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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2008

Variable Details

VariableLnOrg5
LabelLoans: source
Question text Is the source of the loan... a finance house, credit union, second mortgage, personal loan from bank or building society, your employer as repayment of a loan, DWP Social Fund, or repayment of a student loan?
Responses
1 A finance house, credit union, second mortgage etc 1
2 Your employer as repayment of a loan 0
3 DWP Social Fund 0
4 Repayment of a student loan 0
Sysmiss 5842
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2008
Interviewer InstructionsRunning prompt
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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