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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2001

Variable Details

VariableSTUDLOAN
LabelS2Q7a Should students be expected to take out loans
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 their living costs?
Responses
1 Students should take loan to cover living costs 210
2 Students should not have to take loan to cover living costs 1163
3 (It depends) 359
8 (Don't know) 68
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2001
UniverseNorthern Irish adults;National;Adults aged 18 and over in Northern Ireland during 2001.
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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