At least two good meals a day
A substantial meal at least once a day
Cooked breakfast most days
Breakfast every day
A cooked main meal
During the last fortnight was there ever a day (i.e. from getting up to going to bed) when you did not have a substantial meal due to lack of money?
Cannot afford to buy the food the family needs
Not having (or hardly) the means to buy basic food (bread, milk, apples, potatoes, vegetables)
Meat every day
Meat or fish or chicken or vegetarian equivalent at least each second day
Access to animal protein 3 times a week
Meat once a week
Able to eat meat
Fresh seafood once a month
Fruits at least once a day
Fresh fruits at least once a week
Healthy foods
Family members cannot afford nutritious food to regain good health after serious illness
Able to eat non-meat food
A special meal once a week
Have at least four outfits
Having 3 pairs of socks/stockings in good repair
Have clothes for all household members
Buy clothes when needed
Enough warm clothes for cold weather
Warm clothes and bedding if its cold
Warm jacket/coat
Some new clothes every year
One or two pieces of new clothes in a year
New clothes in a month
Having mostly new, not second hand clothes
Buy new underwear once a year
All clothes are cheap merchandise
Able to buy at least 2 sets of new cloth for each of all household members per year
Two pairs of shoes in good repair and suitable for everyday use
Do [you/you and each member of your household] have at least two pairs of properly fitting footwear including a pair of suitable winter footwear?
Three pairs of shoes
Have shoes for all household members
One set of decent clothes (e.g. for job interview / Chinese New Year celebration)
Suitable clothes for important or special occasions
Ornaments for special occasions
Trendy clothes
Wrist watch
Visit to a health facility when ill and all the medication prescribed to treat the illness
To be able to see a doctor when needed
Women medics available to care for women in health clinics
Doctor visiting the house when sick
Medical care when required
Afford health care and medication when ill
Able to consult private doctor when you are sick
Family members only able to consult a doctor in a government clinic
Able to consult a private doctor in an emergency without waiting for public outpatients service
Have health insurance for all household members
Access to a bulk-billing doctor (Medicare)
Access to local doctor or hospital
Access to formal healthcare centre
Able to pay for health care without selling any property (chronic disease is not included)
Able to consult Chinese medicine practitioner when you are sick and purchase prescribed medicines
Medical screenings for timely detection of diseases
X-ray and laboratory tests (Doctor recommended)
Health products such as glasses, artificial teeth and hearing aids
Disability support services when needed
Aged care for frail older people
Someone to look after you if you are sick and need help
Being able to take care of yourself when sick
Access to mental health services, if needed
Domestic medicine cabinet
Regular dental check-up once a year
Regular dental check-ups
To be able to see a dentist when needed
Can pay for spectacles if needed
Regular eye check once a year and able to afford spectacles if needed
National health insurance
Afford personal needs (soap, haircare etc)
Having personal care items, such as razors or feminine hygiene products
Able to have a hot shower in cold winter
Able to buy cleaning products (soap, wax, etc.)
Being able to get a professional haircut every one or two months
Motorbike/Motorcycle
Do not have to take the underground
Good and convenient public transport in the area/neighbourhood
Access to public transport
Afford taxi/ bus/ pickup/ motorbike with passenger seat/ other motorised vehicle to work
Able to travel to and from hospital by taxi when needed
Are [you/you and your household] always able to get around your community, either by having a car or by taking the bus or equivalent mode of transportation?
Able to take a taxi/bus/minibus if necessary
Transportation costs to see friends, family, relatives
Visiting hometown if needed
A small amount of money to spend on yourself
Having to reduce miscellaneous expense such as smoking, drinking, playing mahjong
Enough money to be able to save quite a lot of money
Regular savings (of at least XX a month) for rainy days
Having regular savings of at least XX a month for the family
Up to $xx (amount to be filled in) in savings for an emergency
At least $xx (amount to be filled in) in savings for an emergency
Have less than XX in savings
Pay an unexpected, but necessary, expense of £xxx
Can your household afford an unexpected expense of (xxx) without borrowing?
Avoid arrears (in mortgage, rent, utility bills and debt repayments)
Enough money to pay school fees for children
Enough money to take children to a medical facility when sick
Access to bank loan
Have life insurance (eg for death, accidents, illness, etc.)
Comprehensive motor vehicle insurance
New Year’s celebration (such as Osechi – a special meal for the New Year’s Day)
Celebrations on special occasions, such as birthdays, Christmas or religious festivals
Celebrating birthdays
Celebrating/marking significant days such as weddings, birthdays, anniversary of death
Able to initiate at leat one ceremnoy per year
A meal out with friends or family at least once a month
Whole family able to eat out once a week
Inviting a friend out for tea once a week
Visits to friends or relatives
A meal in a restaurant once a week
At least having a meal in a decent restaurant once a month
A meal in a restaurant once a month
Eating out 2 or 3 times a month
Go to a teahouse sometimes in leisure time
Can your whole household afford to go for a week's annual holiday, away from home, including stays in second dwelling or with friends/relatives?
Holiday away from home once a yesar with family
Family trip of more than one night at least once a year
Have leisure activities in the holidays
A morning, afternoon or evening out in the last fortnight
Go to movies or theatre
Pay your way when out with family or friends
Did you have a morning, afternoon or evening out in the last fortnight, for your entertainment (something that cost money)?
Having a day trip within the country (e.g. driving, pilgrimage)
Joining activities held by community, organisation or club (e.g. elderly club)
Attending church, mosque, synagogue or other places of worship
Go to KTV or Karaoke
Shopping
One hour of physical exercise a day
Watch tv each day
Presents for family or friends at least once a year
Buying presents for immediate family or close friends at least once a year
Can offer a gift or money on occasion of wedding
Presents for friends or relatives while visiting them
Give gifts to someone outside the home
Computer with internet
Able to attend evening classes
Be able to attend vocational training
Access to adult learning
Be able to send all children to school
Provide for children's education
Able to send children to school to at least grade 7
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PSE:UK is a major collaboration between the University of Bristol, Heriot-Watt University, The Open University, Queen's University Belfast, University of Glasgow and the University of York working with the National Centre for Social Research and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. ESRC Grant RES-060-25-0052.
