Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, April 1996

Variable Details

Variablespec4
LabelRECORD OTHER SPECIFIES
Responses
"more official" 1
Cant express my feelings 1
Different approach. 1
Disregard rules 1
Eager to collect debt (commission) 1
LESS COMMITTED MORE SELF INTERESTED IN MONETARY TERMS 1
Less impartial. 1
More firm. 1
More successful 1
Persistence 1
They would be working on commision and less likely to be flexible 1
a private collector will work harder than the dss to collect the money 1
a private company would have a different attitude to the work 1
at the end of the day a private collector will be based on results and that is not a good idea for the people 1
be more thorough 1
cant accept that they would provide an understanding service 1
debt collectors would be more professional 1
demanding 1
depends on collector & their remuneration 1
depends on payments system 1
depends on person 1
depends on who they are collecting from 1
determined 1
determined and able to give more time 1
effective at getting the job done 1
expensive 1
forceful 4
harder 1
have to make a profit. 1
he/she will be more time orientated 1
heavy ,overpowering. 1
if paid commision more likely to collect debt 1
if they use many different agencies, they could all do diferent things depending on their practices 1
indifferent 1
keener in work 1
less accountable 1
less professional 1
letter and comunication more frequent 1
more assertive 4
more assertive - be targeted and keener to achieve their objective or they dont get paid 1
more businlike 1
more detatched 1
more determined 2
more determined.try harded not give up so easy 1
more direct - to the point 1
more effective 1
more effective because they will have targets to achieve and his job will depend on getting results 1
more efficient 4
more forceful 1
more forceful but not aggressive 1
more persistant 3
more private 1
more professional 2
more professional (its their job rather than doing it as an extra)e job 1
more ruthless 2
more strict/less flexible 1
more target led/less accoubtable 1
more thorough 1
more to gain financially, as it would be their own business 1
more vigorously 1
privaate debt collector has to do it for his living incentive much greater will be more ruthless 1
result orientated 1
ruthless more so 1
self interest 1
spying 1
stricter 1
stronger , having a way of getting out of the people others wouldnt 1
suspect private agency might have to be more strighentt 1
thorough 1
tougher 1
under control 1
use methods of all sorts to do the job 1
vigourous 1
would know less about the case 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, April 1996