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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, March 1998

Variable Details

Variablem19510m1
LabelWhich credit do you use now?
Responses
1 Mortgage - bank or building society 660
2 Mortgage from another lender 16
3 Other bank building society loan 49
4 Loan from other financial institution 53
5 Overdraft facility 75
6 Credit card 270
7 Store card 23
8 Credit arranged from retailer 15
9 Bought mail order catalogue 54
10 Credit weekly from your home 17
11 Family friends 27
12 Pawnbrokers 0
13 Credit Union 0
14 DSS Social Fund 26
15 Other e.g. loan sharks 0
16 None of these 523
99 Don't know 10
98 Refused 27
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, March 1998
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