Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2010

Variable Details

VariableHELoan
Labelloans to help cover their living costs: :C662
Question text Many full-time university students are now taking out government loans to help cover their living costs. They have to start repaying these loans when they begin working. Generally speaking, do you think that... students should be expected to take out loans to help cover their living costs, or, students should not be expected to take out loans to help cover living costs?
Responses
1 students should be expected to take loans for living costs 434
2 students should not take loans for living costs 462
3 (It depends) 154
8 Don't know 26
9 Refusal 5
-2 Skip version A+B 2216
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2010
UniverseAdults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal).<br>;Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;Sampling is conducted in four stages; from 1993 the sample has been drawn from the Postcode Address File, whereas in previous years it was drawn from the Electoral Register.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The BSA survey is conducted annually.