Field: State Support received by the Family for Children

Description

State support received by the family for children, as reported by FRS respondents, where:

• a family is defined as a single adult or a married or cohabiting couple and any dependent children (see Family Type for more information).

• a child is defined as an individual aged under 16. A person will also be defined as a child if they are 16 to 19 years old and they are:
• not married nor in a civil partnership nor living with a partner; and
• living with parents/a responsible adult; and
• in full-time non-advanced education or in unwaged government training.

• State support for children include:
• Disability Living Allowance (Care and/or Mobility)
• Personal Independence Payments (Daily Living and/or Mobility)
• Jobseeker's Allowance (Income-based and/or Contributory)
• Employment Support Allowance (Income-related and/or Contributory)
• Incapacity Benefit
• Child Tax Credits including lump sums
• Working Tax Credits including lump sums
• Income Support
• Housing Benefit
• Universal Credit
• Universal Credit or Equivalent (Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, income-related Employment Support Allowance, Income Support, Housing Benefit, Child Tax Credits including lump sums, Working Tax Credits including lump sums)

Classification

Applicable to: Children in a family

• Not in receipt
• In receipt
• Not available (before 2004/05) to allow comparisons over time

Number of categories: 3

Quality Statement

Relative to administrative records, the FRS is known to under-report benefit receipt. However, the FRS is considered to be the best source for looking at benefit and tax credit receipt by characteristics not captured on administrative sources, and for looking at total benefit receipt on a family (benefit unit) or household basis. It is often inappropriate to look at benefit receipt on an individual basis because means-tested benefits are paid on behalf of the family (benefit unit).

Further information can be found in the Glossary of the FRS Background Note and Methodology here and in the HBAI Quality and Methodology Report here.

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