Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Electric Vehicles Module, February 2014 and February 2015

Variable Details

VariableMEC_11M1
LabelPlease select up to three options that would encourage you to buy an electric car or van. 01
Question text Looking at the following list of cost related issues, please select up to three options that would encourage you to buy an electric car or van.
Responses
1 Purchase costs 200
2 Fuel / recharging costs, including fuel tax 33
3 Maintenance costs 11
4 Resale value 1
5 Car tax (Vehicle Excise Duty) 11
6 Company car tax 0
7 Insurance 7
8 Other (please specify) 3
9 Don t know (spontaneous only) 11
10 Refusal (spontaneous only) 1
Sysmiss 684
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationOpinions and Lifestyle Survey, Electric Vehicles Module, February 2014 and February 2015
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD EC5 Code up to three responses. If the respondent selects more than three options please ask them to select the three options they think about most.
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study;monthly (up to year 2000), eight cycles per year (up to April 2005), monthly thereafter. From April 2014, reverted back to eight cycles per year.