Study title

Non-use of additional social benefits law. People who receive social security benefits, whose income is below a 'social minimum' can appeal to the law on additional social benefits. Not all of them use this opportunity. Research on character and cause of non-use. After becoming unemployed being informed about possible social benefits? / Way of being informed / judgement about being informed on possible social benefits / R. receiving additional social benefits / R. declared unfit for work: percentage? / Kind of social benefit received by respondent: unemployment ( WW ) / unfit ( WAO ) / widowed ( AWW ) / Knowledge about mechanism of additional social benefits law / understanding the mechanism of the law / R. experienced problems with additional social benefits law/ causes of the problems / clearing the problems / talking to others about the additional social benefits law / 'the 1990-rule' / heard about rule for self-support = 1990-generation / R. was ever refused an application for additional support / Result of possible appeal against refusing additional support / R. has relatives or friends with receiving social benefits / talking to others about receiving social benefits. / R.'s source of income / frequency of receiving 'income' / net income of respondent / estimate of salary by the hour, day, week month, year / source of income of R.'s partner: salary, AAW, WAO, WW, Sickness, AOW - old age pension, scholarship, child allowance, holiday pay, other social benefits. Ever since being out of work, respondent economized on paying visits to others, clothing, food, club memberships, insurances, housing = moved to smaller house / possibility to make ends meet for respondent / net income needed to make ends meet / statements on civil servants/ tasks of civil servants / statements about filling in forms / social benefits / talking about social benefits / dependency / unemployment. Background variables: basic characteristics/ household characteristics/ education