Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2008

Variable Details

VariableMortprot
LabelMortgage: do you have any mortgage protn policies?
Question text (Apart from any endowment policies you have mentioned) Do you have a mortgage protection policy to repay this mortgage in the event of sickness/accident, redundancy or death?
Responses
1 Yes 1112
2 No 1118
Sysmiss 3613
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2008
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.