SINGLE MEASURE

Amount paid for care from direct payment/personal budget

Sweep Title: Interviewer Questionnaire Wave 11 – 2023/24 Version 1 (April 2025)
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]]?_x000D_

Response scale

Per hour,
Per visit,
Per day,
Per week,
Per fortnight,
Per four weeks,
Per calendar month,
Per year

NTERVIEWER: ENTER AMOUNT IN POUNDS AND PENCE

Participant age 50 - 120
Starts January 2023
Ends January 2024
Provision OR Receipt OR Need? Receipt;
Informant: Participant Interviewer
Multiple rater? No
Reporting Term Current
Standard instrument? No
Measure ID ELSA-5058