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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2008

Variable Details

VariableMortType
LabelMortgage: what type do you have?
Question text Is this mortgage... an endowment mortgage where your mortgage payments cover interest only, or a repayment mortgage where your mortgage payments cover interest and part of the original loan, or a pension mortgage where your mortgage payments cover interest only, or a PEP, ISA, or Unit Trust mortgage, or BOTH an endowment (or pension) mortgage AND a repayment mortgage?
Responses
1 an endowment mortgage where your mortgag 322
2 or a repayment mortgage where your mortg 1682
3 or a pension mortgage where your mortgag 69
4 or a PEP, ISA or Unit Trust mortgage? 8
5 or BOTH an endowment (or pension) mortga 149
Sysmiss 3613
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2008
Interviewer InstructionsCode first that applies.
UniverseNational;Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2008.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;Due to funding constraints, from January 2010 the Northern Ireland (NI) sample used for the LCF will be reduced to a sample proportionate to the NI population relative to the UK.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; From January 2006, the EFS (now LCF) moved from a financial to calendar year basis in anticipation of the IHS.
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