Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Living Costs and Food Survey, 2011

Variable Details

VariableMortType
LabelMortgage Payments: what type do you have?
Question text Looking at this card (card B2), which one of these options best describes your mortgage?
Responses
1 an endowment mortgage where your mortgage payments cover int 149
2 a repayment mortgage where your mortgage payments cover inte 1415
3 a pension mortgage where your mortgage payments cover intere 7
4 a Unit Trust or ISA mortgage 1
5 BOTH an endowment (or other interest only) mortgage AND a re 122
6 an interest only mortgage with more than one linked investme 62
7 an interest only mortgage with NO linked 218
8 Another type 0
Sysmiss 3717
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLiving Costs and Food Survey, 2011
Interviewer InstructionsCode one only [Value labels should read: (1) an endowment mortgage where your mortgage payments cover interest only (2) a repayment mortgage where your mortgage payments cover interest and part of the original loan (3) a pension mortgage where your mortgage payments cover interest only (4) a Unit Trust or ISA mortgage (5) BOTH an endowment (or other interest only) mortgage AND a repayment mortgage (6) an interest only mortgage with more than one linked investment (e.g. pension and unit turst, endowment and ISA) (7) an interest only mortgage with NO linked investment (8) another type (please specify) ]
UniverseNational;Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2011.
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.