SINGLE MEASURE

Reason receiving universal credit

Sweep Title: 2018
Dataset: Labour Force Survey (LFS)

Question(s)

(In the week ending Sunday the [date]) was the main reason you were receiving Universal Credit because you were……

Response scale

Unemployed and looking for work,
Not working because you were sick, injured or disabled,
Not working because of being a lone parent for a child under 5,
Not working because of caring for someone who was sick or disabled, Working but entitled to Universal Credit on top of your earnings,
For some other reason?

Participant age 16 - 120
Starts January 2018
Ends January 2019
Provision OR Receipt OR Need? Provision;
Informant: Participant
Multiple rater? No
Reporting Term Past week
Standard instrument? No
Measure ID lfs-2456