posted on 2007-02-13, 13:40authored byKarl Ashworth, Yvette Hartfree, Augusta Stephenson
Little is known about the characteristics of people leaving Incapacity
Benefit and entering Jobseeker’s Allowance, or of those leaving Jobseeker’s
Allowance and remaining economically inactive because of their health
condition, and who are here assumed to have moved onto Incapacity
Benefit or Income Support. In order to explore the characteristics of
these groups more thoroughly the Department of Social Security has
commissioned secondary analysis of two datasets: the Leaving Incapacity
Benefit survey and the Jobseeker’s Allowance evaluation surveys.
Although neither of these datasets was designed specifically to explore
the issues at hand, each offers useful common material, as well as unique
insights into the circumstances and fortunes of the target groups. The
Leaving Incapacity Benefit survey allows an exploration of people’s
circumstances at three points in time:
1 after leaving Incapacity Benefit;
2 at the survey interview (five to 10 months later);
3 at the postal follow-up (12 to 18 months after leaving Incapacity
Benefit).
ASHWORTH, K., HARTFREE, Y. and STEPHENSON, A. (2001). Well enough to work? Research report (Great Britain. Dept. for Work and Pensions); 145. Leeds : Corporate Document Supply.