Catalogue of Social Care Data

IF not looking for paid work [LOOKJOB = 4]

Why is that? PROBE: What other reasons?

CODE ALL THAT APPLY
01 There are no jobs in the right place for me
02 There are no jobs with the right hours for me
03 There are no jobs available for me
04 I am in full-time education
05 I am on a training course
06 My family would lose benefits if I was earning
07 I am caring for an elderly or ill relative or friend
08 I cannot work because of poor health/disability
09 I prefer not to work
10 Prefer to be at home with the family rather than working
11 I prefer to look after my children myself
12 I cannot earn enough to pay for childcare
13 I cannot find suitable childcare
14 Child has health problems/suffers from a disability
15 My husband/wife/partner disapproves
16 I have a new baby
17 Other reason (specify)

You said that you [or [^partner’s name/your husband/wife/partner] receive some other type of state benefit?

What kind of benefit is this?

Sickness/Disability/Incapacity: Incapacity Benefit, Employment and Support Allowance,
Severe Disablement Allowance,
Carer’s Allowance,
Disability Living Allowance, Return to
Work Credit,
Attendance Allowance,
Industrial Injury
Disablement Benefit,
War Disablement Pension,
Sickness and Accident Insurance,
Any other disability related benefit or payment

Nowadays, do you regularly or frequently do any of the things on this card for your parents/your mother/your father partner’s name’s?

01 Giving them lifts in your car if you have one
02 Shopping for them
03 Providing or cooking meals
04 Helping with basic personal needs like dressing, eating or bathing
05 Washing, ironing or cleaning
06 Dealing with personal affairs e.g. paying bills, writing letters
07 Decorating, gardening or house repairs
08 Any other help

IF cohort member does any tasks for parent(s)
How many hours do you spend doing this/these things for your parents/your mother/your father, partner’s name’s, parents/mother/father, parents/mother/father in a typical week?

Part 1:
Yes
No

Part 2:
Range: 0..997

INTERVIEWER: Enter carer’s first name.
What is your relationship to [^cohort member’s name]?
INTERVIEWER: The person you are talking to is the cohort member’s…

01 Mother (include adopted/step mother)
02 Father (include adopted/step father)
03 Sister (include half/adopted/step sister)
04 Brother (include half/adopted/step brother)
05 Daughter (include adopted/step daughter)
06 Son (include adopted/step son)
07 Other relative
08 Friend
09 Unrelated carer
10 Other person (SPECIFY)

What was the main reason you stopped that period of activity with that employer”}?

1. Fixed term or temporary job ended
2. Made redundant
3. Voluntary redundancy
4. Dismissed from a job
5. Retired
6. Left job for health reasons
7. Career break
8. More money
9. Better job
10. Firm closed down / business failed
11. Left to care for family member
12. Moved to a different area
13. Just decided to leave

*Note: data for this sweep will be available in early 2024.

Nowadays, do you regularly or frequently do any of the following things for your mother, your father, your parents?

1. Giving lifts in your car if you have one
2. Shopping
3. Providing or cooking meals
4. Helping with basic personal needs like dressing, eating or bathing
5. Washing, ironing or cleaning
6. Dealing with personal affairs, e.g. paying bills, writing letters
7. Decorating, gardening or house repairs
8. Financial help
9. Any other help
10. None of these (no regular or frequent help given)

*Note: data for this sweep will be available in early 2024.

Nowadays, do you regularly or frequently do any of the following things for your partner’s mother/father/parents?

1. Giving lifts in your car if you have one
2. Shopping
3. Providing or cooking meals
4. Helping with basic personal needs like dressing, eating or bathing
5. Washing, ironing or cleaning
6. Dealing with personal affairs e.g. paying bills, writing letters
7. Decorating, gardening or house repairs
8. Financial help
9. Any other help
10. None of these (no regular or frequent help given)

*Note: data for this sweep will be available in early 2024.

Which of these best describes the accommodation you are living in at the moment?

1. A private residence
2. Sheltered housing
3. A hotel, boarding house or bed and breakfast
4. A hostel for homeless, refuge, YMCA, YWCA, etc.
5. A barracks, nurses’ hall of residence, or other accommodation provided by your employer
6. A room only at workplace
7. A prison or remand centre
8. A hospital, nursing, care home or similar institution

*Note: data for this sweep will be available in early 2024.

What was the main reason you stopped that period of activity with that employer?

1. Fixed term or temporary job ended
2. Made redundant
3. Voluntary redundancy
4. Dismissed from a job
5. Retired
6. Left job for health reasons
7. Career break
8. More money
9. Better job
10. Firm closed down or business failed
11. Left to care for family member
12. Moved to a different area
13. Just decided to leave
14. For some other reason (SPECIFY)

*Note: data for this sweep will be available in early 2024.

Thinking about your current period of unemployment, how did you come to be unemployed?

1. Fixed term or temporary job ended
2. Made redundant
3. Dismissed from a job
4. Left because pregnant
5. Left job for health reasons
6. Just decided to leave
7. Left work to care for family member
8. Firm closed down or business failed
9. Never worked
10. For some other reason (SPECIFY)

*Note: data for this sweep will be available in early 2024.

Which, if any, of these types of payments are you currently receiving?

1. Jobseeker’s Allowance
2. Income Support
3. Sickness, disability or incapacity benefits (including Employment and Support Allowance)
4. Pension benefits (including State Pension and Pension Credits)
5. Child Benefit
6. Tax credits, such as the Working Tax Credit, Disabled Person Tax Credit or Child Tax Credit
7. Any other family related benefit or payment
8. Housing Benefit or Council Tax Reduction (including direct payments to your landlord)
9. Carer’s Allowance
10. Income from a Coronavirus state benefit (including Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, Test and Trace Support Payment scheme)
11. Income from any other state benefit
12. None of these [EXCLUSIVE]

*Note: data for this sweep will be available in early 2024.

Do any of your conditions or illnesses reduce your ability to carry out day-to-day activities?

INTERVIEWER IF NEEDED: Day to day activities include things like washing and dressing yourself, household cleaning, cooking, using public or private transport, shopping for essentials, walking a defined distance, climbing stairs, remembering to pay bills, lifting objects from the ground or work surface in the kitchen, moderate manual tasks gardening or gripping objects like cutlery and hearing or speaking in a noisy room.

1. …Yes, a lot
2. Yes, a little
3. or, Not at all?

*Note: data for this sweep will be available in early 2024.

How many hours do you spend giving help to your partner because of a physical, mental, emotional or memory problem, in a typical week?

Types of help might include:
• Basic personal needs like dressing, eating or bathing
• Getting around the house e.g. climbing stairs or walking
• Taking the right amount of medication at the right time
• Dealing with personal affairs e.g. writing letters, managing money

If you help them less often than weekly please enter the average hours per week.

If unsure, enter your best estimate.

Range: 0..168