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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

1970 British Cohort Study: Forty-Two-Year Follow-Up, 2012

Variable Details

VariableB9FREEAS
LabelWhether freehold or leashold
Question text Is this accommodation owned freehold or leasehold?
Responses
1 Freehold 5889
2 Leasehold 453
-8 Don't know 96
-1 Not applicable 3403
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Forty-Two-Year Follow-Up, 2012
Interviewer InstructionsHELP SCREEN Freehold is where you own the property and the land it is built on and have the right to live there for as long as you want. Leasehold is where you have purchased the right to occupy your property for a given length of time – ‘the lease period’. You will typically have to pay ‘management fees’ or ‘service fees’, ‘ground rent’ to the owner of the building. Leasehold properties are typically flats.
UniverseAll children in England, Scotland and Wales born in one week in 1970;National
SamplingNo sampling (total universe)
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort
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