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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 1999

Variable Details

VariableHELOAN
LabelShould students expect to take out loans? S532
Question text Many full-time university students are now taking out government loans to help cover their living costs. They have to start repaying these loans when they begin working. Generally speaking, do you think that students should be expected to take out loans to help cover their living costs, or, students should not be expected to take out loans to help cover living costs?
Responses
1 Yes, students should be expected to take out loans 380
2 No, students shouldn't be expected to take out loans 913
3 (It depends) 138
8 Don't know 49
9 Not answered 2
-2 Skp,Welsh sample 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 1999
UniversePersons aged 18 years and over resident in Scotland, including north of the Great Glen.;Scottish Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected annually
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