Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2009

Variable Details

VariableLnOrg3
LabelLoans: What is the source of the loan?
Question text Is the source of the loan... a finance house, credit union, second mortgage or mortgage on a second dwelling, a bank for a personal loan, a building society for a personal loan, your employer as repayment of a loan, DWP Social Fund, or repayment of a student loan?
Responses
1 A finance house 8
2 A credit union 1
3 A second mortgage or mortgage on a second loan 3
4 A bank for a personal loan 20
5 A building society for a personal loan 0
6 Your employer as repayment of a loan 6
7 DWP Social Fund 1
8 Or repayment of a student loan 14
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2009
UniverseNational;Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2009.
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.