Hello Jane,
Unfortunately, the UKHLS doesn’t have this type of questions. In addition to what you mentioned, there are some variables measuring private care and child maintenance expenditures. These can be explored in the Social Care and child maintenance modules at https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/questionnaire-modules/socialcare_w13/ and https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/questionnaire-modules/childmaintenance_w13/
Alternatively, within the BHPS Study, there exist expenditure-related variables. For instance, questions like "How much in total have you paid for this (list), excluding any interest paid on loans?" include items such as Colour television, Video recorder, Satellite dish/TV, and more. These variables are named bw_cd#cst, where “w” represents the wave letter from “a” (wave 1) to “r” (wave 18), and # ranges from 1 to 12. For instance, the variable for measuring the cost of colour television for wave 10 is bj_cd1cst.
To explore BHPS questionnaires, please visit https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/questionnaires/
For further details about BHPS, kindly refer to the user guide available at
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/documentation/user-guides/6614-user-guide-bhps-harmonised.pdf
I hope this information is helpful.
Best wishes,
Roberto Cavazos
Understanding Society User Support Team