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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, March 2000

Variable Details

Variablespec27
LabelOther uses for savings
Responses
Childrens Education - university costs 1
Childrens future 1
Education 1
For Tax On Self employment 1
Provide capital sum for children for on their maturity 1
Retirement 1
To pay car insurance 1
accumulate wealth 1
additional funds on retirement 1
again for sons education 1
back up 1
basically for emergencies because I'm a one parent mother 1
because self employed and tax kliabilities and vat 1
business opportunities 1
buy property as investment for retirement 1
car and retirement 1
children 1
children's education 2
childrens education 1
education 4
enjoyment 1
football shares just for fun 1
for child 1
for early retirement 1
for my children 1
for my heirs 1
for respondents own funeral-or is that code 4 special ocassion 1
for sixth form and university 1
for when I die 1
fro son's education 1
gift 1
go abroad to work 1
heaalth care 1
higher education 1
hospital trewatment 1
if anything should happen to me 1
investment 1
life 1
life assurance 1
like the lottery 1
long term money investments 1
new hous3e 1
old age infirmity 1
own burial purposes 1
retirement 1
save for unive5rsity 1
savings for accmodation whilst at university 1
school fees 2
securing the property 1
security 4
self employed tax account 1
sentamental inherited from mother 1
shares kept for fun 1
son at university 1
the tax bills 1
to bury me 1
to compensate for lack of income4 from work 1
to increase amt of savings 1
to maintain a good standard of living 1
to make more money 1
to play with shares 1
tolive off 1
treats 1
university 1
using tax free option. 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, March 2000
Interviewer InstructionsRECORD OTHER USE FOR SAVINGS
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; monthly (up to year 2000), eight cycles per year (up to April 2005), monthly thereafter.
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