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Encouraging take up
 — awareness of and attitudes to Pension Credit
Author(s)Claire Talbot, Laura Adelman, Robert Lilly
Corporate AuthorSocial Research Division, Department for Work and Pensions - DWP
PublisherCorporate Document Services, Leeds, 2005
Pages4 pp (Department for Work and Pensions Research summary)
SourceSocial Research Division, 4th Floor, The Adelphi, 1-11 Robert Adam Street, London WC2N 8HT. Full report: Corporate Document Services, 7 Eastgate, Leeds LS2 7LY. E-mail: cds@cds.co.uk Download report: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/
KeywordsPensions ; Income tax [older people] ; Claims [services] ; Awareness [services] ; Social surveys.
AnnotationThis summary outlines key findings of the full report (Department for Work and Pensions Research report 234), the main purpose of which was to identify reasons why some people are not taking up Pension Credit. Findings cover: awareness and receipt of Pension Credit; attitudes towards benefits and the provision of benefits; knowledge of Pension Credit eligibility rules; barriers to claiming Pension Credit; and encouraging take-up. The report is based on analyses of a series of questions placed on the Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) weekly omnibus survey; 2,300 people aged 60+ were interviewed in November 2004. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-050322212 P
ClassmarkJJ: JT: QLT: QLA: 3F *

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