ......I.......
Doctor
consultations
13. During the 2 weeks ending yesterday, apart from visits to a
hospital,
did any of your children under 16 talk to a doctor
for any reason at all, or did you or arty other member of the
household
talk to a doctor on their behalf?
INCLUDE.
Telephone
consultations
and consultations
made on behalf
c
Yes (any
chdd)
.o(allchildren)
[
145
(34)
Q 12
Q 13
given of a child’s
usual activities has been
bracketed tecause it may be inapplicable in the case of w
be usej in all other cases.
young children. It should , however,
The example
Include being seen by a doctor at a ●chool clinic, but exclude
visits to a child welfare clinic run by .slocal authority.
146
(35)
Q13(a)
Number of times
consulted
collected
for
each
child.
35
(a) Ask for each chm
who consulted
Enter
(from
Person
No
lafl
h’hold be.) —
1
I
How many times
dld
m these 2 weeks~_m
talk to hlm
I
—
ISt
:ON:
—
(b) Was tins consultation
under
the Natjonal
or pajd
for
Health
privately’J
Service
..
.
.
. . ... ..
. .
—
.
3rd
CON!
1St
:ON
—
2nd
;ON
—
—
I
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
—
—
I
I
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
—
—
—
—
El
REC21
(w,
..na.lt*t,
on)
—
(c) Was the doctor
a GP (]c a famjly
Running
prompt
doctor)
or a specialist
..
or some other kind of doctor~
(Spcclfy)
lPcraon
lConsult
No
No
I
]
I
]
l-=%+--—
(d) 13~d you or
Running
prompt
talk to the doctor
by telephone
1
1
1
1
1
at your
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
—
—
—
—
home
m the doctor’s
at a health
or elsewhere?
(c) D,d the doctor g]ve (send)
. . . .
. a prescrjptlon~
surgery
centre
.
..
.
—
Yes ... .... .
1
1
1
1
1
No.
2
2
2
2
2
.
—
(f)
Did the doctor refer
for tests, ntvestjgatlon
—
—
. .
to a hospital
or treatment?
Yes
No
.
1
1
1
I
1
2
2
2
2
2
—
—
—
—
Q13b
If more
C.onsultat]ons
otherww
t
Q14
148
36
Outpatient
attendance
14. During the months of
. . . . . . (LAST 3 COMPLETE
CALENDAR
MONTHS) di’d any of your children under 16
nttend as a patient the casualty or outpatient
department
of a hospital (apart from straightforward
post-natal visits)?
Yes (any
child)
1
(a)&
2
Q15
.....
1
(a)
.
2
Q16 psgc
37
Q16 page
37
.
No (all children)
(a) Which
(b) How
month
many
this?
was
times
Enter Person No.
(from h’hold box)
did.
. . . . . attend
in
that
Per.
No. ........ . ........
(a)
Month
Earliest month in
reference
period
month?
Per.
.
No. ........ ! ........
(b)
No. of
times
(a)
Month
1
(b
No.
tim
1
I
Second month in
reference
period
1
2
2
1
Third month in
reference
period
L
3
3
I
Inpatient
{
stays
15. During the last year, that is, since
. .
have any of your children under 16 been
hospital
(b)
as
an
inpatient,
overnight
or
,
in
longer?
Yes (any
child)
No (all children)
(a) How many separate stays in
hospital as an inpatient has
hadsincc
. . . . . .
i~~+~
ONE YEAR AGO)?
Enter pcraon no.
(from h’hold box)
..., ,
...
Enter number
..... I
.... I .....
+
.....
149
150
(37)
Qs 16-18
These are similar to questions 7 to 9 about glasses and contact lenses
but refer to children. You should ask these questions about one child
at a time because the continuity is fairly complicated.
Q16
Don’t forget to enter the person numbers and code the question for all
children.
Q18
The question about whether the sight test was NHS or private is not
aaked for children becauae children under 16 are automatically entitled
to a free NHS sight test.
151
37
Glasses
16. Enter
aged
and
contact
lenses
pcrxon numbers of all children
0-15 (from h’hold box)
Aak for
aach
child
(including
Dots
. . ever wear
or contact Ienscs?
(a)
—
Does
. . . .
wear
.1.
—
.1.
1.
—
—
babies)
glasses
.
1
1
1
(a)
No .............
2
2
2
(b)
.. ... ... .
1
1
1
Q17
contact Icnscs only ... ... .. ..
2
2
2
(b)
3
3
3
Q17
Ycs . ..
. . . .
glasses
Running
prompt
(b) May I check, has . .
had a pair of glasses?
—
only
-...
.
or dots he/she
somctlmcs
wear glasses and
sometlmcs
lenses? . .... . . ...
. . ever
Yes
.
1
1
1
Q17
No
.. . ..
2
2
2
Q18
—
17. In the last year, that is smcc
(TODAY’S DATE) 1989/90,
has
a paw of glasses - I mean new
lenses?
.
frames
obtamcd
and
Ycs . ..
Code
(a)
2 if ncw
How
. . .
framcx/lenses
only
No.
1
.
—
(a) & (b)
2
Q18
—
many pairs of glasses has
. obtained
m the last year?
I
I
1
1’
1
. .. ..
2
2
2
}
Yes
.........
1
1
1
No
.-...-.
2
2
2
1
—
—
—
Enter number .—,
(b)
2
—
1
Was thn (were any of these),
the first pair of glasses .
.
had ever had or dld he/she
have a pair before?
First
pair
ever
.._—. ...
Had a pam before
“.
,..
(b)
.
Q18
lfi. Has...
. had his/her eyes tested by an
optician
in the last year, that IS amcc
. . . . . (TODAY’S DATE) 1989190?
Exclude tats by school mcdiccl
acrvice, GPs and hospital doctors
Carcrs
152
38
CARERS
TO ALL
1.
E
Some people have extra family responsibilities
look after someone who is sick, handicapped
May I check, ia there anyone living with
you who is sick, handicapped
or elderly
whom you look after or give special
help to (- for example, a sick or
handicapped
(or elderly) rcIative/
husband/wife/child/
frierrd, etc)?
16/11
3
Yes ................. ...................
1
Q2
No .“...—.- ............. ..... ....
2
Other
3
because they
.or elderly.
(specify)
........ ..
See note
then ask
Q3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
la/1{
NOTE
If you think informant
is looking after a sick,
handicapped
or elderly person but has not mentioned
below
this, note details and person no. of dependent
but accept answer given.
Enter
2.
E
Pcraon
No. of dependant
from
h’hold
box
pcraon
or help one sick, handicapped
or
living with you, or is it more than
Enter
Q3
2012
Do you look after
elderly
one?
.... I .....
No.
.... I .....
22/2:
3.
❑
●
4.
❑
And how about people not living with you, do you
provide some regular service or help for any sick,
handjcapp~d or elderly
relative, friend or nei8hbour
not living
with
you?
Yes ......................... ..........
1
Q4
No ............................. ........
2
Q5 page
39
Q5 page
39
Do you look after or help one sick, handicapped
or
elderly person living elsewhere,
or is it more than
one?
Enter No.
s4/al
,... I .....
153
( 38a)
CARSRS
Over the pqst few yeare there has been a growing interest
in people
who cere for
Thie is partly becauee of a
people in the c-nity.
tick,
hand~capped
or ●lderly
general ‘move towards providing
more care in the cotmnunityrather
than in
●nd partly
because
of cwtbacke
in the heelth
●nd social
servicee.
inatitutiona
care co that they can
DOH need to knm ●bout the extent
and nature of informal
plan cervicee
to help thoaa providing tha care. Several research atudiee are
being carried out which have lookad in detail at carera, their dapendants, end the
kind of support they have. However, DOH ●nd DSS aleo need information ●bout
cerera on e national ecala ●nd they hive therefore caked ue to repeat ●om? of the
queetione that were ●eked in the 1985 GHS.
The questione to carers mey be a little eensitive for some informants,
particularly if the dependent ie present in the interview. If necessary you mey
try to interview the carer alone.
You should not, however, make a epecial trip juet to intarview the carer and there
is no need to m?ntion thie topic in your usual introduction if informants have not
mentioned it themselves or you feel
it kuld be inappropriate.
Current carere
Ql&Q3,,
a
the questions
identifying
carere
would be factual but we
treating them ae opinion questions bec~fiaeqri
few of the people
we are interested in may not think of themselves ae giving special
help to the people they are looking ●fter. For such people, the
questions to carers would probably be inappropriate. We do,
however, want to know how often ~ople who ●re looking after a
sick, hand,capped or elderly person do not answer ‘yes* at Q1. The
kind of people we want to include are those who look after
chronically sick or handicapped children, elderly relatives or
friends ●nd thoee who vieit or provide some regular ●ervice (eg
shopping, odd jobs) for eomeone who la sick, handicapped or
elderly. We do not want to include people: who ●re paid a wage for
their eervicee; who provide purely financial ●upport; who look
●f ter someone with a temporary illness/injury (eg ●cute sickness,
broken leg); or thoee looking after normel healthy children (or
haalthy husbendsI). Ue ●re ●leo not interested in people who look
●ftar someone ●s pert of their work for ● voluntmy organization or
whoee dependent livae peruenently in en imetitution - ●ny such
carers who include theaeelves here ●re filtered out later.
Ideally,
●re
154
(38b)
Q1 Note:
If you feel reasonably sure that someone should be counted as a
carer but helshe has not answered ‘yes‘ at Ql, give brief details
of the situation and record the person number of the dependant.
You must, however, accept their anawer at Q1 and follow the
signpwta for codes 2 or 3. This will not happen very often.
Q1
‘Living with you’ is the informant’s definition - we sort out later
whether or nnt the dependant is a bouaehold member.
We are aakfng the question of all informants, including those in
one-person bouaeholda, because there may be someone whom the
informant thinks of aa living WIth them but who la a separate
household (eg elderly parent in a ‘granny flat’).
Uae the examples in bracketa selectively, according to the
composition of the informant‘a household. Do not give any
examplea to people in nne-person households.
Q3
Use the informsnt’s definition for ‘not living with you’.
155
156
(39)
Q6
If the informant has dependant(s) living with them and dependant(s)
living elsewhere, code the relationship(a) of the former first. Use
additional sheets if there are more than 2 dependants.
Please note signposting to Q7 if ~
Q7(d)
dependant is coded 1-7 or 9.
This queatinn filters out people vhoae dependents are living in an
Institution where full-time care is already provided. If there is any
doubt about whether a dependant should be excluded you should continue
asking questions about the dependant but make a clear note abnut the
circumstances.
15’7
39
5.
INTERVIEWER
Giiz
CODE
Looking after wck, handicapped or elderly person
living w]th informant (code 1 ●t Ql) ... ..- ... .. . .. .. .. ..... ... ...
code
fint
that
1
Q6
Looking after sick, handicapped or elderly person
not living with informant (code 1 at Q3) . .. . . . ... . ... .. ....
2
}
Not looking after anyone
(coded
2 or 3 at Q1 and coded
3
1
spplia
..--” ... . . ..-... ....
2 at Q3)
Smoking
and
Drinking
Page 45
6.
Who M M you
look
after
or help?
1
1
2
2
3
3
.
4
4
Parent-m-law
.... .......... ..... . . . .. . ..
5
5
Other
. . . .. . .. .
. .
6
6
. ......
7
7
spouse
Own/adopted/step
Code relationship
to informant for
depcn~nts
living
with informant
then depcndtnts
elsewhere
living
. .. .... . .. .. . ... . .. . ..
chdd
. .. .. . . . ... .
Parent
. . . .. .. . .. .. . .... ....... .
relative
.
. . . . ..
Foster
Friend
If infortmmt
is ●
voluntary
worker }
child
-.
. . .......
.
.
.. .. . . .
or nclghbour
Client
of voluntary
organnatlon
Other
(specify)
.
. .
‘8
...
9
Q7
8
rooking and
lrinking
9
)7
18/1
&kQs7
7.
- 12 for Ist dcpcndanL then repeat for 2nd etc
Record detai3s of depcndutt from household
ask informant (Estinsste if necaaary)
(a) Dcpendant’s
box or
(YEARS)
age now
,.”
1
.
.
.
,... I
“
.
3
Male
(b) Sex of dependant
Female
.—— ..... ... .
.... .. . . . .. .....
1
1
2
2
v
(c) Person
number
of depcndant
(from
Non-household
h’hold
member
box) _
. ..—.—
(d) hiay I check, does . . . . . . . . . (DEpENDANT)
usually live m a hospital, old peoples home,
● nuramg
home or ● home for the physically
or mentally
handicapped?
-1
...-
-1-
98
98
3
Yes .-
1
1
No —
2
2
158
40
If dependant’s illness/disability
not been mentioned earlier
DNA:
8.
(a)
●
I*t
has
I.pmtdui(
Illness/disability
mentioned
c
..............
Introduce
(b)
Msy I check, what is the
matter with . . . . . (DEPENDANT)?
c1
-
1st dependant
2nd devendanc
m
You
mentioned
earlier what was the
with . .
. . (DEPENDANT)
[ matter
(b) Could I justcheck,how is he/she
El
1
affected?
Read out or Show card G
26J21
Is it......
...................... ...............
1
1
.........................................
2
2
or both? ............... . .. . .. ..........
3
3
Other
4
4
physically
Running
prompt
mentally
(specify)
..........................
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1st dependanc
2nd
dependanr
159
(40)
If the respondent
hae elready
mentioned
the depend.ent’e
disability
(either
ae part of the intervi~
or in peeaing),
Q8(e) and go straight
to the introduction
above Q8(b).
@
omit
.
Q8(a)
This will
detaila.
Q8(b)
Omit the
dependant
the cerd
not
be codad
introduction
la present
and ask for
end mey be sensitive
eo do not
probe
If the
if you have eeked Q 8(a).
andfor
you feel
it mey be ●eneitive,
the appropriate
code: number.
for
ahow
●lderly mey eay thet it ie
and other ane.were which are not
People looking efter someone who ie
‘j bet
old
age’.
Fok such
~aeae
covered by codes 1-3, you ehould repe~t the question but then
record their ●nawer at code 4 if they are ●till unable to anewer
in terme of the precodee. Do not repeat the queetion, however,
if it hae caueed eny diatreee to the informent or the dependant.
1(3O
(41)
Applies to all
We ~nt to know about the extra responsibilitiesthe carer has
because the dependant is sick, el&rly or handicapped. Some of ,
the activities listed would be normal duties in some situation
(e.g. helping a child with personal care, ahopping for the
family). We have therefore included in the wording that we are
interested in help that is over and above what would normally be
done for a child or another person in the household when the
dependant ia a household member.
Usa ‘a child of his/her age’ if tha dependant ia a child;
otherwlse say ‘someone living wlth you’. For dependants whn are
not household members, just ask what the carer usually does for
the dependant.
Prompt the first item aa an example. &re
all the categories.
is no need to prompt
Code all the ~
of help prnvided under the headings at codes
1-8. It does not matter if the particular help given is not
listed as an example (eg ‘cutting hair’ would be coded 1,
‘collecting a prescription’ would be coded 4).
Code 1 (‘perannal care’) is intended to cover more intimate types
of care than code 2 (‘physical help’). For example, ‘getting
into a bath’ would be coded 1 whereas t getting into a
wheelchair’ would be coded 2.
Specify in full at code 9 any typea of help not covered by the
categories listed or which you are unsure how to classify.
If an activity seems to fit into uore than one category, choose
the code which seems to fit beat or ring code 9 and specify. For
example, ‘taking ahopping’ should be codad aa ‘practicsl help’ if
the carer takes the dependant to the ahopa for purely practical
purposes but should be coded as ‘taking out’ if the purpose is
mainly entertainment.
Do not code one activity in more than one category.
161
41
9.
What kinds of things do you usually
. . . .
. (DEPENDANT)
. . . . . .
If Dep.
is in
ho~hold
over
and above
what
do for
you
m
Prompt firat
item
Do you help
with personal care?
Code
would
1
normally do for (someone living
with
you/childof hls/hcrage)?
1
all
t ypea
of
U example
Help with personal care ...... .. . .. . ...”... —. . ... .. ... . ..-—.
(eg with dressing, bathing, washntg, shaving,
cutting nads, feeding,
umng the todct)
01
01
Physical
help . .. . . .. ..................”.... .... . ... .. . . . .
(eg w]th walking,
getting up and down stairs, ” “ ““
getting into and out of bed)
02
02
03
Hclpnrg with paperwork
or financial
matters
(CE writing letters, sending cards, fllhng
m ““-”””””””’
forms, dealing wjth b]l)s, banking)
03
04
04
05
05
06
06
07
07
08
08
09
09
Other practical help
(eg prcparmg meals, “d~mg hls/h~r sh~~p~ng, “““ ““””””
laundry, housework,
gardening,
decorating,
household
repams, taking to doctor’s or hospital)
help
that
~PPIY
Keeping
him/her
company . .. .. . .
~ (eg vmmng, s,tt]ng with, read,ng
to, playing cards or games)
to, talking”
.
Takutg out . . . . . .. ........ . .
(cg taking out for a walk or a dr,ve,
to see friends or relatlves)
“ ““
tak~ng””
Giving medlcmcs
_. ... .. . .. .-._ ... .. ... .... .. .. .... .. .. . . . . . ... .
(eg makmg sure he/she takes P,IIs, glvmg
injections,
changing
dressings)
Keeping an eye on him/her
alr]ght . . ..—...”--- ... . .
Other
help
(specify)
to see he/she is
. ..--. . .. ...... . . . . . . .. ... .. . ..
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
.
1st derrendanr
2nd dependane
162
42
10.
Does,....
(DEPENDANT)
visits at least once a month
these people?
Doctor?
Z
—
receive regular
from any of
‘es
—
10 lK
1
nurse? ...............
...................................". ....... .............
Community
or district
hd d.pmdant
—
—
‘es
—
10 IK
—
2
3
1
2
3
i/45
1
2
3
1
2
3
B/47
Individual
Health
visitor?
.............................................
1
2
3
1
2
3
u/49
prompt
Social
worker?
... .........................................
1
2
3
1
2
3
DJSI
Home
help?
............... .... .......... ....................
1
2
3
I
2
3
21s.s
Meals
on wheels?
................. ..... ............ ..
1
2
3
1
2
3
4/56
.... .............. ...............
1
2
3
1
2
3
s/67
Any other regular professional
visitor or service (specify)?
.....”......
1
2
3
1
2
3
8/59
Voluntary
worker?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1st dependanc
2nd
dependant:
—
11.
from the people you’ve mentioned),
is there anyone else who helps to look
after . . . (DEPENDANT)
- for example
another member of the family, a relative
friend or some kind of paid helper?
F
(Apart
or
Yes
.......................
1
1
No ................... .. ..
2
2
Don’t
3
3
know ......
(a)
. Q12
62/s3
(a) Can I just check, do any of these
people apesrd more time ‘looking after
him/her than you do?
Yes ......... ...................
1
J
No ..................................
2
2
- Q12
Other person(s)
apersdequal time ...
3
3
D on’t know . .. . . . . ... .
4
4
163
(42)
Q1O
If the informant is unsure about the type of visitor wtiocomes (eg.
it is a health vieitor of a social
worker),
code es ‘ other
prof eaeional
visitor’
and give dataile.
Use the ‘DK’ code
if the informant doe;’hot kncu whether ● particular vieitor comes
rather than if they are uncertain about the visitors idantity.
whether
regular
Qll
Include
other people
interviewing
husband
relative,
the answe~
in the inf orments
household,
eg.
and wife who both look efter
the
to Q11 ie automatically
‘Yes’.
if
same elderly
164
(43)
Q12
Use ‘apart from when you are asleep‘ if the dependant is in the
household and ‘including traveling time’ if the dependant lives
elsewhere.
In mst cases we do not want to include time when the carer was
asleep. However, if a respondent insists that they are ‘on call’
even when they are asleep because the dependant needa constant
care they should be coded 07 ‘100 or more hours per week’.
If the number of houre per week varies or the care is provided
less often than once a week, ask for a monthly figure and work
out the average number of houra per week. ~E ,v~lES I CODES (38
AND 09 SHOULD ONLY SE USED AS A LAST RSSORT.
If the informant says ‘all the time’, ask about any time off and
then check which code applies.
Q13
If the respondent looks after only one dependant simply ring the
came code at Q14 that you rang at Q12 and go on to the smoking
and drinking section.
Q14
Applies only to those with more than one dependant.
This ia a new question for 1990/91. It ia important that you
find out the total time spent looking after —
all dependanta insid(
or outside the household.
The same instructions apply here aa at Q12.
Note that if aomer.nevisits their elderly mother and father e..n
Sunday and spends 4 hours caring for them, at Q12 this will be
recorded as 4 hours (code 01) for each dependant (even though it
ia the same 4 hours). At Q14, however, this will also be coded
01 le. 4 hours in total.
Proxy
The carers section
is
not
included
in
the
prow
schedule.
Schedule
165
43
12.
About how long do you spend on average each week
]Ooknrg after or helpusg
. .
.
(DEPENDANT)
- that
M doing the things you’ve mentioned
and mcludmg
time
when you need Just to be there (apart from when you arc
asleep/and
mcludmg
time travell]ng
to and from his/her
home)?
Prompt u
necessary
or
Znd
Wndanl
tija[
O-4 hours
per week
..”. ... . .“.. ---
01
01
5-9 hours
per week
.. .. .. . .. .. .. .
02
02
03
03
]0-19
hours
per week
. . .
20-34
hours
per week
------------
04
04
35-49
hours
per week
... .. .. .. .. ..
05
05
50-99
hours
per week
100 or more
Varies
Under
Varies
20 hours
Other
1st dependant
m
Ihpu,d.nl
hours
20 hours
.. .“.-.. .-.
per week
.....
._.. ... .. .. . . .. ...-
or more
(specify)
. .. ..
. .. .. . .... .. .
. . . . . . . . .
06
06
07
07
08
08
09
09
10
10
Back to
Q6 If
more
defendants
otherwne
Q13
2nd detrendant
13.
INTERVIEWER
16/1{
CODE
I
One dependant
only
. . . .... ....
More than one dependant
14.
.
. . . . ....”
‘each
week
]Ooklng
2
Ask Q14
after
0-4 hours
per week
.. .... . .... ... ... .
01
5-9 hours
per week
________
02
10-19
hours
per week
.. . .. ..........
03
20-34
hours
per week
._._.._
04
35-49
hours
per week
______
05
50-99
hours
per week
_-
06
100 or more
Varlea
Under
Varlea
20 hours
Other
3
ode
2 at
w
la/ls
Thinking about the total time you spend car]ng for
. .
. . . (apccify deocndants).. about how long
altogether
do you siend
or helping them?
1
Recorc
horn [
Q14 b,
hours
20 hours
or more
(specify)
...._
per week
..-
07
-—...
.
.-----------
08
..—-——...-.-
09
. . . . . . . . .
10
Smoking ●nd
Drinking
44
‘Blank
Page’
167
(45a)
SMOKIffi AND DRINKING
SELF-COKPLSTION SMOKING AND DRINKING SCHEDU13
17
FOR PEBSONS AGED 16 ~
It is pmsdible
that people
IMy tend to understate
the emmmt
Ue realise
that it may be especially
difficult
to get younger
if you are interviewing,
as you often
tha truth, particularly
●ituetion.
they smke
and drink.
people
to tell
you
are,
in a family
iie have therefore
devieed
a self-completion
form to k used for young people aged
16 ●nd 17.’ The amking section is somewhat eimpler than on the ~in interviewing
schedule, chiefly becaue it concentrate on cigarettaa. The drinking section is
almoat exactly the cam? an on the mein schedule. We would like you to uae thin
self-completion form in —
all caaes when you are interviewing a 16 or 17 year old.
Don’t forget to check that it haa been properly completed
to you.
Purpose
1,
of
when it
ie
handed
back
aaction
These ‘queationeare aaked on behalf of tha Departmnt of Health in order to find
out ‘“ah’tit
‘~ople ‘a amking habita and how these mey M’ changing over time.
You should —
not mention the Department of Health in your “introduction.
own f ●elings
about smoking.
of thin section,
you can say
hae been a lot of diacuaeion about the effect of emoking on
DO not cement on the hazarda of amoklmg or on your
However,
,if you need
that over ti~
there
to axplain
furthar
the
purpose
health, and that the department in Interacted to aee what affect this is having on
people’s smoking habita.
Ganeral points
We are only interested in ordinary tobacco which in smoked.
You should, therefore, ignore any raferencea to snuff, tobacco
or tobacco products that are chewed or sucked or herbal
tobaccoa.
Q1
By ‘evar arnked a cigarette, a cigar,
just one ●ver in their life.
or a pipe’ , -
Qe 2&8
Do not define
Qa3h4
Note that ~
figurea are required ●t both these queetions.
If any informant can only give the amount in ctmcea of tobacco
or an overall
weekly number of cigarette,
record these amounta
aa ● laat resort.
Record ounces of tobacco as a note beside
the coding COIUQ’I.
‘nowadaye’, but ●ak info-ata
=an
even
to decide inetead.
168
(45b)
Q5
BY ‘filter-tipped’
cigarettes
we mean cigarettes
manufactured
with a tip on them. You should not include
filtered
cigarettethat some people use.
holders
‘Hand-rolled’cigarettes can be filter-tipped or plain - but it
ia the fact that they are hand-rolled and not manufactured that
is important.
Q6
The aim of this question la to categorise cigarette brands
according to their tar level. There are a very large number of
different brands; many with similar names are actually in
different tar banda. Therefore wc have provided a card headed
1BRAND CHECK LIST’ (CARD J) which ahowa the vast majority of
cigarette branda. As well aa writing the full brand name
and whether it la tipped or plain and the size of the cigarette
eg King Size, Luxury Length, you should uae the Brand Check
List to identify the exact brand and write the 3-digit brand
code in tha coding column. Your informant may be a help in
sorting out the brand so pleaae ahow him or her the card if
necessary. When writing brand record full detaila as, for
exampla, Embassy No. 1 is in a different tar band from Embassy
No. 3. The Brand Check List is in alphabetical order to help
you work out the correct code quickly.
Occasionally someone may smoke a brand not on the check list perhapa a new brand, or cigarettes bought abroad - so code
below the brand code and give full details in the space for
brand nams etc.
Refer to the cigarette packet for details if possible.
If someone says that they really have no ‘usual’ brand of
cigarettes, record detaila of the brand they are currently
smoking.
45
AND
SMOKING
DRINKING
For infonstxnta tgcd 16 and 17 sssc self-completion Smoking and
Drinking schedule,then ace Family Informationpage 52
SMOKING
18’”
B
L To thoseaged 18 and over
Have you ever smoked
a cigarette,
a cigar,
or a pipe?
Yes —-. ... ..
No. ...... . .. .
2
L
1
Q2
2.
Q12
Iafle
Do you smoke cigarettes
at allnowadays?
Yes ---------- 1
No ....... ....
Q3
Q7
2
1
3. About
how
weekends?
many
cigarettes
a day do you usually
smoke
at
Less than
NO
4. And about
how
many
cigarettes
a day
SMOKED
1 .. .
..
A DAY—
do you usually
smoke
on
weekdays~
Less than
1 . ._.—.
NO SMOKED A DAY
5. Do you mam!y
Running
Code
a4/26
smoke
prompt
one onfy
filter-tipped
cigarettes
or plainor untlpped
or hand-rolled
. . ... .... .. ... ............
. .. ......
cigarettes
cigarettes?
1
2
3
-—.-—
Q6
}
. Q8
%S/28
6. Which brand of c]garette
do you usuallysmoke?
m
Enter
detaita
Full bnndrmmc
.................
......
............ .......
Si q. King.
“
“.
luxury,regular . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Filter tippad
or tslain
.... .
...............
IN’TERYIEWEI& Code from brand check list urd
.,
J _
l— l...
Q8
Not on list —- .... .. X
1
170
46
7.
Have
you
ever smoked
cigarettes
regularly?
(a) About how many cigarettes did you smoke
day when you smoked them regularly?
Yes .................
(a)- (b)
No ....................
Q9
in a
Less than
NO. SMOKED
(b) How long ago did you stop smoking
cigarettes
Less than 6 months
1
2
2 years
ago ...................
3
ago .................
4
ago ...............
5
2 years
but less than
5 years
5 years
but less than
10 years
ar./s(
cigarettes
you started
regularly?
SPONTANEOUS:
at least one cigar
per month nowadays?
(a) About
,... I .....
smoked
cigarettes
regularly
00
..........
37/s1
Do you smoke
kind
Never
I
Q8
6
or more ago .. ..........................................
How old were you when
to smoke
9.
regularly?
ago ... . ....... ... .. .. ..........
but less than
10 years
8.
A DAY
but less than a. year ago . ............
6 months
1 year
1 ..............
how
many
cigars
of any
do you usually
smoke
Yes .................
1
(a)
No ....................
2
(b)
in a week?
Less than
aot4[
00
I ..............
NO. SMOKED A WEEK—
Se
Q1O
..... }
....
(b) Have you ever regularly smoked at least one cigar of any
kind per” month?
Yes ........... .......
1
No .............. .....
2
41/4:
Scc Q1O
}
4s/4’
10. To all men who
have
ever
smoked
(Coded
I ●t Ql)
DNA,
Do you smoke
a pipe
at all nowadays?
WOMEN ..... .. X
..-
. Q12
Yes .. .... . ........
1
. Q12
No ....................
2
. Qll
Yes ......... .... . .
1
No
2
1
v
1 L Have
you ever
smoked
a pipe regularly?
.................
Q12
1’71
(46)
‘his questIon i~ now asked of all current and ex cigarette
emokere. Someone who currently ●mkee cigerettee ‘at ell
nowadays’
regularly’.
(Q2) may not consider
that
If they say thie at Q8,
they
code
‘smoke
00.
cigarettes
172
(47)
Q12
At this question we are interested in people’s qualified replies,
so we do not want you to repeat the questions in an effort to
force informants to choose a straight ‘Yee’ or ‘No’ answer. Therefore, code 1 (Yes) or 3 (No) only if that is your
informant’s initial spontaneous reply.
Code 2 - if
reply
in
the informsnt
quslifies
the
terms of the amount smoked.
‘Yes’
or
‘No’
Code 5 - for qualified answers apart from those coded 2,
and for any other answers; there is no need to
specify these answers.
Code 4 - if the informsnt
people’s hsalth.
doesn’t know whether can damsge
Only in cases where the informants initial answer IS very vague
or indicates a reluctance to give an opinion should you rapeat
the question to encourage a reply.
Proxy
Schedule
The smoking section is not included in the Proxy Schedule.
DRItKING
Purpose of section
These questions are asked on behalf of the Department of Health in nrder to find
out about people’s drinking habita: for example, how these may vary in different
parts of the country or between different typea of psraon. This section
was first
included in 1978 and ia being repeated at intervals (usually every 2 years) so
that wa will be able to see whether patterns of drinking behaviour change over
time. The questions were last asked in 1988. Thnse of you who worked on tha GHS
in 1988 will nntice
some slight
changes
to the questions
about the frequency
of
drinking.
alcohol
These questions
wae consumed.
now refer
more to days
rather
than
occasiona
when
This section applies to all informants. As already explained, the self-completion
form should always bs used for 16-17 year olda. As in previous yaara, informants
aged 18 or over should bs offered the opportunity of self-completion.
we would expect
mat
informsnts
to anawer the drinking
eect ion, aoma
Informants may prefer to answer by self-completion if othar people are within
earshot. You should therefore offer the section for self-completion in all cases
where a third person is present. Of course if your informsnt is happy for ynu to
continue asking the quaetions, then you should do ao.
Alt bough
You will probably need to explain how to fill in the forma, particularly tha
signpoating.
You may alao need to explain that codes for the frequency of drinking at Q4 should
be ringed and that the amunt usually drunk on any one day should be entered on
the dotted lines at Q5. You may find it useful to use the ‘shandy’ row to
demonstrate how to complete the form. If tha section is salf-completed, remember
t at al
t e relevant
cndes are ringed and amounts filled in as soon as
~~ec%%du~a
is ~an~ed bsck to you, before
going on to ask the Family
section.
lnfO-ti?’3
47
have differentviews ●bout the effectof smoking
on health,so I’dhke to azk you how you feel about this.
12 People
Do you
people’s
think that
health?
smoking
❑
47/4s
can damage
Yes (unqualjfmd)
●
Yes,
.-.. -- .. ... _. ... ....... .
if m excess/No,
Depends
not m moderation/
on the amount
No (unqualified)
.. .. .
.. . .. . .
..”- ... ........ . ..--.
. ....... .. ..
Don’t
know
..-. ______ .......... ........... .. . . .. ....
Other
answer
..-_.-.
...
To those’ ●ged
I’M
now
you
drink
go]ng
- that
accepted
asked
you a few queStlons
M, ]f you do drink
to, ask
Do you ever drink alcohol nowadays,
you brew or mstke at home?
3.
5
SELF-COMPLETION
section
2.
4
18 or over
self-completion
1.
Drinking
m
DRINKING
OFFER
~1
2
3
-___..”.
.. . ... .. . ... . ... .. . ..........
1
by
about
includlng
. ....... .“.. ?
interviewer
. ..
}
... . .
16/G
what
drinks
Yes
.. .. . . ...
1
Q3
No
. ... ... ..
2
Q2
18/1(
Could I Just check, does that mean you never have
an alcoholic
drink nowadays,
or do you have an
alcohohc
drink very occasionally,
perhaps for
medicinal
purposes or on special occasions
like
Christmas
or New Year?
Very
occasionally
Never
.. .. . . ... ..
____
... . ..
..
1
Q3
2
Q7
Sols:
I’m going to read out a few descriptions
about
the amounts of alcohol people drink, and I’d hke
you to say which onc fits you best.
Would yOU Say yOU.
❑
●
Running
prompt
Family
Information
Page 52 after
self-completion
[ form completed
Q]
hardly drink at all ..– ... ..——..
1
drink s little —--------......-—_._..Y..-
2
drink a moderate amount ..
3
..
drink qu]te a lot —..——
4
or drink heavily? ... ... .“.....-”--.”..”<
5
DK ... .. ... . ..—...-.-
6
... ..... . .... . ...-.-.
48
4.
Show Card K and ask for
each group of almholic
drinks listed below:
41- !orl
nost days
:vcr~ a
day Wecl
lord
days
a
WCC]
)nce OI
wice a
week
)nce 01
:wi Cc s
)nce
month
ouple
If
uonths
—
very
)nce 01 lotat all
twice s
in last
2 month:
year
How often have you had a
drink of . . . . . . during
the last 12 months?
Ring the appropriate
numbm
m
Shsurdy
(exclude
bottles/cans)
lager,
stout,cider
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Beer,
Spirits or liqueurs
(e.g. gin, whisky,
rum, brandy, vodka,
advocaat)
Sherry or martini
(including
port,
vermouth,
cinzano,
dubonnet)
Wine
(inc.babycham,
champagne)
Any other alcoholic
drinks?
Yes .__—......l
No . . .._
......
If yes, Spmify
name of drink
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
—
IGoto
Q5
I
1’75
(48 6 49)
a
Q. 4-5
J
Question 4 collects information about frequency
of drinking
and Q5
collecte information about the amount usually coneumed on any one
day.
?!
Prompt each group of drinke on the list in relation to Card K.
Read out all drinks in each category, including what is in
bracket● .—
Q4
Remember to include home-made or home:brewed drinks in the
appropriate category (eg rhubarb or nettle wine should be coded an
‘wine’ and not entered ae *Anything
●lee, epecify’).
Where drinke
,,
in ●ny one
ae a whole.
are grouped at this
queetion,
we are not interested
particular
drink in a group,
but in the group of drinks
Thue if eomeone anewers
that he has a drink of whieky
twice a week and of gin once a week, you should thrm the question
back, explaining that we just want to know how often he as hed e
drink of ~
kind of epirite and liqueure in the last 12 monthe.
If an informant cannot decide what hia or her answer should be,
you should make full notes of what is eaid.
[8
,$
“ Be careful to include only elcoholic ehandy. Cene of ehandy, for
●xample, generally have an extremely,lW alcoholic content and
therefore would not be included. , Similarly all other
non-alcoholic or low alcohol drinke (eg wine) are elso excluded.
,,,
,,!! ,,
,1,,> v
,,’
1:,1),
f ‘lb,0,
‘,”,1
,
I,
!,
176
(.48 & 49)
b
Q5
Shandy and beer/lager/stout/cider
large
or emall cans.
Always
record
should
be recorded
as ‘ pints’ or
the total amount usually drunk
on any one day - eg if someone says 2 half pints, enter that as 1
pint
ao
half
a pint,
that
it
is
which
not
confused
should
with
be entered
someone
who, says
as 2+ pints.
2 pints
plus
or cider
are very popular
these
days and it la
Cans of beer, lager
increasingly
common for them to be meaaured in litrea
or fractions
of a litre.
We expect
large
cans to be approximately 550 ml, just
under a pint,
and amsll
cans to bs approxiobetely
275 ml, just
under i pint.
If the cana consumed were a different
size,
we need
to know; please record the size.
If bottles of beer, lager or cider have been drunk w need to know
their size, eg ~ pint, 350 roil,3/4 pt, 75 cl, 1 litre etc.
Spirits should be recorded as ainglea, ao that a ‘double gin’
ehould be entered as 2 singles. (In Scotland, ainglea are
sometimes known as ‘halves’.) However, in the exceptional case of
answers being given in terms of bottles, you should record that ie miniature, 114 pint, etc.
Occasionally, answers may be given aa ‘spoonfu~a’ - in this case
establish and record whether it la a teaapoon or a tablespoon etc.
‘Nips’ or ‘tots’ are acceptable anawers to record for spirits.
Wine and sherry/msrtini etc should usually be recorded as glasaes.
But if anawera are given in tams of bottles you will need to
check the size - ie ~ bottle, ordinary bottle or litra. Sherry
may also bs drunk in larger glasses, known as ‘schooners’, and
this should be recorded eg 2 schooners rather than 2 glasses.
At the ‘anything else’ categnry you will need to enter in each
caae tha description of the quantity as well as the numbar - eg 2
-,
+ bottle> 1 teaspoon! ‘tc“
If, at any part of Q5, the amount usually drunk on any ona day
varies ao greatly that the informant la unable to answer, you
should
during
probe for- tha amunt
the last
12 mntha.
moat usually
drunk
on any one day
NB At Qs 4 and 5 thera is no need to indicate
which particular
drink in a group the fraquency or quantity
relatea
to.
177
49
Amount
5. Ask for each group of alcoholic drinka coded
I-7 (drunk in the last 12 months)
How much .
.
on any one day?
. have
YOU USUally drunk
Enter
the amount
Leave blank for the groups of drink that
the informant has not drunk M ●ll in the
last 12 months.
drunk
7
one day during
last 12 months
_
on any
the
OFF
USE
E2CCLUDE Any non-alcoholic drinks
Any low-alcohol drinks
(other than shmndv)
Shandy
(exludmg
Beer,
stout,
. ... .....
bottIes/cans)
pints
L
lager,
cider
. . ...
pints
OR
“.. -”..”..
large
cans,
“......”..
small
cans
Spmts or liqueurs
(e g gin, whisky,
rum,
brandy,
advocaat)
}
vodka,
c&K
(iCouni
2 singles)
Sherry or martlnl
(Including
port,
vermouth,
clnza%o,
dubonnet)
. .
W]ne
(inc. babycham,
champagne)
Any other
drinks?
OR
as
~
glasses
~
.. ... ... .. glasses
~
alcohollc
If the informant had any other type
of almholic drink ●t Q4, recad the
name of the drink again ●nd enter the
amount oxually drunk on msy one day.
Spccif y name of drink
. . . . . .
. . .
. .
.
. .
. ..—
178
50
6.
(Thinking
nnw about
you had an alcoholic
12 months?
all kinds of drinks) how often have
drink of any kind during the last
Almost
Five
EEEl
every
day
or six days
Three
or four
...............................................
a week
days
a week
7.
H
..........................
3
a week
......................................
4
Once
or twice
a month
...................................
5
Once
every
.....................
6
Once
or twice
............................
7
couple
of months
in the year
12 months
have different
views about the effect of drinking
ao I’d like to aak you how you feel about this.
Do you think
that drinking
2
Once or twice
Not at all in the last
People
health,
................................
1
alcohol
Yes (unqualified)
can damage
people’s
. ...........
8
on
health?
....................................................................
Yes, if in excess/No,
not hs moderation/
Depends on amount .........................................................
No (unqualified)
Don’t
know
.....................................................................
................................................................................
Other answer .............................................................................
179
(50)
Q6
This question
tells
us ~re
about informants’
overall
frequency
of drinking.
@estion
4 tells
us how often
informente
drank each
particular
group of drinks but not hew often they drank ●nything
at all. Coneider, for example, an informant who reports drinking
beer on 3 or 4 days a week and whisky on 3 or 4 days a week. He
=Y be drinki~
the beer and whisky at different then so that he
is ●ctually drinking some kind of alcohol ●lmost every day. On
the other hand, he my be drinking the her ●nd whisky ●t the
satlms eo that he is only drinking on three or four days a
week overall. Q6 will tell us which of these patterns appliee.
Q7
At this question we are interested in people’s qualified replies,
eo we do not want you to repeat the questions
in an effort
to
force
inf ormenta
Therefore,
informant’s
code
to
chooee
1 (Yes)
a straight
or 3 (No)
‘Yea’
only
if
or
that
‘No’
is
●awer.
your
initial spontaneous reply.
Code 2 - if the informant
qualifies
terms of the amount drunk
the
‘Yes’
or
‘No’
reply
in
Code 5 - for qualified anewers apart frnm those coded 2, and
for any other answers; there is no need to apecify
these e.nswera.
Code 4 - if the informant doeen‘t know whether drinking can
damage people’s health.
Only in caaea where the informant‘a initial anawer ia very vague
or indicates a reluctance to give an opinion ●hould you repeat
the question to encourage a reply.
Proxy
Schedule
The DrinMng
section
la
not
included
on the
Proxy
Schedule.
II
180
51
‘Blank
page,
182
52
FAMILY
INFORMATION
REC2S I
1. To all ●ged
16-59
(except
single
men - no unrelated
woman
in
household)
DNA, aged 60 and over ......
DNA, Singlemen - no unrelated
woman in household
............................
INTERVIEWER
.
Income
- page
58
. . . .
16/11
CODE
- ~
Married/cohabiting
.-.
...............
1
Q2
................ ....................................................... ........
2
Q3
partner
all others
not a household
—
member
18/1s
2 Introduce
if rscccaaary
IS your husband/wife/partner
absent because he/she
works away from home, or for some other reason?
Usually
works
away
(include
Some
Armed
other
reason
Forces,
usually
Merchant
(specify).
Navy)
. . . . . . . . .
I
2
20/21
3. INTERVIEWER
Offer
CODE
self-smmpletion
to all to whom
Household box
Marital status
Married
section
Self-completion
aska section
_
asks section
_
self- tmmpletioo
Interviewer
when Self-mplction
_
Self- completion
Interviewer
Widowed/Divorced,
Separated
asks section
self- completion
Interviewer
Single
or interviewer
S21f- completion
Interviewer
Cohabiting
applies
asks a2ction
_
01
grey
form
02
Q4A
03
grey
form
04
Q6
05
pink
form
06
Ssc Qll
07
blue
form
Q4B
08
form returned go to Income, page 58
183
(520)
FAMILY INFORMATION
The uln
of family
topics
●ize.
Marriage
history
covered are marriage
appears
●very
yeer
history,
but
tha
family
format
composition
haa been
mdif
●nd expect
ationa
ied.
IMRRIAGS HLSTORY (Qs 4-12)
This information
16 used by Demographic
Analysia
and Vital
Statistic
Division
Statistics
Divieion
1).
The
(DAVS) of OPCS (formerly
known ●e Population
housahold size,
formation,
dissolution
●nd new formation
of family
units
●ffecta
the circumstances of children and birth ratee of women.
All these ●re ueeful
in
and structure ●nd hence resource needa for
predicting
futura
population
size
●duration, health and housing.
FERTILITY (Qs 13-19)
This section la again uaad by DAVS, often in combination with marriage deta to
calculate fertility rates which cap h ueed in predicting
population
size
and
change. Unlike registration &ta it gives the complete birth data for women who
have illegitimate ●e well ee legitimate birthe. They can compare femfly formetion
patterns of people of different generatiorteand eccording to the age of marriage
or other characteristics of the mother.
INTRODUCTIONS
the Family InformetlOn
oec~icm
fully,
using the ●bove notes, to all men
and women in relevant age groups (16-59). Make sure that you mntion all the
topice covered so thet your informants can decide whether they would prefer to
●newer by self-crnepletion
or by intarview.
Introduce
The topics are:
llarriedfcohabitingwomen aged 16-49 - ●ll ●ectione;
Marriad/cohabiting women ●ged 50 ●nd over - marriage history and family
cmpoaition
only;
liidmvedldivorcedleaparated
cohabitation (if
womtn - ●s married women plue queetion on current
unrelated male in Imuoehold)
Single
women aged 16-49 - queetion
on cohabitation
houeehold)
then family
composition,
●rpectatione.
Single
women aged 50-59 - question
on cohabitation
household) then f●mily compoeition.
(if
unrelated
male
in
(if
unralated
male
in
Marriad/cohabiting =n - =rriage hietory onlY
Widowed/divorced/separatedrnn - ●a merried -n plus question on current
cohabitation (if unrelatmd famala in hcueehold).
Single
Other
wmmm in hcueahold
men - no unralated
on cohabitation
●iogle
wn - question
- section
only.
DNA.
184
(52b)
SELF COKFLETION FORMS
Self
completion
forms now cater
for all adults
aged 16-59 except
for single
men
with no unrelated
women in the household;
the men’s and women’s have been combined
and there are three forms, each having separate sections for men and women.
The forms are asaigned according to the marital status aa coded on the household
box:
grey M/C form for
blue
UE6 for
those
pink S for those
tboae coded married or cohabiting;
coded
widowed,
divorced
or separated;
coded single.
You will need to turn to the relevant starting page for the informant before
handing over the form.
Using a self-completion form can ensure confidentiality and avoid possible
embarrassment, eg asking about illegitimate birtha in front of other people.
In the following circumatancea self-completion 18 recommended (but not compulsory)
to ensure confidentialityand to avoid embarrassment:
- when someone other than the informant’s spouse or partner is present
- when interviewing single 16-19 year-olds - even if no one else la
present.
To try and keep the informant’s task manageable the questions are divided up mnre
than
that
those
on the B questionnaire
alternative
wordings
within
and are written
out aaparately
a question
are avoided.
for
eubgroups
ao
When handing over ‘fonus emphasise that you are ready to halp if they are unsure
them that many people do not find forma eaay to follow.
to do.
Saassure
Shnw the informsnt where to ring answers and where to look to find out which
queationa to anawer.
what
185
(52c)
Eendling
of
questions
There ●re certain
hendling:
1.
Interviewing
situetiom
about
which
we my
need
to
give
guidence
on
e couple
relating to lsgal statu~ of preeent mer;iage (Q.4), detaila of preeent
legal merriage (Q.10), detaile of,coh~bitetion end whether pertner or husbend has
been merried before will ~ repetit:oue if eeked of both ~t,hemen end women
saperately and mey eppeer to be checking the other peraori’a●aawers. We need to
record the information on both ech,eduleeeo that we can relate ‘detailaof meritel
history to other information on the,,aen’e,
or women’s schedule gor enelyaia
purpoeae. Uhile, in theory, the +~o~ation
cnuld be tra,~ferred menually or by
computer frrn one ●chedule to enothelr,,itie much lees expensive and less prone to
error if the interviewer records this information on each schedule.
Questions
You will need to coneider @w
joint interview.
you will cope with these questions when conducting a
Uhan conducting e joint interview you can direct the queatione to both
informenta and obtain a conaensua,eMwer or gi,vean appropriate explanation and
aek the questi?ha of both informento,,,
eeperetely. When in~,eiviewi
IISe huebend end
wife ●eparetely you mey need to ●xpldin that ~ou have al,re~d
y esked tha questions
of their partner but need to aak them of every-one.
1’
ie diaegree~nt about anowers
to theee qdeations’’’’~leaae
could ycu record
the relevant enawera on the releven,tindividual echedulee~,f@than explanation and
flag.
If
2.
thera
Interviewing
man
Since men are not .eakedabout femily composition end expectetione this ●ection la
likely to be shorter for mm and it may be worth mentioning this in your
introduction. If ycu are conducting a joint interview you WY need to explein
thet fertility questione are elwaya releted tn,women becauae this eimplifiea
analysie of family formetion ●nd prediction of population ~ize.
3.
, Interviewing
We heve recmnded
16-19 in order to
eingle
teenagera
‘
thet ycu uee e ●alf-completion form
‘,
for single teenegere
eged
●neure
confidentiality
and poaeibly
obtain
=re
relieble
@
you MY feel
on
information.
However this
la ●ubjeq~ to yo,ur discretion
certain
occeaiona
that it wmuld h, mre{ ●ppropriate
xmfi/or acceptable to eek
these queetiona.
r,
If ycu ere ●sking the family information queatione’of single teenagera then you
should giva ● full
introduction.
4.
Ueing Interpreter
the interpreter la e rnmber of the Imuaehold under 16 OMIT the femily
information section.
If
186
(52d)
General notes
Marital
Statua
On no account should you change the marital atatua coding in the household box of
the Household Schedule becauae of anawera to particular queatione in this section.
Dates
It ia very important that ynu try to obtain all dates accurately in this section.
Analysis of women’s fertility often depends on collecting a complete history of
The leas of quite
small
marriage
and childbearing
from informant.
information
- eg the date of a decree
abaolute
- can have a serious
If an informant
cannot remember a
useful
a particular
schedule
is.
particular
date or event,
try to collect
aa much information
aa you
avoid unqualif led ‘don’ t knows’ , if necessary
obtain
an estimate
or
indicate
this with an E in the margin in the usual way.
pieces
effect
of
on
how
can.
Please
a guess and
In many placee in the section datee are asked for in terms of months and years.
You should always record these datee in numeric form. For example, August 1950
should be recorded aa mmth 08 and year 50. Do not forget the leading zero in the
months January - September (01 -09).
Informants using a self-completion form should continue to give their anawers in
the way they find mat convenient, and the coders will continue to convert them to
numeric form at HQ if necessary.
On the main schedule, questions are aaked about all marriages (Q1O) and all
children (Qa14-16), and there are equivalent sec~na on the self-komple~n
forms. Check that information la obtained about all of these eventa.
Q1
Informant whose apouaes/cohabiteesare not in the household are
separated out at Q2.
Q2
To improve the GHS figures on one-parent families, this question la
included to differentiate between married peranna whose apnuaea are
not household members but whose marriages are stable and continuing
(ie apnuae worka away from home), and married peraone whose spouses
members and whnse marriages have broken dnwn.
are not household
Q3
It is very important to complete this interviewer code aa it shows
which people have self-completion and will be used to sort information
by subgroup. Two factors
have to be taken intn account:
marital
statua,
to turn
You will
then need
and whether
self-completion
or not.
to the relevant starting page for men or women before
handing over the form.
187
(53)
Qs 4-10
See explanation
questions.
Q 4A/4B
This question
is included to differentiate
between
that are legal, and those that are ‘common law’.
Any religious
under
ceremony
‘Handling
should
of
questions’
of how to handle
current
these
msrriages
be coded 1.
The question also applies to the currently widowed, divorced and
separated and refers to their moat recent msrriage.
There is an optional introduction.
189
53
4A
(As you know some couples live together without actually
they
cannot
get married
getting married, either because
for
some
reason,
or
because
they
prefer
not
to
get
RECS6 SEQO1I
married.)
Thlnkmg
of your present marriage, dld you get married
m a church of some kind, or at a remster office.
or me
you simply hving together as a coupl~?
16/11
I
(
4B (As you know some couples
Iivc together
without
actually
getting married, either because they cannot get marrmd
for some reason, or because they prefer not to get married)
Thinking
of your most recent marrlagc, did you get marr]cd
in a church of some kind, or at a register office,
or were
you ssmply llvmg together as a couple?
Church
Church
To those married in ● church or register
How many t]mes have you been legally
NUMBER INCLUDING
To those currently
living
but not Icgally m@d
with
partner
off Ice -_... . . ........ .. .. .
2
kind
register
together
office
4
as a couple.
marrlcd~
Solal
hvmg
now
separated
. ... I .. ..
Year _
8.
Have
you
yourself
ever
been legally
..-
... ..
I
Q7
26J27
that IS legally
married?
Q8
2JSS 24/26
together
marrled~
a
.. .
Month —
7. Has your partnerever been marrmd,
Q1O
....
as a cou~le
start
Q6
18/19
PRESENT MARRIAGE
someone
I
Q5
3
.-.
office
DNA,
When dld you stnd your
as a couplev
1
and
Llvmg
5.
.. . . .......-
of some
Reglster
I
Yes .--._.
1
No . .
2
.. ..
S61su
‘
Yes —.
1
$29
No _..
2
Qll
60/s1
9.
How
many
times
have
you been
legally
married
altogether?
,——-
Q1O
190
page 55
54
10. To all who
Ask details
..
●nd ending
●re, or have
been legally
of each marriage
with the current
starting with the arlicat
or moat rccsnt one.
The rrcxt questions
concern your msrrisge
(Stsrting
with your first msrriage - )
a) Whst month and year
you married?
REC27 (par mu’ri.~)
married
history
- rccnrding ●nswers in mlumn
First/onl)
msrrisge
rhird
narriage
Second
marriage
were
1 -
14/15
Fourth
marriage
,6/17 -la/lQ
Month
.
Year —
........ I........
........I........
....... I ........
....... t .........
... .... I ........
........I.......
....... I
.... ... I........
.“”...
20/21
b) Before getting married did
you and your husband/wife
live together as a couple’!
YCS [ask
(c)] .....
1
1
1
No
(d)] ....
2
2
2
[ask
12/2S-24/25
O
What month
you
start
and year
living
did
........ I........
........ ........
... ... 1........
....... I........
...”... ........
... .... I........
.. ... I.... ..
—... 1........
Yes .............
1
1
1
1
No ..............
2
2
2
2
Month
together?
—
Year —
d) Had your husband/wife
legally married before?
been
c) To those whose marriage
28/29
ended
II
DNA, current marria.gc ........
(CO to Qll)
(—Q]])
Did
your
marriage
cnd in:
1
1
1
[ask (f)] ...........
2
2
2
2
[ask (g) and (h)] .....
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
Death
Divnrce
Mltl
or ScDaration?
rask (a)l
---- ........
I
0/s1.321ss
f)
Marriage
ended
What month and
husband/wife
your
in death
year did
die?
Month
........ I........
Year
........ #........
.
..”...
.
..”...
I
.
.
.
.
.
.
I....”..
... .... I ........
........ I ........
..”.-. I ........
........ I........
s4\s5.sap7
8) Marriage ended
or separation
in dsvorcc
‘l-—
Month
What month and year did
you stop living together?
Year
.. ..... I... ...
..-”.
I .... ..
.—-
-“.” I. ......
....-
I... . .
...
1...”.”
. .... I ........
. I .. ... .
... ...”t ........
S61sa-mfm
h) Marriage
ended
in divorcs
Month
What month and year was
your decree absolute granted?
●
.._
I ........
....”.. I........
Year
~~
IWhen you have cnmplcted
_
......I
.“..
.
. . . . . .
”.
1........
I —.,
.. .. .. I... ....
. ...... I......
. . .. 1........
—..
+
column for aach marriage go to Q] 1 page 55 [
191
(54)
Q1O
The marriage
Ttie~rriagea
earlieat
marriages
grid encornpaaaaa
●re
taken
in
●nd ending
with
the
uae an extra
page.
●ll
merriagee including the currant one.
chronological
current
order
one.
If
starting
someone
with
haa
the
5 or more
Evan if the informant cannot remmaber all tha datea of earlier
aim to obtain complete data for a current one.
merriagea
QIOb, C
asking about cohabitation befora ●ll merriagea so that we can
crnpare ~rcantagee who cohabit before first merriagee with cohabiting
before second marriages. Also w can compare marriage cohorts (a
marriage cohort crmprisea all thnse married in ● specific period, eg
tha 1980 cohort nre all ~rried in 1980).
We are
If unabla to specify date obtain an eatimmta of number of yearn and
months’ cohabitation. For older people in particular, a preamble may
be helpful,
eg ‘“it ia
before
mrriage’”.
mxe
comnc.n nowadays
●very
for
paople
to
live
together
in
a kay
Q1OC
It
in
Q lo(g)
So~t iua?sa marriage will have broken down over a period of time that ia, the ccuple will have lived togather intermittently. In the-e
caaes take the month of separation to be tha last month in which the
cnuple lived together.
ia important
analye is.
to
coda
this
for
marriage
ae it
item
192
(55)
Note
Q12
Always use the preamble in brackets when introducing the question to
singles, and should you find it necessary, use it for the widowed,
divorced or separated.
Q13
Again, everyone aged 16-59 should have a code here. It is a key
sorting variable leading into family size. Uae code 3 for any woman
who hsa her own child of whatever age in the household or has any
step, adopted, or foster children living with her.
Q14
that
everyone
GHS is one of the
edopted
children.
liveborn
children
children
but none
aged
16-59
should
have
a code
few sources
of information
It has been placed
before
aa a gentler
introduction
of their
own.
at
on step,
questions
for those
this
check.
Q11
foster
and
on women’s own
who have adopted
The definition of ‘living with you’ is the standard household
definition.
193
55
11.
INTERVIEWER
HOUSEHOLD
Married
-
MARITAL
divorca~
STATUS
......”.”. . .. ..... .. .. .....”.. . ... ... ..
acparatc~
.. .. .. .. ..”. . ..... ... .. .K . . . .
Introduce
. . .
. . .. . ..
Q13
single
●dult(s) of opposite xxx in houaxbold,
unrelated
to informant
. . .-.”. . .. ... .. ....... .. .. .. ..... . ...... .. .. .. .. ... . ‘Y
- others
12
BOX
or cohabiting
Wldowe&
3
CODE
. .. . . .. ... .... .. .. .. .. ..
. . .... . .. ..... -.”.. -----------
- - -10;1
Q13
2
.“
Q12
an necessary
(As you know, some couples live together without
actually
getting married, either because they cannot
@ msrrled for some reason, or because they prefer
not to net married)
Are You yourself currentlv.- hvms
with so-meone as ●“couple?
Yes .. . . . .
1
(t)
No
2
Q13
. .. .. .
& (b)
1/10-20/1
(a) When did you and your partner
hvjng together as a couple?
start
Month _
Year—
(b) Has your partner even been
that M, legally married?
. .. I
..
.. 1.
221Z
married,
Yes
. .“.
1
No
. . .. .
2
. Q13
13. INTERVIEWER
x
CODE
Men .. .. .. ... .... .. . .. ... .. .. . . . .. . .. ... .............. . . .. . .. ‘
women
●Children
includxa
- with
children*
- without
in the hosraxhold ...... ;
children
B
. . .
Income,
..-
Q14
in the household .. ..
2
Q15
Yes —..
1
(s)
No
2
Q16
page
14. (The next questions●re about the family
you have or wish to hsve )
●nd ●ny children
Have you any
chddrcn
living
step, foster,
with you?
or adopted
. .. . . ...-
next page
194
58
56
4
KTi%J
1st
2ncl
child child
(a) Enter details below:
lr
hild)
step .....................
1
1
1
16/17
1
Foster
.................
2
2
2
2
............
3
3
3:
3
Adopted
-
m/ 19 -
20/21
Month
Date
_
..... I ....
..... I.... ,.. I...-.... I ....
..... I ....
..... t.... ,.. I ...- .... t ....
of birth:
Year _
22/2s 24125
Date
with
15. Ask
Month
started living
informant
_
.....
+
I.... ..... I.....
-1””’”
‘““
‘“‘
..... I.... ..... I
Year _
“..
or code
Introduce
pregnant
for single womaru As you know, some women
snd
have
children
without
Have you ever hsd a bsby - even
only livedfor a shorttime?
being
17
become
1s,,,
married.
one who
Yes
B
1
........ ...
Q16
t
No
2
............
EXCLUDE: any stillborn
1
16. How many children
are not living here
have you given birth to, including
and any who may have died since
Q17
psge
57
20121
any who’
birth? ............ ..... I ..... - (a)
I EXCLUDE: any stillb~
(a) Enter details below for each
with the first born.
child
starting
1St
child
Date
REC2SI (p+r child’
:nd
:hild
)rd
:hild
Ith
:hild
Jth
:hild
14/1!
ith
:hild
K
of birth
1s/19
sex
Month
... I .....
.. I ....
.. I....
,.. I ....
.. I ....
.. I .....
Year’
... 1 .....
.. I ....
.. I.....
,... I
.. I -..,
,.. 1 .....
Male
....................
Female
Whether child living
..............
1
1
2
2
““
7
1
2
7
with informsnti
Yes ............. .....................
1
1
1
1
1
1
No, lives
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
elsewhere
No, deceased
..............
Q15
(56)
details
for ●ech child, using an extra page
children should all be houeehold wmbere.
Qlfm
Record
Q15
This can be coded ‘Yes’ without aeking if there are cons and daughters
in the household not accounted for ● t Q14.
if
necessary.
The
Stillborn babies and miscarriages ●re excluded because they do not
form part of the population which makes demands on resourcee and
predictions of population growth and eize have long used information
on livebirths only.
Q16
Q16a
Record Information for all liveborn children; in the case of a womau
page.
who has had mre than six children use an axtra
Children ‘ living with the Imformant 1 should
houeehold members in the hnueehold bnx.
only
include
thoee
11 e ted
●s
196
(57)
&
The aim is to obtain the total number of children a woman expects to
19(a) have. Phrases are given in bracketa to cater for the varied
& 19(b) circumstances. References to ‘mre’ , *those you hava already/who
for women who have given birth
are st ill
alive’
are appropriate
previously and still have children alive. For pregnant women there
are references to ‘the ona you are expecting’.
Q19
Ranges, eg. 1-2, 2-3, should not be written in. Ask the informsnt
to make the ‘most likely’ estimate. Only if you are unable to
obtain a specific answer, code as ‘don’t know’.
Wo=n who say ‘don’t know’ to whether they will hav”eany (uore)
chidren are asked Q19(a) and Q19(b). This has been”the standard
~actice on other family planning or fertility studies and has not
csusad cliff
iculties. If nacessary, please explain that they should
give ‘mcst likely’ or thsir best eatimste.
197
57
B
2s/2:
17. INTERVIEWER
CODE
WOMAN
aged
50 amj over
WOMAN
●ged
113-49 ..
----- . . . ..... .. ... ... .. . .. . . ..... .. . ... .. .. ... .. .. ...
. ..”. . ....... . . .
. .. .. ... . . .-.”. .. . .. - .. .- .. ........ ..
1
Incomepage 58
2
Q18
14/21
18. To ●ll women ●ged id-49
(Msy I just check)
are you pregnant now?
Yes
1
.. . .. ... ... .. .
Q19
No/unsure
2
.. ...”
}
S612:
19. Do you think that you WIII have any
(more) chddrcn
st all (after the one
you arc expectln8)?
E
Yes .-. .. .. ....—
1
(a) & (b)
No
2
Income puge 58
3
(x) & (b)
Don’t
-.--
... .. ..
know
... .
21/2i
(a) (Can I Just check, you hsivc . .
children
stllI alive)
How many children do you think you WIII
have born to you in all [including
those
you have already (who are stall ahve)
(and the one you arc expectmg)]~
❑
.. I .. ..
*
Don’t
know
99
. .
Sojsl
(b) How old do you tbiok you will bc when
you have your first/next
baby (after the
one you are cxpectlng)?
..
‘I
..
Income
Don’t
know
-..
page 58
99
198
58
INCOME
1.
INTERVIEWER
CODE
Code current employment
status
(See Employment
Qs ~ 3, 4, 5)
EMPLOYED
16/li
- employee
or employer-based
B
YTS ........... ............ . ......................................
1
Q2
.............................................................................................................
2
Q22 Page 64
ET ................................................................................................
7
Q26 Page 65
............................................................................................................
3
Q26 Page
4
Q2
job ................................ .................................
5
Q22 Page
- others (including
retired, keeping
house, college-based
YTS/ET, etc) ............................................................
6
Q26 Page 65
(REFUSED
9
Inheritance
trailer
- self-employed
- employer
based
UNEMPLOYED
- never
worked
- employee
in most
- self-employed
ECONOMICALLY
recent
job ...........................................................................
in most recent
65
64
INACTIVE
WHOLE
INCOME
SECTION)
....................................................
199
(58a)
INCOFC5
Purpose of Section
The main use of the Income Section is to provide a measure of overell income which
Is an important classificatory item for all other sectione of the questionnaire; ●g
housing, health, employment, and, ae such, ie used by all our client government
departmante. However, the information
about the components of income is also used
in ite own right.
Some import~nt uses of the Income Section are:
a.
to compare the income levels of people whose -In or only source of income is
state benefite with the incomes of the rest of the population.
b.
to show to whet
amtent
perticule.rstate benefits ●ra reaching households in
need.
c.
to look at income from occupational pensions.
d.
to link qu.slificetion.v
and income in a kind of cost-benefit analysis called
ie cost of higher
●ducation
and the
the ‘Rate of Return’ for higher education,
amount
returned
to the
Exchequer
in
taxes
etc.
The detailed questioning in the Inc,~o section is neceesary because the different
uees of the data demand slightly d~,~fre,rd~t
definitiona ‘of’
income, eg DSS generally
needs to cor!slderhow much net in~~ms ~,i~
“~vailable for li~i,ng●xpenees, after
canpuleo+y deductions like income tax and National Ineurance. The Department of
Educetion, on the other hand, ia c~ncerned with gross earnings: the emount of money
paid by an ●mployer, before any dedu~tionk are ~de from”it.
Introduction
As thie section is so detailed, please introduce the oection fully using the notes
above. It ie important that informants are aware not only of the purpose of the
section, but ●lso of the reaeons why such detail is necessary.
It is important that you try to obtain high levele of co-operation from your
informants and thet you do all you cab to ●ncourage the ●ccurate reporting of
amounts. Please encourage informant to get out any relevant docunanta they may
have (pay slips, bank or Post Office books, pension or child benefit books, or Giro
payment slips): see note overleaf. A.leodo not leave amounts blank tut obtain
●stimatee if at ●ll poseible, ●specially
where there ●re double linee ●round a box.
,.
,
(See note ii overleaf).
200
(58b)
Notes
i.
Recording
amounts
of
Income
Generally you are asked to record both Es and pence, and should
probs to ensure that anawers are aa accurate as possible.
Where, hnwever, an amount refera to a 12-month period
(QS 23, 24(c), 32A/B, 50(e)) YOU shOuld recOrd fS OnlY ‘(nOt
pence). Anawera should be rounded to the nearest whole f, 50P
to neareat even E.
ii.
Estimates
At some questions
it WY ba necessary
to accept
estimsted,
rather
than actual,
amounts.
Whenever this
happena,
ensure
that you follow
the standard
procedure
of marking
‘E’
beside
the answer.
Accept estimates
rather
than obtain
a
‘don’ t know’ where there is a double line around the box
(eg.Qa.8, 16, 20).
iii. Checking
the
Income
Section
Throughout the Income section you should be alert to the need
to check answera against those given earlier in the interview.
Try to ascertain the reason for any apparent diacrepanciea and
write full explanatory notes.
iv.
The Income section could be wholly or partially self-completed
by an informant rather than lose informstinn, but try to avnid
this.
Selfcompletion
v.
of
pay slips
Use
For questions on earninga, frnm both main and secnnd or
occasional jobs, informsnta should ba asked if they can produce
a current or recent pay slip to which they can refer.
The rules about the uae of pay slips in relation to the main
job are aa follows:
- current pay slip available, ie relating to laat pay
period: should be referred to for information on laat
time’s earninga and deductiona
- pay slip
up to 3 calendar
nc.nths out of date available:
could be consulted,
if a current
pay slip
is not
availabla,
as a guide for estimating
laat
time ‘a pay; this
will
usually
involve
adding on any Increasea
that have
the old pay slip
nccurred
since
- pay slip mre than 3 calendar unnths nut of date
available: should not be consulted unleaa the informant
ia certain that no ~nges
have occurred since that time
(ace al:o notea at ‘Pay slip code’, p. (61).
Q1
This directs people to the relavant questions. From April 1989
the answera will be put on computer. Please code the current
employment statua of the informant es recorded at Employment Qs ,,
2b, 3, 4 or 5. Note that codes for people on YTS or ET with
employers or at college in the Zest week (Employment Q 2b) take
priority over the code at Employment Q 1.
201
(59a)
Earnings
Q2
as an ●mployee (Qe 2-20)
This question
is aeked of all people who are currently working as
employees ad employe~based YTS and of those unemployed persons
(ie coded ~ or 5 at Q3 of the Employment section) whose meet
recent job was as an employee.
If an employee does mre than one job concurrently, Income Q 2 and
the following nequence of Qs 4-20 refer to the main job only (at
Q5 in Employment
section),
ie
the
mat
remunerative
job.
If the informant has only recently started the job (deecribed at
Employment Q5) and has not yet received ●ny w~ge/salary, ●xplain
this in a note, and answer Q4 in terme of how he/she expects to be
paid; then go to Q8 (eee note for Qe 8, 16, 18).
Q4
Note that the period covered by the last wag&/salary is recorded
here, this may differ from the usual=
period.
Code 5 is only for pay periods of ● calendar month. If someone
volunteers that he is paid ‘mnthlyt , check whether this is
calendar
umthly
(ie 12 timee per year)
or kreekly (ie 13 timee
per year).
If last time’s pay was unusual in that it included holiday pay,
specify the total period covered by last ti,rne’s
pay, includin& the
holiday period.
-,!4,
If an inf ormsnt only works
paid by the, hour or by the
ona or two deya,,~ ,,we,ek they should
get
For hourl~, p@# workers
we need
day.
to know how many hoprs they normally work,i~ ~,yeek. For those
paid by tha day we need to know how many .dkay~
,they nomel lY wOrk
in a week. PAB can then convert pay to a weekly basis.
Q5
6Q6
If en informant should have received
●
further waga or salary
●ince the date he gave you at Q2, the answera to Q 6 will
determine whether we accept what he tells us aa his ‘currant
income’, or whether wa make som adjustment to the information
becauae it 18 no longer current.
If,
by comparing the dete of interview, the date on which they
were laat peid, and the period covered by that last wege you find
that they chould have been paid again since the data at Q2, we
wage are not being
need to kncu ●t Q6 why detaile
of ● more recant
given.
In mst caaea this will be becauee pay covering the m-t recent
pay period ia yet to be collected (precede 2: this my apply, for
example, when informants were on holiday duriog the laat pay
period).
In so= caaes informants may ●ay that they received no pay becauae
they were off tick, in which case pleaae check if thay received
only Stetutory Sick Pay frca their ●mployer.
202
(59b)
are responsible for paying Employer’s Statutory Sick Pay
(ESSP or SSP) for the first 28 weeks of sn employee’s sickness
absence. l’bismeans that the only people claiming NI sickness benefit
will be those not entitled to SSP. Some employers enhance the basic
Statutory Sick Pay ao that full usual pay is received by the employee,
some enhance SSP to a proportion of usual pay, eg 75%, and some pay
only the basic SSP.
Employers
At Q6, those who say they haven’t received any pay for their last pay
period may have received only Statutory Sick Pay or Statutory
Maternity Pay (SMP) and they should be coded 3.
If, however, the Informant will not (ever) receive any pay or SSP or
SMP for the most recent pay period, please ring precede 4 and explain
the reason: eg informant is now unemployed and will receive no
pay/sick pay/msternity pay from employer. All such situations should
be probed and explained fully.
Statutory Maternity Psy
Employers are now responsible for the payment of Statutory Meternity Pay (SMP) to
employees who satlafy the necessary conditions. SMP replaces maternity pay (which
was paid by employers and later refunded by the Department of Employment) and
maternity allowance (paid by DSS). Women who cannot get SMP can still qualify for
maternity allowance.
S?.fP
works very much like Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) except thst SMP cannot be paid
for more than 18 weeka but may be paid for a shorter
period.
It ia possible
for a woman coded unemployed
or economically
inactive
to be
SMP is
astiafies
the qualifying
conditions
receiving
SMP. As long as an employee
payable, even if her contrsct of employment ends at the start of her maternity
absence or whilst SMP is being paid. If euch caaes arise you should record the SMP
at Qf49code 8.
203
EARNINGS
FROM WORK AS AN EMPLOYEE
(including
unemployed
persons)
Month
2.
3.
On what date were
a wage or salary?
INTERVIEWER
UncmpIoye&
Others
4.
... . .
you
last paid
----
-k
CODE
●nd date
at Q2 is more
than
●go
3 months
did your
last
A week
Other
.
INTERVIEWER
. . .. . .. .
1
Q26 Page
....——
2
Q4
. ... .. .... . .. . . .. . . . “. .. .. ... . . .. .. .._.. _.-—...-
How long a period
wage/salary
cover?
. ..”.... .. . .. ....... .. .
month
5
.. .. .. .
3
(Specify)
.
. .
1./:0
1
.. .... .. ..
Q5
.
10/21
CODE
(s) Interviewer
record
today-a date
. . . .
(b)
1
Q8
. . .
Q6
2
Q8
you are receiving only statutory sick pay or
statutory matermty pay from your employer
3
Q7
or wdl you receive no pay from your
employer for that pcriod~ (Explsin)
4
Q6
-m
(b) Is date at Q2 wlthm
of today’s date?
!ANSWE.R
‘T
Qd).
Yes
No
6.
Q3
18/17
Calendar
5.
Year
You haven’t received
Is this because
any pay for the last (ANSWER
..
...... ..
. ..
X
AT Q4).
you WI1l collect the pay ●t some future
.........--—
date or be gwen back pay
......”..
Running
prompt
. . . . .
. . .
7.
INTERVIEWER
. . .
. .
. .
. . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . .
. .
. . .
.
.....—...
.
. . .
.
. . .
CODE
If informant
received
only amtutory sick pay or statutory
of stxtutory
sick or mstcrnity
maternity
pay collect dctds
pay ●t Qs 8-16 ... ... .. . ..... ...—..-... .–---..—-..-—
. ....---.-— ----------
. . . .
Q8
204
65
8.
,
9.
a
TAKE
HOME
What WaS your wage Or salary, including
any overtime,
bonus, commission,
tips or tax refund, but after all
deductions,
the last time you were paid?
Consult
How
your
pay slip
1
much income tax was deducted
last wage/salary?
under
PAYE
29[ss
E
from
P
11
I
i
(a)
did that
tax?
wage/salary
include
a
F,
How much was
the refund?
- Q12
0
-Q1O
.Ycs “......-”...
1“s6
- (a)
No
2
tQll
Nothing
10. May I just check,
refund of income
I
PAY
............
- ....-...”..
P
xa/4a
. . . . . -Qll
. . . . . . -.
!
11. Do you usually
12.
pay any
tax?
How much was deducted
Insurance contribution?
for your
Yes ...............
41/41
1
No
2
P
111
13. How much, if anything, was deducted
pension/superannuation
contribution?
for
any deductions
from
your
wage/salary
for charity?
(a) Were these deductions
made under
tax-free
payroll giving scheme?
All were
............
0
t
4s/s2
P
IV
Nothing
Prompt
ax
ncccaaary
Q12
4s[47
f
National
Nothing
14. Were there
...............
.. .. .....
Yes ...............
6s1s4
1
. (a)
No ...............
2
were
Some
were/some
.. ...................................................................
Don’t
know
were
. Q15
6s/sa
the
........".. . . ....... . . ... . . . .. . .. ............... ........
None
101
not
... . .. . . ...... ....... ...
... ........ ...........".......... .... ..... ...... ............
1
. (b)
2
. (c)
3
. (b) and (c)
4
. (c)
s7/lrl
(b) Total
(c) Total
scheme
deducted
deducted
for
charity
for charity
under
NOT
tax-free
scheme
under tax-free
s.
P
t
1
aslaa
P
_
v
VI
205
(60)
Qa 8-16
Please record details of Statutory Sick Pay or Statutory Maternity
Pay at Qs 8-16.
It is very important to try to et your Informnt to refer to a
current pay slip, but tiere a pay slip la not to hand, it may b-e
Impossible to obtain answers to all or some of QB 9-15. If this
happena, note ‘DK ‘ by the relevant
questions
and concentrate
on
obtaining
an answer
to
Q16,
which
uuat
be ans=red.
Qe 8, 16
6 20
The double linee around the boxes at Qa 8, 16 and 20 man that
these items are ●specially important and you must, therefore, do
your utmoet to avoid a ‘don’t know’ ●nawer at them. If necessary,
obtain an eatimste, or ●ven .sguess, rather then leave the
questions trranawered.
Qs 8
6 16
Tips might not be shown on pay slips but should be included in
amounts at Qs 8 and 16. Any non-tsx.sbleallowaricesor expenees
should —
not be included.
If the infor~nt has only recently started the job and has not yet
received any vageleelary, explain this in a note and give an
eatiuate of Aat he expects to receive.
Qs 9, 12,
13 and 15
Please make awe that
you do not
nrlss
codes if there ware no deductions.
Q 10a
The box for ●ntering’the amount of t= refund haa deliberately
been positioned
in the centre
of the page becauae
the amount
●ntered
here will
alreedy
have been included
in take-home
pay ad
we do not wnt
it double-comt
ed at the ccmput ing stage.
Neither
pay
do w want it double-counted
when you check that teke-home
plus
Q 14
deduction
equala
gross
pay
( see
Introduced in 1988/9 this question
government’s
tax-free
payroll
to make charitable
donations.
out
Q 17
sake
giving
These
the
‘Nothing
. ...0’
below).
about
donationa
under
the
scheme which allows employees
donations
are
deducted
from
their wages before tax.
206
(61)
Q 16
You must always ask this question and not obtain an answer just by
If an informant does not have a pay slip to
adding boxes I-V=
hand and says he does not know his gross pay, encourage him to
give an es tf.mate,
explaining
that
hia
guess
ia likely
to be better
M check that If a tax refund has been
than
anyone
else’s.
entered at Q 10(a), the gross pay includes that amount.
Q 17
We are asking you to check that take-home pay (amount at I, Q8)
plus all deductions (amounts at II, III, IV, V, VI and VII) adds
to gross pay. Pleaae record at (a) in Q 17 the total you get by
adding amounts I-VII. If there is a difference of umre than El
between your totaI and the amount recorded a t Q lb (@OSS pay),
code Y at (b). Then check al1 the individual smounta with your
informant, and amnd if an error is found. If the amounts then
agree, code X at (b)(i). If your informant estimated any or al1
of the varicus amounts you should stfll try to get agreenent
between your (rounded) total and his (estimated) gross pay. If,
after checking, there ia still a discrepancy, please ring code Y
at (b)(i) and try to explain the discrepancy, ssying which, if
any, of the figures are must likely to be accurate.
Q 18
PAY SL1P
CODE
Pay slips more than 3 calendar months out of date should generally
not have been consulted to estfmate last time’s pay. If, hnwever,
your inforumnt had assured you that last time ‘a pay was tha same
aa that on the
to in ans-ring
out-of-date
Qs 2-16,
pay slip,
and the pay slip
ring code 2. —tihartiae
code
was referred
2 should
be
used only when a pay slip no mre than 3 calendar menths out of
dxte, was available —and was consulted in order to estimate last
tima’s pay.
61
P
f
15. What other deductions, if any, were there
from
your
wage/salary?
VII
I
Nothing
. ... ..”.
0
f
v
n178
16. What was your gross pay last t]me,
before any deductions
were made?
GROSS
PAY
if tax’ reiund at 10(a), check inchrdcd in
GROSS PAY (amwell u in Take-Home pay)
17. INTERVIEWER
z
(a) Interviewer
(i) Recheck ●mounts with informant and
●mend, so that total agrees . .. ... .... . . . ..
(or, if can’t make agree, explain)
18. INTERVIEWER
P
record total of boxes I - VII
(b) Is the total you have rccordcd the same
as GROSS PAY?
. . .
I
CODE
. .
.
. . . ..... . .
Yes .“.. . x ----
Q18
No ... .. . Y ----
(i)
. .. . ... . .
. x -----
.. . ....... . . .. . . Y -----
.
CODE: PAY SLIP CODE
Pay slip for correct date consulted
I
I
I
“/” 1
.. ... .. .- . .......... ... .. .. . ..... ... . ...-.-..
(a)
Pay slip for different date consulted and uxad to estimate
last time’s pay . .. ..”. ... .. . .. .. .- .. ... . . -.-.-.-.””.. ... .. .. .... . ......--——
No pay slip uacd to atimxtc
last time’s pay ..”-.. .. .. .. “. ..” ... .. .——.
If pay sIip consulted
(a) Was it consulted by interviewer?
Yes ..”-----
2
I
1
3
Q19
t
18/10
rl}
1
Q19
No ...-----
2
208
62
19. Your take-home pay last time was S . . .
. (see Q8).
Is this the amount you usually receive (prior to
statutory sick pay or statutory maternity pay)?
20. Iiow
20/21
Yes ...........
1
. Q21
No
2
- Q20
...........
22pa
much
do you usually receive, including
bonus, commission,
or tips, each
overtime,
time you are paid .........
If no
usual
amount
give
~{average
29/36
i
P
TAKE
after all deductions?
1
●nd before all deductions? _
I
s$/s7
(a) How often
are you
usually
paid?
Week] y ................................
1
Calendar
........
5
.............
3
Other
monthly
(Specify)
:1
HOME
GROSS
USUAL
PAY
(b)
1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) Msy I just check, why was it that your
pay last time was different
from usual?
SS/S9-42/4S
It included
advance
holiday
pay
for . . . . working
(Specify)
days
Code
...................
01
It included
a tax refund ......................................
02
It included
Statutory
I
all
that
amb
Pay ........................
03
Absent due to sickness/injury
- no
Statutory Sick Pay included
........................
04
It included
pay .............
05
............................l
06
Unusual
Other
statutory
amount
(Specify)
Sick
maternity
ofovertime
..............".... ................................ ....
I
07
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
209
(62)
Q 20
h mat
cases,
Q 20 should be atrai~tforward.
If an infomnt
queries what we man by ‘usuallyt, it is eince the leet cha~e in
circumstances affecting hie pay (eg since hie Zaat pay rice/since
he started thin job etc). If there is etill difficulty in
obteining an amount ‘usuallyt receivad, ask for the average euount
received.
Note:
If bonus/overtime payrente are usually received, they
should be included in ueual way.
i.
If the informant is on ehnrt-tiu, the mmunt
ae ueuel
pay ehould be the emomt ueuitly ●arned
before ehnrt-time working tegan.
ii.
recorded
Seasonal workers: record the amount ●arnad in the
current eeamn and the period it covers.
iii.
iv.
If the informant’a pay veriee for e epecific number of
weeka in the year (eg echool workers on lowsr pey during
Imliday timE) note the amounta and the perioda.
Q 20(a)
Code all that epply. Wkre advance holiday pay hae been included
in laet time’e pay, specify the number of working daya it covered
at code 01.
Code 02 la restricted
to tax refunda, and caeea where less tax
than usual ~ms paid laat time. If last time’s pay vaa=ferent
from usual pay because more tax waa paid, ring code 07 and
specify.
,.
210
(63)
Q 21
Occasional (ie irregular) bonuses, and bonuses paid periodically
but not received with every wage or aa.lary,should be included
here.
Q 21a(ii)
Only actual uonsy income should be recorded here: exclude income
in kind (non-nnnetary gifts) and vnuchers (eg hnliday vouchers).
Note that the amont
the last 12 months.
Q
21a(iv)
to be entered is the total amount received in
This question asks only for the amomt of bonus, if any, which is
included in the usual take-home pay at Q 20 or Q8 if last time’s
pay was usual.
211
63
21. Do you ever get an occasional
addition
(s) What payments of this kmd
in the last 12 months?
lneroiac
below
have
Yes ........”
44/4s
1
[ (a)
No ........ .
2
to pay,
such as a Christma~ or quarterly
bonus or an
occasional
commission,
including
any you may
have told me about already?
m
OFF.
I
1
(1)
DacrlPlion
(11)
Whst w“
total
ulbnlnt you MlhoIut11months
h
USE
,
1
(ii,)
tha
t
I
you had
p:,” y=y
DK
You tol m pur ucud tti*-hom.
p.y Ist
. . (Q*O,or ~ ,f
Q19 radcd1) How mnuh B.nusl
Cenunuuon), U sny b meluded
m
thld
Nona uxludti
I in U8U81 pay
fits
s
‘1+1
1
(Iv)
I
b Ih” wunt
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I
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65
64
EARNINGS
FROM SELF-EMPLOYMENT
(Including
persons self-employed
in most recent job)
INTERVIEWER
unemployed
PI
16/17
CODE
Working last week - self-employed
(Coded
01-03
Unemployed
(Coded
All
23.
for less than 6 months
Q1O) ............. .........................................................
at Employment
Q18) .......................................................................... ..
1
......... .............. ......... . ....................... .. ........ ... .... ........... .. .... . . .. .. .. .. ....
8
much net profit did you make, in the most recent
12 months for which you have figures, from your share
of the business or profession
- thst is, after dcductirrg
all expenses
and wages but before deducting
income tax,
your NI contribution,
or money drawn for ~our own use? —
f
r
How
during
Q. for
2s/24
in
Nothing/made
mail-order
agents,
much did you earn (before
the last ]2 months?
a loss ....
which
baby sitters,
s
these
figures
. Q25
3
. Q24
. . . .
. Q25
tax)
I
of the 12 months
relate?
to
Beginning
Ending
24.
2
ettx
—UQ2’
(a) What are the dates
(a)
L-
Don’t know ........................
23. Alternative
Q23
18/21
How
1 NCLUDR
●ny profit left
business for reinvcatmertt
1
Q26 Page
for 3 months or more
4-9 at Employment
others
5
Do you regularly
draw sums of money
business for your own USC?
Mth
Rll-
—
-. ~
from
Yr
the
Yes ...........
2s/2(
1
.
No ...........
2
(a)- (d)
. Q25
2712!
P
much on average
usually take out?
(a) How
do you
.&
(b) How often do you usually
draw money out?
Wcckl y .... ...........................
Calendar
Other
monthly
(Specify)
........
..... .......
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
the amount you withdrew
and
(c) After deducting
other expenses,
how much profit did your share
of the business yieId in the most recent 12 months
for which You have fiaures?
r
(d) What are the dates of the
12 months to which these
figures relate?
Beginning _ml.l..
. Q25
Ending _
213
65
(64)
Earnings from self-employment (Qs 22, 23 & 24)
Q23
Note: Use the alternative wording (in lmx) to record earnings
~re
tex in the last 12 mmths for certain groups of people
coded self-employed in the Employment section:1.
Mail-order
agents,
baby-sitters
etc.
People W+IOere self-employed kt receive ● weekly
2.
wage, have tax deducted et 25% but pay own N.I. stamp.
These are mainly .eub-contractedhilders or construction
workers.
Remember: directors of limited compenies are
their income ehould not be recorded here.
●mployees and hence
If a pereon ie eelf-employed within a partnership, check thet the
at Q23 refers
only to the informant’s
●hare of the business
●nswer
and doee
particular
not include
hief,her
pertner’a
share of
cere in husband-and-wife
pertnerehips
Take
the prof ite.
(and ●specially
when taking a joint interview) that each partner’e ehere of the
profits is recorded on his/her own schedule, and that the total
profit from the business ii not ehown on both schedules, but ie
divided between them.
Remember that Q23 refers ,to the moat recent
12 wntha for
figures are evailable. If the figures relate to e period
ago than two years, note in addition the informant’s beat
their
net profit
for the mst
recent
tax year,
or thet no
was made.
which
longer
guees
of
profit
Those in business six months but leee than 12 months: ask for an
whet their
annual profit
is likely to be, ●nd merk the
figure as an ●atimete ‘E’.
●etimate of
Q24(c)
Include money ploughed back into
the
kuninesa
●c
profit.
214
(65)
Persons who are self-employed usually pay a flat-rate National
Imaurance contribution (Claas 2) and, if the profits from their
business are sufficiently high, they pay an additional
profits-related contribution (Class 4). The latter is paid direct
to the Inland Revenue with their tax and amounts to 6.3% of
profits between E5,050 and E16,90CI (1989/90
figures).
‘fhOse whOse
Q 25
self-employed
current
tax
earnings
are expected
to be lees
than
year are exempt from the pro fite-related
f2, 350 in the
contribution.
At Q 25a(i) make sure that you record the amount of the
profits-related contribution only (NOT the full NI contribution);
flat rate NI contributions are known. (At the time of writing the
flat rate NI contribution was f4.25 a week.)
Earnings from aecondfoccasionaljobs (Qs 27-32)
C@
27-32
Q 27
These questions ask about any earned income from second,
occasional or odd jobs, done regularly or frnm time to time.
Those with a main job last week should be aaked whether they earn
any money from a second job, from odd jobs or from work that they
do from time to time, apart from that main job.
Those with no (rein) job last week should be asked about any odd
jobs done etc (ie exclude the phrasea In brackets).
If the informant does more than one occasionalfodd job, or has
second and third jobs, record details of the two most remunerative
jobs only. Record details separately using an extra sheet If
necessary.
Include any kind of income that la the result of the informant’s
expenditure of time andlor effort - eg feea for profaasional
advice, director’s fees, income from a regular second job, or from
casual work done for friends or neighbors, or income from the
sale
of items made/produced by the informant. But note that there
must be an actual
income,
however small,
from the activity:
in return for
payment in kind ( eg
board and lodging
child-minding) does not count; nor should you include tranaactiona
between household me~rs
unless the informant ia a paid servant.
If in doubt as to whether an activity/income should be included at
Q27, make full notaa of the circumstances and aak the dependent
questiona
as appropriate.
Q 27(a)
Probe for industry only if it seems appropriate; for mest jobs
identified here (baby-sitting,mail order agent etc)
it is not
necessary.
215
65
41/4s
25. Do you pay a Nltional
Insurance contr]but]on?
(s) Do you ply just the flat rate
contrlbutton
(Claw 2) or do you
●lso pay a profits related
contribution
(Class 4)?
Yes ....-”..
1
. (a)
No
2
. Q26
4SJ44
1
. Q26
only
. .. .. .
Flat
rate
..... . ......_
Flat
rate ●nd prof]ts
related . .. ... .
_.
..
2
(i) - (i,)
Don’t know
.. .. ... .... ....f
(i) How much was the last (prof]ts related)
contribution (Class 4) you pmd~
3
-
}
D
I
(ii) How long a period dld
this cover?
Weekly ... ...-..——..-.
Calendar monthly
Other (S~ify)
. .
26. INTERVIEWER
1
Q26
. .
... .. ...
.
. .
CODE
lall~
Informant hsd a second pb last weak
(Coded 1 ●t Employment Q6 Page 6)
..
. . . . ..... . . . ... . . . .. ..
Othcra ........ -..-...-._.”
............ ... ....... .... ............................ .-3
EARNINGS FROM SECOND/OCCASIONAL JOBS
27. Do you earn iny money (from a second JOb),
from odd jobs or from work that you do from
time to time (apart from your mam job)?
1
. Q28
. . . .
& (b)
Yes . .. ......
1
. (a)
No
2
. Q33 Page 68
, . . ..
Prompt aa neccasary, incl. babymtmg,
mail order agenL pools agent
If respondent bas more than one occasional
job record details.
(a) What is it that you do (and what does
the firm you work for make or do)?
I Record job description
(a industry,
if appropriate) I
le/17
(b) In this job
●re
you.
an employee
.-.—
—.-.
—
.--— .. ..
1
or self-employed? (Incl bbyaitter,
mail order/pools ●gent) .--—-
2
DK (Explain)
3
. . .
. . . . .
..”.”— . . .. ..
. . . . .
. .. .
1==1
. . . . . .
216
66
28. (You told me you had a
second job Iaat week). Is
that a job you do
7iii
regularly each week ............................
1
time to time? .......................
2
or from
Other
(Specify)
.......................................
/29
3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20/:
29. INTERVIEWER
CODE
Employca in second pb
regular] y each week ................................................................................................
1
)0
Employee in second/occasional
job
not regularly each week ......................................................................................
—
2
11
Self-employed in accond/occasional
job or DK if self-employed ......................... ...................................................
3
)1
30. To employees
working regularly each week
On what date were
a wage or salary?
you last paid
) - (c)
m
(a) What was your wage or salary, including
any
overtime,
bonus, commission
or tips, but after
all deductions,
the last time you were paid?
(b) How long a period
this
cover?
did
A week
Calendar
Other
hKE
DME
—F
..................................................
month
(Specify)
................................
.................................
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) Were any deductions
made from
this pay before you received it?
(i)
Itemise balow and give amounts
t
P
:
Yes .....
)
No ......
33
..
I
.-
Q33
=/
P
If deductions
not known, give Gross Pay —1
GROSS
217
(66)
Q 28
Details
are collected
about the two mmt remunerative
second/occasienel
jobe ( eee Q27).
Use code 1 only if the informmt
works regularly
●ach week in the job, apart from ●bsences for holiday,
●icknese etc. Any jobs that ire done lese
fraquntly
than weekly
should be codad 2 or 3 ●s applicable. 2mclude in code 3 (SPECIFy)
those wlm work regularly but less often than e~ry tnsek,for ●xample,
every fortnight or every rmnth.
Q30 h
30(a)-(c)
Encourage informant to produce and refer to a current pay clip,
aa you would for earninga aa an ●mployee in a main job.
Q 30
Note that this ie the period covered by the last wage or salary,
not how often they are paid.
Q30c
This question aaka whether any deductions ware made befora asking
what deduction were made. This was introduced in 1989/90 because
we found that aoma ~ople ware unaccountcxlfor under the old
ayatem.
218
(67)
Qs 31’6
32 AfB
to know over vhat period the infornant has held the job,
not on how many occasions/days helahe has been amployed. For
example, a mail order agent who started with a ratalogua 10 months
ago, and spends one day a weak working aa in agent, should .be
coded 4 at Q31 and then aaked since starting doing the job “(ie 10
mentha ago) how much he/she haa earned (Q32A). However, if he/she
had been-acting as an agent for 12 months or uore (code“5 at Q 31)
we want earnings in the last 12 months at Q32B.
We wnt
2“19
67
31.
To enaployeca not workinS regularly each wcc~
and to DK if aclf-amploycd
to aclf-cmploye~
How long have
money
from
this
YOU been
job?
40/41
1
earning
Less than
3 months
... .... . . .. .... .. .. .
3 months
- less than
6 months
. ...._
6 months
- less than
9 months
. ... ..
9 months
- less than
12 months
or more
... .. ..-.-” ....-..-..
1
2
Q32A
12 months
32A
If
Ias
than
..-
4
...
1
5
12 month
(Coda 1+
Since you started
doing
this Job
32B
3
If 12 months or more
(code 5)
In the last 12 months
how much have you earned from
this work, after deducting
all
business expenses, but before
deducting
income tax, NI
contributions,
or money drawn
for your own use?
‘‘Nothing,
Don’t
no profit
know
. . ..... .. .
I
I
2
3
220
68
33. STATE
BENEFITS
Are you receiving
any of the
State benefits
shown on this card.
12EEMJ
16117
yes
...........
1
No
.........
2
Code
1s/19
(a) Child
Yes ...........
Benefit?
do you receive the
one-parent
benefit?
(b)
Family
’34
(a) - (f) aa applicable
E
1
‘k
+-
If Child Benefitreceivedask
(i)AS well as child benefit,
B
tiz~
2s/26
Yes ...........
1
No
2
..... .....
ti’::k
S21SS
Credit?
Yes ...........
1
tis~:k
%-
Tm/40
(c)N.I.Retiresnent
pensionor
Old Age pension?
(d) Income
Support?
Yes ...........
1
it14::k
Yes ...........
46147
1
tzl’~:k
(c) N.I. Sickness benefit?
(Not EsnpIoyer’a Statutory
sick pay)
Yes ...........
(f) Unemployment
Yes ...........
benefit?
34. (In addition)
are you receiving
any of the
State benefits
Iisted on this card or any
other NI or State Benefit (e.g. war benefits,
maternity
allowance
etc)?
-
(a) Widow’a
Widow’s
pension
or
War
Yes
...........
No
...........
16’”
EEEZEZIFI
,]
I
Code (a) - (ji as applicable
then code (k)
2
Q35
Yes . .........
pension.
l-16/26
(b) Any other
benefits
State widow’s
(eg. Widowed
Yes ..... ....
Mother’s allowance).
[- EXCLUDE
Widow’s Benefit
I
1
fi’~:k
221
(68 h 69)
(a)
State benefits (Q33)
Uherever possible ywu will be iesued with
on benefits.
Q33
II
<
C6S leeflete
giving
you more
There IS no longer ●ny ‘No’ code to ring for knef its
received
(except
simply
ring code
for one-parent
1 and record
benefit
).
the current
Qu 33 b 34
i.
A weekly rate is required here.
General
ii.
If
en infonunt
is
eligible
for
information
not
received
For eech benefit
weekly
amount.
benefit
but
hae not
vet
received e payment, meke ● note ●nd, outside the boxes, record the
emount 8/he expects to receive (if known), end the period it will
cwer, if other than a week.
pointe
iii.
Neke a note if the informant tells you that the laet peyment
received was for en unusuel amount (dg beckuse it cnnteined back
peymente) and try to find wt what the ueual weekly amount would
be.
—
iv.
Income eupport ●hould be excluded frnm my other banefit with
which it ie paid and chow’nseparately at Q.33(d). If Pensioners eaY
that they receive an income support peneioner’s premium and NI
retirement peneion bu~ are unable to eeparete the two awunts,
pleaee code bnth itemp Q33(c) & Q33(d) ● s ‘Yee’ and enter the tOtel
amount received ●t ●ource Q33(c), with ●n explanatory note. The
cam? appli●e to Into= eupport benefit received with any other NI
benefit.
Q 33(a)
Child benefit:
this stmuld normally be ehown on’the mther’e ●chedule
unless there is no mother in the houeehold. Record the tntal amount
received for all her children. This benefit is now generally paid L
weekly. Remember to give the weekly rate.
Q 33a(i)
one-parent benefit (formerly called one-parent increeee):
●PPlies
ie
in
Only tO those
addition
to the
this
quest inn
bendfit.
One-perent
benefit
besic child benefit, ●nd ie peid to one-perent
in
receipt
of
child
femiliee. As with child benefit, remember<to give the weakly rate.
Q 33(b)
Fmmily Credit (formerly called FIS): this ben~fit ie paid tn families
with lW earnings with at leaet one dependent child ●nd vith at leest
one ●erner working 24 h~ure ● week or rnre. Feoily Credit replaces
Fa~ly Incorn Supplement. Family Credit ie’p~~d for 26 ueekc, unlike
FE which was paid fur 52 weeks, efte~ which time the family’s ●ituation
is reviewed.
Q 33(c)
NI retirement peneion: f?r mmrri$d cdplee~ if the wife ie ●ged 60 or
over, her pemion mllowance”’ehouldbe %hown on’‘herschedule; if the wife
ie ●ged under 60, ●nd therefore not ●ntitled to a pension in her own
right, the full amount of the pemeinn rpc~ived chould be ●hewn on the
huebend’s schedule only. ,
, ,3
Remember this in particular when you ~re ,taking ● joint interview.
‘!
Retirernnt pwneion may have ●n •arningb~ela~~ supplement. Thie i●
normelly paid on the same{order kk
u t~ ~SiC Pemion, ●nd ●hould be
included in the ●mount of peneion recorded.
222
(68
Q 33(d)
Income Support
(formerly
see note ( iv) above
Income
Income
status
Support
Support
& 69)
b
called
SUPPlementary
benefit):
replaced
Supplementary
Benefit.
The rate of
is assessed
on the grounds of age and marital
with a flat-rate premium payable to claimants with
children and special premiums payable to groups of claimants u.
lone parents, disabled people, pensioners (at two rates).
For thoee receiving income support the basic earnings disregard
is E5 with a higher earnings disregard of E15 for couples
unemployed for 2 years and for all lone parenta and disabled
people.
Q 33 (e)
NI Sickness
employer.
benefit:
Exclude
(See Income Q6. )
Statutory
Sick
Pay paid
by an
NB. From April 5th 1986 the only people claimfng NI sickness
benefit are those not entitled to Employer’s Statutory Sick Pay.
Q 33(f)
Unemployment benefit: Note that unemployment benefit is paid
fortnightly, but the weekly rate should be recorded. If the
informant haa never worked or has been unemployed for longer than
one year, check that it ia unemployment benefit (and not, for
example, income support) that they are receiving. If it la
unemployment benefit note on the schedule that it haa been
checked and any relevant information.
ET allowances are paid through Unemployment Benefit Offices. The
recipient receives their Unemployment/IncomeSupport entitlement
plus (usually) C1O on top. You will have treated anyone
currently on employer based ET aa working in the employment
section. You should record the informant’s income here under
Employment Benefit or Income Support aa appropriate, including
the extra E1O. Try to exclude expenses someone may be paid for
being on ET such as traveling expenses or a lodging allowance.
Q 34
For each benefit received ring 1 and record the current weekly
amount. Although there is not a ‘NO’ code to ring for benefits
not received be sure to check for anything else at the end and to
ring X or Y at Q34k.
PENSIONS/WIDOWS BENEFIT
Q34(a)(b)
Widows Pension or War Widow’e Pension, and other widow’s benefita
Widow’s pension is new paid immediately after bereavement rather
than 6 menths after bereavement. The agee at which the varioua
rates of widow’s pension are payable have baen increaaed by 5
years. The loweec rate is now paid at age 45 instead of 40 and
the full rate is paid at age 55 instead of 50 with all
intervening age-related rates being similarly paid at a later
age.
War Widow’s pension is paid to widows (or widowers) of people who
die as a result of service in the armed forces.
Other widow’s benefits include widowed mother’s allowance:
widowed mother!s allowance ia now paid immediately after
bereavement rather than 6 months after bereavement. The pereonal
extension of widowed mother’s allowance payable to women WIth
children aged 16 to 19 who have left school but are still at home
haa been discontinued.
223
(68
PLEASE NOTE: do not
single
Q34(c)
include
lump sum payment of
& 69)
c
Widowrs Sanefit
at 34(b)
as this
is a
f 1000 which now replaces
widow’s
allowance.
War Disablement Peneion
Payable
to msmbers of the armed forces
disabled
in the 1914-1918
war or
2nd September 1939. Merchant eemen and civilians disabled in
after
the 2nd World War are also eligible. The amount payable is variable
according to the individual‘a rank and the ●xtent of disability.
PERSONAL INVALIDITY ALLOWANCES
Q34(d)
Invalidity Pension, Invalidity Eenefit, Invalidity Allowance
Invalidity Senefit ia nmde up of Invalidity Pension and Invalidity
Allowance.
Invalidity,
pension
is paid when Sicknees
if the person is still
incapable
of work.
Invalidity
aa an addition
to Invalidity
pension
if the illness
person waa under 60 (men) or 55 (women).
Q34(e)
Q34(f)
Severe disablement allowance
This ie a weekly cash payment for people of
been able to work for at least 28 weeke but
Sickness or Invalidity Senefit bacauae they
contributions. Narrled woman can get it if
normal household duties.
Mobility
Thie is
unable,
Eenefit
finishes
allowance
ia paid
began when the
working age who have not
cannot get contributory
have not paid enough NI
they are alao unable to do
allowance
for people
aged 5-75 inclusive
who are unable,
or virtually
They have to qualify before they are 65 and claim
to walk.
before they are 66.
about.
It is to help with the extra coat of getting
If Attendance allowance or Mobillty allowance la paid for a child under
16, it ehould be collectad on the mother’s schedule or, if thara 1s no
mothar in the houaahold,
on the fathar’ s/guardian’
a echedule.
For
people
aged 16 or over,
own achadulaa.
Q34(g)
Q34(i)
allowances
ehould
be recorded
on their
Industrial Diaablament Eenefit or Industrial Injuries Disablement
8enefit.
Payable to pople who have become disabled
●a a result
of an accident
at work or an induatriel
hcw disabled
tha person
Q34(h)
these
Attendance
allowance
This is for people
(over
becauaa
they are severely
disease.
ia.
The amount
ia
variable
depending
on
2 yeara old) who need ● lot of looking after
disabled
physically
or mntally.
Invalid
Care Allowanca
to
Weekly paid benefit
for people of working age who give up working
look ●fter ●n invalid on Attendance Allowanca or Conetant Attendance
Allowance.
224
(68
Q34(j)
Maternity Allowance
This benefit only applies to mothers who are not eligible for
Statutory Maternity Pay (SMF). (This is recorded
at Q8-16).
Usually
or have
Q34(k)
h 69)
d
women receiving
Maternity
recently
changed jobs.
Allowance
will
be self-employed
Prempt for any other NI or State benefita received.
Each banefit received should be listed separately and the current
weekly rate given for each. There is no need to total all amounts
received.
NB. Include any Job Release allowance here.
Make a note if the
amount recorded is net or gross.
Exclude any Housing Senefit received.
Transitional Paymenta may bs paid to people who lost a benefit or
received less money after the changee in benefit”which took place
in April 198B. If transitional payment is mentioned check if it
is one off or regular. It is important to know what benefit it
replaces or tops up (eg replacing FIS or topping UP Fafily
Credit).
69
(c)War dmblement
(d) Invalldlty
lnvaljdity
(e) Severe
(f)
pension
benefit
pension
Yes
.
or allowance
disablement
Mobility
Yes
Yes ....... .
allowance
allowance
(8) Industrial
dlsablemen!
(h) Attendance
allowance
Yes
. .
Yes
benef]t
Yes
(I) Inval]dcare allowance
Yes
(J) Matern]tyallowance
Yes
(k) Anything
Yes
else
No
Specify type and CURRENT WEEKLY
rate for each benefit recclved
..
’7’”HI’::,
“’’”d!!!!!
T
1
1
x
..Y
1....
Spcclfy
below
1
P
--i
fp
I
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I
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@fY3’”s
Go to Q35
70
OCCUPATIONAL
35. Arc you at present
former
employers
PENSIONS
,.
receiving
any pensions
(or spouse’s employers)?
INCLUDE
Regular
employer for early
r
Exclude
payments
retirement
or more
pension
than
1
from
(a)
1
2
M lump sum payment
(a) IS that one
44145
from
only
==1
““
................................................................................................................
............... }
1I
48/49
36. Toeverrrzarried men and women
DNA, single mcnand
employer(s)
Spouse’s
Both
own
8
........................
1
Q37
2
Q40
3
I Q37
or
t
only
employer(s)
Q37
..................
single women
1s the pension(are the pensions) from your own employer(s)
from your spouse’sformer employer(s)?
Own
1
See Q36
If more, enter total number
one?
IQ,,
only
and spouse’s
................
......................
I
PENS1ON(S) FROM
OWN
EMPLOYER(S)
)nly or
nest recent
mployer
2
37 (a) How much
after
was your last payment,
any deduction
of tax at
source?
37 (b) What period
this
P
did
Q
~c,,
3rd most ‘4/”
recent
employer
scheme)
. E
$.
P
(Per
P
16/22
NET
cover?
2nd most
recent
employer
1
~
- (b)
I
28/24
I
A week .....................
1
1
1
Calendar month ....
5
5
5
Other (Specify)
....
3
3
3
(c)
}
...........
37(c)
was any
deducted at source?
May I check,
tax
Yes ........
No ........
DK
........
(i)So how much was your pension
beforetax was deducted?
GROSS
38 INTERVIEWER
_
CODE
Is H (GROSS) greater
than
1 (NET)
YEEEtL
for each
pension?
...--I_s
Yes ........... X - - - - No
1
(a)
Y
(a) Recheck amounts with informant and amend,
so that 11 is greater ........................................................................................................... X - - - - (or, if problem explain)
................................................................................................... Y - ----
Q39
}
Q39
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
227
(70)
Occupational
pensions
(Qs
Q 35
Occupational
35-42)
pensions
from
a
former
employer.
Include - all employer’s pensions, not just retirement pensions
-
regular
early)
payments
for
●arly
retirement
(ie
pensions
paid
- pension received from present employer (ie if informant
iB still working but 1.sover the retirement age
appropriate to the pension schema).
Exclude - lump sum payments, private (personal) pensions and
annuities.
Q 37
(a-c)
If the in ferment
la currently
receiving
pension,
record detaila
separately
for
married women may be receiving
pensions
more than one occupational
each panaion.
Ever from their own employer
andfor from their late husband‘a employer. These should be
treated in the aamc way and a separate coluim completed for each.
If three or more pensiona ara being paid, uae a second page
from a apare schadule. Remember to add the aarial number and
attach the spare sheet firmly
to the appropriate
questionnaire.
Q37(a)
Only deductions of tax should be taken account of hers.
Payments to health achem should ba ignored.
Q 37c(I)
Note that
different
Q 38 (a)
If, after rechecking,
the groaa pension
is greater
than net
this
pension
code X at (a),
if not code Y ●nd try to ●xplain
●
re
moat
if
any,
of
the
figures
inconaiatancy,
saying
which,
likely
to ba accurate.
(This
GROSS pension
la to be recorded
here.
in the FES.)
from the series
of queationa
la
228
229
71
39 INTERVIEWER
CODE
Is informant ●lso receiving pcnxlons from
spouse% employer(s) (CODED 3 at Q36)?
Yes
No
PENSION(S)
FROM
EMPLOYER(S)
40 (a) How much
after any
source~
SPOUSE’S
40 (b) What period
NET
dld
this cover?
40(c)
May I check,
tax deducted
T
P
5
5
3
3
3
1
1
No
2
2
2
DK
3
3
3
month
(Specify)
Yes
L
s
GROSS —
7
P
1s/22
1
(b)
(c)
(i)
1
Q42
s
P
T
P
s7/33
II
See Q41
CODE
Is II (GROSS) greater than I (NET) for each pension?
Yes .... ... .. X ----No
(s)
R
(per
sehtm.)
--l-&
5
Calendar
REcs$
Ird most ‘41’S
ecettt
:mplo yer
1
.
(i) So how much was your pens]on
before tax was deducted?
41 INTERVIEWER
Q42
1
.
was any
at source~
. . . .. Y----n
1
A week
Other
3
Q40
nd most
ecent
mplo yer
)nly or
nest recent
mployer
was your last payment,
deduction
of tax ●t
X-----
.. ...
. .. .. Y -----
(a)
Recheck smoursts with informant mid amend,
an that II is greater . . ...... .. . .. .. . .... . . . . ... ... ... . .“.. . . .. .“.-. ..”..-...”.. x ----(or, if problem explain)
... . . . .“ . .. ..... . .. . . ... . . . ... . . .. ... ........ .. . . . . .. .. Y -----
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. .
.
. . .
.
. .
. . . .
.
u
}
Q42
I
230
72
16/17
42 (Apart from the pensions you have told me about)
are you at present receiving regular redundancy
payments from a former employer?
1 Lump sum only
code
2
Yes ...........
1
(a) - (c)
No
2
Q43
...........
18/24
(a) How much was your last payment,
any deduction
of tax at source?
(b) What period
s
after
P
NET
1
2s/20
did this cover?
A week
..........................................
Calendar
Other
month
(Specify)
1
.........................
5
..........................
3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
27/28
(c) May I check,
was any
tax deducted
at source?
Yes ...........
1
No
...........
2
DK ...........
3
(i)
Q43
1
t
29/S5
(i)SO how much was your redundancy
payment beforetax was deducted?
~
GROSS
s6f37
43 Arc you at presentreceivingany rent from
Yes ...........
propertyor subletting?
EXCLUDE
No ...........
Rent from household members
(a) To local authority
=1P
1
2
1
Scc (a)
t
/scct?45
saJso
tenanta
Others, DNA
Is any of thisrent for subletting
part
of thisaccommodation?
............................
Yes ...........
8
Q44
I
1
Q44
No
44 How
after
much rent did you receive last time,
deducting
all allowable
expenses?
............
2
t
40J46
P
(a)
[
--t 47/48
(a) What period
did
this cover?
A week
Calendar
Other
...........................................
month
(Specify)
1
.........................
5
..........................
3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I
See Q45
231
(72)
Q 42
Sonatirresrespondents may not be clear if their regular paynents
are for a pension or redundancy: it is important that they are
not double-comted so exclude at Q42 any regular payments recorded
at Q37. A3so exclude any lump aum redundancy payments.
Rent from property or subletting (Qa 43 and 44)
Q 43
Rent from boarders who are membars of the household should not be
shown here.
Q 43(a)
This question is to mnitor the effect of the introduction of the
law allowing local authority tenanta to sublet.
Q 44
This should generally be the ●momt of rant ●aaeaaed for tax
purpoaea, ie after the deduction of allowable ●xpenses.
232
233
(73a)
Q 45
From April 1990 adulta aged 18 and over are eligible for Community Charge
(sOmetimes called poll Tax) unless mentally ill or belonging
to a few
other rare categories. Community Charge can be levied in various forms
i.
Personal Community Charge from people resident in their main homes
(this ia by far the most common case)
il.
vla a collective charge for premises whose residents tend to move
about frequently. The landlord pays a charge based on the number of
people normally resident there and tenanta pay himlher a daily
contribution
111. aa a standard charge for second homes (only one charge is made for
the property).
Full time students at recognised Institutions pay 20% of the full rate and
certain others can pay a reduced rate if they fulfil
the requisite
income
The latter group are said to receive a Community
and savings
criteria.
Charge Rebate and the percentage they are charged will be determined by
the local council, the lowest being 20% (an 80% Rebate). Married and
cohabiting couples are jointly aasessed. In the case of a collective
charge the tenant has to apply individually for a rebate on their
contribution. Rebatea cannot be obtained on standard chargea.
!,
Transitional relief should be treated as a reduced rate of community
charge (see note on page 9a, Q22 household schedule).
The Department of Social Security and the Scottish Office wish to know how
many people are paying reduced community charge.
If an informant volunteers that s/he ia ineligible for the Community
Charge ring code 5 and check that slhe doea<not have to pay anything at
all.
(Qs 46-48)
Maintenance payments
Maintenance paymanta are sometirneareferred to as alimony or, in Scotland,
aa aliment.
Q 46
This question is addressed to all man aa well aa women bacauae some men
and non-married women receive ~nten.ante paymanta from a previous
partner.
In most casea maintenance ia paid directly by a former husband or partner,
but it IMY also be paid via a solicitor, a court, or the DSS. If it is
paid by the 0SS check whether it has been included in any Supplementary
Benefit already mentioned and make a note.
Q 47
Code ‘Yes’ only if the informant ia currently receiving maintenance,
alimonv.
allowance. Do not code aa ‘Yee’ women who aay that
. . or eeuaration
.
their paymanta have stopped or those who have never received a payment
●ven though a court order has been made. If a woman aaya that she ia
receiving maintenance there is no need to establieh when the laat peyment
was made.
Use the wording in bracketa only if there are children resident in the
household. Paymente made to children who are not metnberaof the household
should not be included.
234
(73b)
Q476
48
Payments for an ex-partner and children can be paid together or
separately. They will probably consist of different amounts and may be
paid with different frequencies. If a payment is made regularly, eg
weekly or calendar monthly, code that period aa how long the payment
covered at Q48. For more erratic paymenta, find out how long the last
payment was auppoaed to cover. Write in the perioda on the dotted lines.
Example:
‘He’s supposed to pay i12.25 per week but he’s always
behind in the payments. The laat payment was i24.50,
that waa two weeks’ worth together.
At Q 47 last payment
At Q 48 period covered
- E24.50
- 2 weeks
If the person ~ currently receiving payments but not aa frequently as
they should do and some of the payments are actually never made, make
notes on actual frequency of payment.
The amount received should be the amount after any tax has been deducted
at source. Maintenance (or alimony) can be taxed in either of the
following ways:
1.
The (ex)apouse is taxed on their income, including the part
paid as maintenance, and the informant is not liable for any further
tax on the maintenance payment received.
2.
The (ex)spouae claims tax relief on the maintenance paid and
the informant is then liable for any tax due. Since ahe(he) may receive
the maintenance via a solicitor, a court, or the DSS, rather than
directly from the (ex)apouse, it is possible that the tax for which
she/he is liable ia deducted before she/he receives the payment.
235
73
45 To those
aged
J8 ●nd over
3
DNA
aged
]6-]7
..
Do you pay a reduced rate of Commun]ty Charge
(clthcr bccau~c YOU rccelvc
a Rebate or bccauac
you arc a full-tlmc
student)?
Yes (pay rcduccd
No (pay
full
1
rate)
3
.
4
rate)
Q46
Q46
Not chglble
DK
46. To
This
. .
5
.
6
●ll
61/s
may not bc apphcablc
to you,
but can I Just check,
arc you at present rccclvmg
any malntcnance,
allmony, or
separation
allowance
from a former husband/wlfc
or partner
(either for yourself
or for your chlldrcn)~
Ycs - for chlldrcn
1
Prompt
- for self
2
aa
- for
Q47
neccasary
both .
Yes - don’t know
No, none
3
which
4
received
‘5
6s/s<
47 How much was the last payment
(were the last paymcnts)~
f
2
Malntcnance
for
Maintenance
Can’t
Q49 Page 74
P
Ss/ss
chlldrcn
~
ao/a4
for self
separate/don’t
know
48 How Iong a period djd this payment
(those payments)
cover?
~
6s/at
which
Record
~
OFF
USE
period
mz
Mwntenance
for
chlldrcn
Malntenancc
for
self
. . .
.
. . .
.
nlra
.
. .
Q49 Pnge 74
. .
7417s
Can’t
separate/don’t
know
wh:ch
74
49 Are you at presentreceivingany otherregular
payment from:
private
pensions
or annuities?
friends
or relatives
outside
6/17-2(
. ........................................
the household?
1
..............
5
Code
an educational
all
grant ?...............................................................
6
a gOVerIISnent training scheme, ~u~h as an
ET programme, YTS allowance?
................................
that
7
or from any other organisation?
.....................................
aPPIY
(Specify
8
type of income)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,,,
(a)- (c)
,.
. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,,,
NOIQE OF THESE .......................................................j .............
FIRST
TYPE
OF PAYMENT
(a)I-Iowmuch was your lastpayment,after
any deductionof tax at source?
(b) What period
did this
zz/
t
cover?
A week
Calendar
. . . . . . . . . . .,,
(c)May I check,
tax deducted
SECOND
!50
2
TYPE
,.
,,,
Other
P
I
.........................................
month
(Specify)
was any
at source?
OF PAYMENT
.......................
........................
Yes ..........
ET
No
ROSS
..........
(a) IiOW much was your lastpayment,after
any deductionof tax at source?
+
I
(b) What period did thiscover?
1
Calendar month ........................
5
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., Other (Specify)
.........................
3
(c) May I check,
tax deducted
THIRD
L
A week ..........................................
TYPE
was any
at source?
1
No
...........
2
s
P
OF PAYMENT
(a) HOW much was your last payment,
any deduction
of tax at source?
(b) What period
Yes ...........
●fter
E
did this cover?
A week
Calendar
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other
(C) May I check, was any
tax deducted
at source?
...........................................
month
(Specify)
.........................
.........................
Yes ............
No
............
1
5
J-1
2
lG3t0ss
237
(74a)
private
Q 49
pensions, allowances etc (Q &9)
Prompt ●ach item separately
Code 1 - private
pensions
or annuities
.
Include
pensions
from Trade Union and Friendly
Societies,
from private
insurance
schemes,
annuities,
and payments
a
trust
Exclude
or
and
from
covenant.
pensions
from
a
previous
employer
( these
should
have
been shown at Qs 35-42).
Code 5 - regular payment from friends or relativea outside the
household
Include - payment from a current
spouse
who la not a member
of the household (eg a husband working and living away from
home). Remember to check this particularly if an informant
is married but the apouaa la not in the household.
If a regular payment is received from a current spouse
outside the household, pleaae make a note to this efface
againat the detaila of the payment received (see notes
for Qs 49 a-c).
- regular paymenta received by parenta from sons or
daughtera outside the housahold.
- parental contribution recaived by students (provided, of
course, that the parents are not mambera of the household).
Exclude - maintenance payments from an ●x-spouse (covered by Qa
46-48).
Code
6 -, an educational grant.
Include training grants or payments from a scholarship to the
informant (not
to any children).
—
Code 7 - if an ET payment has alraady bean covarad at Q33 under Unemployment
Sanefit, do —
not record it again here.
Code 8 - regular paymente from any other organisation:
Specify the type of income.
Include an allowance for a foster child, and atrike pay or
sick pay from a trade union.
Exclude paymenti in kind, any kainepa allowance
from an
●mployer (except a rant andfor rate allowance from an ●mployer),
any lump sum payment, and any redundancy or aevarance pay.
,
Q 49
a-c)
For each regular payment received, record separately the ●munt of the detail
payment, the period it covered, and whether any tax waa daducted
at eource.
If
rmre than
one item
la
coded
at Q 49 (main question), record the detai
of the various payunts in the order in which they are liatad at Q 49.
1s
●xample, informant receives honey from his mother (living outside the
household) and hae a YTS allowance:
‘FIRST TYPE OF PAYMENT’ should show
detaila of the ●mount received frc+nhia mother, ‘SECOND TYPE OF PAYMENT’
should show the amount of hia YTS allowanca. See Employment instructions for
detaila of tha YTS allowance.
more than one paymant of tha aams type la received (eg money from more
than one private pension scheme), racord the total received ovar a period
eg a calendar month, and make a note that this is more than one payment.
If
238
(74b)
(a-c)
contd
Q49
Use a second page 74 from a spare schedule if details of more than
three types of payment are required. Remember to add the serial no.
and attach firmly to the appropriate questionnaire.
(75)
Savings/investments (Q 50)
Q 50 (a)-(d) The wording at (d) has been expanded to mantion dividends because
previously some informants did not realise that dividend-bearing
investments were relevant.
Savings and investment accounts held jointly by, for example,
husband and wife, should be shown on both schedules, the interest
received being divided equally between
the
two account
holders
and
recorded
at Q50(d).
Q 50(1)
Investment schemes on which interest is paid =,
ie without
deduction of tax at source, will usually include all schemes run
by the Post Office or central government (eg National Savings,
British Savings Bonds, War Loan, Treasury Stock etc), unless the
investment was purchased through a bank or a stockbroker, in which
case interest is normally paid net.
Examples of accounts on which interest is paid ~,
ie after
are
building
society
accounts,
stocks
deduction of tax at source,
and shares issued by non-government bodies (unit trusts, local
authority stock, and shares issued by private/commercial
organisations), and government stock that waa purchased through a
bank or a stockbroker.
From April 6th 1985 intereat is paid net for bank accounts.
Q 50
(e)
not the amount saved or invested, should
The amount of interest, _
be recorded here.
Interest on all building society accounta and on many other types
of investment la paid twice per year (eg in December and June);
you should check, wherever necessary, to ensure that all
installmentsof interest paid or credited in the last ~months
are
included.
Encourage informants to look up paying-in books and other relevant
documants but record the Informsnt’s estimate when documents are
not consulted.
Record, at Q 50(e), amounts to the nearest whole f; pence are not
required.
Exclude Premium Bonds.
239
75
50 Do you
have,
or m the last
months have you
12
had, any.
(a)
Budding
Sslw
Society
(b) Bank accounts
mtcrest~
(c)
accounts?
on which
Post Off Ice Saving
you rccelvc
accounts?
(d) Any other
savings accounts or
Investments
which can provide
Interest or djvldends~
Yes
1
No
2
Yea
. .
1
No.
.
2
salss
slfss
Yes
. .
1
No
.
2
sQ/40
Yes
No
... .
1
(1)
2
see
. . . . . .
(e)
(c)
(i) May I just check, are these sav]ngs or Investments
ones on
which interest or dlvjdend
is paid without deduction
of tax
or dlvldendpaid aftertax M
at source, or k Interest
deducted~
—
Interest
paid wjthout deductionof tax
lREL1--l atsource(groas)
I
‘l-
Interest
Don’t
paid
after
know
(e) For each item coded
(treat
‘1
tax ]s deducted
(net)
Y
z1
as gross)
yea at (a) - (d), ask (e)
DNA,
(a) - (d) All coded
x
no
How much interest
or dividend have you received
credited with In the last 12 months on your
. . . . . .
Q51
or been
s
114s
Bulldlng
If joint
account.
record
mformwtt’a
share
Bank
Society
accounts
NET
s/so
NET
accounts
1/ss
GROSS
Post Off Ice accounts
sqao
GROSS
al/8s
Other savings or Investments
interat
paid gross (coded X or Z at d(l)) .—-
interat
paid net (coded Y at d(l))
. .
51 During the laat 12 months (] e since
have you pa]d any income tax direct to Inland
Revenue?
EXCLUDRTax
paid ShrotrCh PAYE,
●t source, ●nd NI contributions
NET
.R
aa/a7
),
Yes
.... ... .
1
(a)
No
..._-.
2
Inheritance
trsder
tax deducted
aa/7a
(a) How
●part
much
from
tax dld
you pay djrect
Capital
Gains
to Inland
Revenue,
tax?
‘
-1-1
Inheritance
trailer
240
One of the important developrrentain the uae of the GHS 19 the facility it provides for
identifflng special population - such as private renters or the elderly - which are
very expensive to locace in a new sanpling
operation.
It
is likely
that
the GHS till
be
increasingly
used as a sampling frame for other aurveya. Its usefulness ia enhanced if
interviewers working on any such follow-up survey can identify the correct individual to
interview at an sddress ao you should ask for the nams and initiala of all members of
the household aged 16 and over. However, ita usefulness as a sampling frme ie severely
limited if there is no recall card for large numbers of people, eo it is vitally
important that you make ●very effort to record names (and telephone
numbers ) at every
houeehold.
YOJ should complete a recall card for each housekld coded 10 or 21-24 (ie
for each completely or partially co-operating household). Please rsmember to canplete a
recall card ●ven if incoms haa been refused.
A different colour recall card will be used for each quarter of the year.
Note the quota cmnth rmtches the rmnth of the year ie Jan = 01, Feb - 02 etc.
10
You should normally complete the recall card after all hcmsetmld members have
co-operated. However, this may not always be possible and, since Q1 covers all
persons aged 16 or over, you should direct it to a respnaible member of the
household (normally the HOH or the person who gave you rmat of the information on
the Household Schedule). Cm not make a apecia.1journey to ask this question.
informants seem to have a neutral attitude you may code this as ‘Yes, it would
be all right’ (code 1), but if they qualify their anawer in some way, ring code 3
and record their qualifications at (J5overleaf.
If
If the recall question is refused please give full details of why and tiat was
said at Q6 on the reverse side of the recall card.
1(i) If we vish to seek a further interview. a telephone call tiuht be an acceptable way of mating an appointment, ao pleaae “
aak for the telephone
number
where
Ql(i)
ia coded 1. Record the name of the ●xchange rather than the STD code.
2.
For households coded 1 or 3 at Q1, enter at 2 the Person number, preflx, surname
and initial(a) of each member of the household aged 16 or over. Enter this
information carefully, one letter in ●ach box.
Exclude frcm 2 anyone who Indicatea (or on whose behalt the reaponaible person
indicatee) that, ewen though other members of the household are willing to be
recalled on, he or she is noc.
3.
At 3, if the addrese is in any way different from that given on the Address List,
or if you can give any further information that
mibt
help
the
followUP interviewer, ring code 1 and enter the detaila.
4.
any of the household ❑embers are moving and are willing to be recalled on, code
1 at Q4 and enter the new address and the approximate &te of the move. In the
case of a kusehold splitting and mavirg to different addresses, give Person
numbers as well aa both new addresses.
If
242
Ist QUARTER
REGION IQTR [ AREA
s510/19XV91
GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY: RECALL CARD
I
complcud for all households
To be
coded 10 or 21-24
::!~
Lq’y’-s
Intmnewer
AuthNo
DAY
HI
ADD
Uou
ONTH
month
Date of
Household Schedule
I
“TFl
I
I
1. Aak HO fUperaon gwmginrormatm
PERSON NO
ANSWERING
I
nonhousehol
m
I
•1
I
dachedule
INTRODUCE
If we want to cmntw you aboutany future survey,
wcdd II Lx all right If we called on XIUagam~
CODE
Yss,ltwould bcallnght(uncomlmonal)
No, (tmcondmonal)
HH
.
..
.
...
.
Yes, (wltAcon&uOm/quallficaI]ons)(S~lfyat
..
.
5overlcaf)
.
.
.
..
.
..
,. .
1
(1)
2
6
3
(1)
~
(I) May we conuct
youby wlephone~
Yes
No
R
1
~L NO
2
2
2, If ceded 1 or 3 at 1, enter person no. and name of ●ach h“hld member ●ged 16 or over
Elil-
n
3. Does address diTer inany
way from address M?
CODE
1
Yes
CODE I 4 Areanyin~omanSmov)”g~
Yes
-
1
ddress
If yes give ●
No
(and person ncs.) below
No. . ....2
.2
& approx. dale of move
give fulldetalsbelow
If M
.-.
.
.”-”
.
.
.
---.”.-..
.
.
.
.
.
.“
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
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.
.
.
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.
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.
.
.
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.
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.
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.... . . .. .
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—
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OFFICEUSEONLY I
COD
I HOUSEHOLD
I
II
!I
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.
.. .
1.... .
1
COD
CHECK I
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ICHECK
CARERS
EMPLOYMENT
SMOKING
EDUCATfON
DRINKING
SFQRTS
FAMfLYINFORMATION
f+EA3.m
INCOME
243
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& IFQ.I IS CODED 2 (NO), EXPLAIN FULLY THE REASONS.
244