SINGLE MEASURE

Paying for care - personal budgets

Sweep Title: Wave 9
Dataset: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)

Question(s)

[^Do/Does] [^you/[^name]] have a Personal Budget, sometimes known as an Individual Budget? This is when the local authority/ council/social services decides │the amount or pot of money necessary to meet social care needs. [^you/he/she] can │choose how to spend this money which can be used for a range of services, not just social care.

Response scale

01 Yes, have Personal Budget/Individual budget
02 No, do not have Personal Budget/ Individual Budget

Participant age 50 - 120
Starts January 2018
Ends January 2019
Provision OR Receipt OR Need? Receipt;
Informant: Participant
Multiple rater? No
Reporting Term Current
Standard instrument? No
Measure ID ELSA-1152