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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Survey of English Housing, 2005-2006

Variable Details

Variableeqrel1
LabelEQUITY RELEASE PAST 3 YEARS
Question text People who own property can release money from the value of their property by taking out a larger mortgage or a new loan or by buying or selling a property. Have you/you and partner done any of the things on this card in the last three years? Response 1
Responses
1 Remortgaged current home and had money left over after payin 496
2 Remortgaged or topped up a mortgage on another property and 77
3 Sold old home and bought this one and had money left over 300
4 Sold another property and had money left over 127
5 Taken out new mortgage on current home when didn't previousl 119
6 Taken out further advance or top-up on current mortgage 574
7 Taken out personal loan secured against current home 152
8 None of these 11388
-9 Don't know (99) 257
-8 Refusal (98) 71
-2 Schedule not applicable 10816
-1 Item not applicable 5517
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationSurvey of English Housing, 2005-2006
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD AS. CODE ALL THAT APPLY.
UniversePrivate households and privately renting tenancy groups in England;Households;Housing;Tenants;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; conducted annually from 1993/1994-2007/2008. The SEH was replaced by the EHS from 2008 (see Abstract section for details).
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