Cognitive testing: older people and the FRS material deprivation questions
Working Paper No. 55
Robin Legard, Michelle Gray and Margaret Blake
This methodological study, conducted by the National Centre for Social Research, looked at developing a new set of survey questions which effectively capture the living standards of older people. This report details the programme of cognitive testing which was undertaken to understand more about why the previous material deprivation question wording and items on the Family Resources Survey (FRS) do not work effectively for older people and to develop new questions for use on the FRS.
This study was part of a wider programme of research on developing a robust question block on older people's material deprivation. Readers are recommended to also consult DWP Working paper 54, Measuring material deprivation among older people: Methodological study to revise the FRS questions (released at the same time), undertaken by Stephen McKay, Professor of Social Research at the University of Birmingham, which provides an outline of the overall programme of research and makes recommendations for the implementation of the new question block on the FRS.
October 2008
ISBN 978 1 84712 444 9
Cognitive testing: older people and the FRS material deprivation questions
