SINGLE MEASURE

Paying for care

Sweep Title: Wave 7
Dataset: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)

Question(s)

How much money is [[^BLANK/your/his/her/] husband/wife/partner/ son/other son/daughter/other grandchild /sister/other sister/ /other / other /friend/ other friend/neighbour/other neighbour/ the home care worker/ home help/ personal assistant/ the member of the reablement / intermediate care staff team/the voluntary helper/the warden / sheltered housing manager/the cleaner/the council’s handyman/the member of staff at the care/nursing home/ the other helper] paid from the direct payment or personal budget for helping [^you/[name]]?

Response scale

INTERVIEWER: ENTER AMOUNT IN POUNDS AND PENCE │││││1.00..9999997.00

01 Per hour,
02 Per visit,
03 Per day,
04 Per week,
05 Per fortnight,
06 Per four weeks,
07 Per calendar month,
08 Per year

Participant age 50 - 120
Starts January 2014
Ends January 2015
Provision OR Receipt OR Need? Receipt;
Informant: Participant
Multiple rater? No
Reporting Term Current
Standard instrument? No
Measure ID ELSA-1279