SINGLE MEASURE

Universal credit due to caring responsibilities

Sweep Title: 2015
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 2015
Ends January 2016
Provision OR Receipt OR Need? Receipt;
Informant: Participant
Multiple rater? No
Reporting Term Current
Standard instrument? No
Measure ID lfs-2471