UK Data Service variable record for:
| Variable | HPdatY3 | 
| Label | Hire Purchase: which year obtained item? | 
| Question text | When did you obtain the item or service? | 
| Disclaimer | Please note that these frequencies are not weighted. | 
| Location | Expenditure and Food Survey, 2006 | 
| Interviewer Instructions | Code year. | 
| Universe | National;Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2006. | 
| Sampling | Multi-stage stratified random sample | 
| Study Type | Repeated cross-sectional study. From January 2006, the EFS moved from a financial to calendar year basis in anticipation of the CPS. |