Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-One-Year Sample Survey, 1992

Variable Details

Variablevd8a1
LabelWHAT IS THE DEPOSIT?
Question text This task is asking you about credit and hire purchase - HP. You don't have to do this in your head. You can use your pencil and paper if you like and if you want me to repeat a question, I can. You have decided to buy a car on HP over 3 years paying monthly. The car costs £4,900. You must pay a 10% deposit. What is the deposit?
Responses
0 258
1 Correct 1257
2 Incorrect 0
Sysmiss 132
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-One-Year Sample Survey, 1992
Interviewer InstructionsShow the interviewee the graphic of the car. Read out the questions slowly. You can ask them a second time if you like. They may ask to use a calculator. Say that you would prefer if they did it without, but if they insist, that is OK, but then please tick the box at the bottom of this page.
UniverseA clustered 10% sample of all respondents to an earlier BCS70 follow-up, living in England and Wales during 1992, who were not known to have died, emigrated or refused.;National
SamplingOne-stage cluster sample;A simple random sample of the BCS70 cohort
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort