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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, February 1998

Variable Details

Variablem19510m1
LabelWhich credit do you use now?
Responses
1 Mortgage - bank or building society 688
2 Mortgage from another lender 18
3 Other bank building society loan 47
4 Loan from other financial institution 38
5 Overdraft facility 95
6 Credit card 245
7 Store card 35
8 Credit arranged from retailer 11
9 Bought mail order catalogue 81
10 Credit weekly from your home 6
11 Family friends 28
12 Pawnbrokers 0
13 Credit Union 0
14 DSS Social Fund 14
15 Other e.g. loan sharks 2
16 None of these 538
99 Don't know 6
98 Refused 11
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, February 1998
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