SN 5215 -Benefit Leavers Survey, 2004

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Title:
Benefit Leavers Survey, 2004

Subject Categories:
Unemployment - Employment and labour
Use and provision of specific social services - Social welfare policy and systems

Depositor(s):
BMRB. Social Research

Principal Investigator(s):
BMRB. Social Research

Sponsor(s):
Department for Work and Pensions

Project Number: 45102416

Abstract:
The Benefit Leavers Surveys began in 2002-2003. The series aims to provide data on the destinations of working-age benefit leavers. At present, information on destinations is collected for Job Seeker's Allowance (JSA) recipients, but not for other benefit leavers. This research therefore aims to provide the equivalent information for them via survey data collection.

The specific objectives of the research series are as follows:

to produce data that are comparable as possible with the future administrative solution (specifically, this involves the collection of information on immediate destination after leaving the benefit, details on hours and earnings where the destination is work, current activity at time of interview), and demographic information not already held administratively;

to provide data for a large and representative sample of leavers in particular client groups;

to provide input into the design of the administrative data collection exercise.

Main Topics:
Topics covered included: type of benefit received; reasons benefit no longer received; whether moved onto other benefit; whether started work or other disposal; employment and self-employment; details of pay; and ethnic group.

The data file also contains some sample and administrative variables (such as a unique serial number, and information on the region the respondent was resident in at the time of the survey) and some derived variables (such as hourly pay which has been calculated from earnings and from hours worked). There are also two weighting variables (of which 'final scale weight' was the one used by the researchers).

Coverage:
Time Period Covered: February 2004-October 2004
Dates of Fieldwork: June 2004-October 2004
Country: Great Britain
Spatial Units: Local Authority Areas
Kind of Data: Textual data; Numeric data; Individual (micro) level

Universe Sampled:
Location of Units of Observation:National
Population:People aged between 18 and 65 living in Great Britain who had stopped receiving Income Support or Incapacity Benefit or Jobseeker's Allowance between 1 February and 14 May 2004.

Methodology:
Time Dimensions: Repeated cross-sectional study
Sampling Procedures: One-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Number of Units: 38,101 (target), 17,166 (obtained)
Method of Data Collection: Face-to-face interview; Telephone interview
Weighting: Weighting used. See documentation for details

Language(s) of Written Materials:
Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:
Access Conditions: The depositor has specified that registration is required. Available to all registered users. The depositor may be informed about usage.
Availability: ESDS Access and Preservation, UK Data Archive
Contact: Help desk: help@esds.ac.uk

Date of Release:
First Edition: 19 August 2005

Copyright:
Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen’s Printer for Scotland

Documentation:

Format	Name	Size in Kilobytes	Description
PDF	5215userguide.pdf	1651	User Guide
HTML	UKDA_Study_5215_Information.htm	15	Study information and citation

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10 July 2006

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