Variable Description

Name
j837
Label
Amount CHs Health Has Cost Past 6 MTHs
Dataset
Value Label Frequency % of valid % of all
0 Nothing 5,198
58.97%
0.00%
1 <=UKP10 2,300
26.09%
0.00%
2 UKP11 to 30 575
6.52%
0.00%
3 UKP31 to 100 278
3.15%
0.00%
4 >UKP100 110
1.25%
0.00%
5 Not sure 354
4.02%
0.00%
Valid Invalid Min Max Mean
8815 686 0 5 0.74

Representation

Type
Code List
Selection Style
SelectOne
Codes
Aggregation Method
Unspecified
Temporal
False
Geographic
False

Source Questions

G10

320 questions before...
If you or your partner had to take time off because of your child's health problems, did you usually: (tick as many as apply)
You Partner

1 - Yes

1 - Yes

1 - Yes

1 - Yes

1 - Yes

1 - Yes

1 - Yes

1 - Yes

lose pay
take it as holiday
say you were ill or give some other reason
make up the time later
haven't taken time off work/not working

Thinking of the last 6 months, can you say how much your study child's health problems have cost the family? Please add up carefully all the costs you can think of (e.g: for travel to the doctor counted at 15p per mile, loss of pay, extra medicines, extra child-care, etc.)

0
nothing
1
up to £10
2
£11-£30
3
£31-£100
4
over £100
5
not sure

How much of a burden has this been for your household finances?

1
small
2
moderate
3
heavy
4
no problem
20 questions after...
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Lineage

  • ALSPAC Mothers New Questionnaire Dataset - j837
    Amount CHs Health Has Cost Past 6 MTHs
    • Thinking of the last 6 months, can you say how much your study child's health problems have cost the family? Please add up carefully all the costs you can think of (e.g: for travel to the doctor counted at 15p per mile, loss of pay, extra medicines, extra child-care, etc.)