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INCOMS SCNSDLILS - INTRDDU~ION B
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This schedule deals with income and occupational status. It should be kept by
the interviewer and not left with a spender. Information about income is
essential if we are to rake uae of the expenditure details. For thin reanon
one of the conditions under which &S. 00 will ba paid to each epender ie that
we are glten details of the income coming into the household. In prectice,
this means the completion of Schedule B for each spender while the income of
any children under 16 y.ars Immt be noted at QS.81 & 82 on one of the parenta’
●chedules.
Bxceptionelly, where other people are present, the spender may be allowed to
write deteils of incomo on the pink self completion form, kut bke sure that
●nswera are carefully checked before transferring to income schedule.
m income schedula must b- canpleted as far as poskibla for absent mambere of
the household (Sac ●ection A7 ) is in casaa where the household is taken as
co-operating but where a member aged 16 and o wr is absent end is not
completing D records. lhe information should be obtained from the person
likely to be in the best position to giw it, usually the neerest ralati w eg.
detaila about the income and occupation of an absent husband should be
obtained from his wife. If it proves impossible to ge,teny information, make
out a schedule with an explanation as to why it is blenk. Remember to record
any allowances paid to other members of the household. Since such a pereon
ia not e spender the .abgence of income information for him doen not affect the
payment of S5 .00 to each spender.
Where informants ha= any type of joint income en atteq.t should be mmde to
get them to split the joint income so that income in sham separately on their
indi tidual B schedules. l%is will epply mainly to income from pensions and
income from interest and divldende, property, etc. It will also occur where
husband and wife are self-employed partners, and in such casee it will be
important to gin aa nuch detail aa poaaible at Q.44-47 to anable coders to
split the income between the partners.
, If the informentn cannot separate their individual amounts then enter the
amount in the firmt relevant peraonm column and meke a nota that the amount ia
joint income.
Note that each series of benefit and inmatment quemtiona haa a leading filter
question aaking whether informant haa recai wd any banef it or invesment
incoma from a list ●hewn on a pronpt card. If the anawer ia ‘No to all’ then
you do not need to prcxept the benefits or inwat.mants in that series. If the
anawmr ia ‘Yea’ You need to code ‘Yea’ or ‘No’ for ●ach benefit or
investment.
The prrmpt carda for state bnafita ham bemn czined with other pr~t carde
and there ia therefore only one proupt card book.
Becauaa Bpandera are tabulatad in Person Number ordar, would YCU pleaae enter
Spendara on thair Income Schadulea an follwa: -
when a aacond or third spender in entered on an Income Schedule he or ahe
mat ba the one with the naxt Paraon Number, irreapecti w of tha order of
the interview. There mat ba no gap between tha Person N@erS, UII+MS the
miaaing person ia not a Spander.
A husband and wife should be on the aama schedule.
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