Main source of support in times of need (j10)
File: Household data - CWIQ 2003
Overview
Type: Continuous
Format: numeric
Width: 1
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-9
Valid cases: 48979 (4090448.9)
Invalid: 24 (2029)
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 9
Questions and instructions
Universe
All household included in the survey.
Literal question
In times of great financial difficulty, because of ill health ,
a death or loss of job, who can your household turn to
for help ?
Source of information
Head of household or Household member
Categories
ValueCategoryCasesWeighted
1 Family/relatives/children/parents 27315 2287699 55.9%
2 Friends/neighbours 3726 295720 7.2%
3 Groups/Associations 1130 111373 2.7%
4 Government 804 59785 1.5%
5 Bank/formal credit societies 2244 196943 4.8%
6 Insurance companies 114 12239 0.3%
7 Money lenders/informal credit 1643 130817 3.2%
8 No one you can count on 11822 980324 24.0%
9 Other 181 15548 0.4%
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.