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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2014

Variable Details

VariableTenureNW
LabelDoes your household own or rent this accommodation?
Question text Does your household own or rent this accommodation?
Responses
-1 Not applicable 0
1 OWNS: Own outright 1177
2 OWNS: Buying on mortgage 128
3 RENTS: Local authority or council 171
4 RENTS: Housing Association/charitable trust/new town develop 25
5 RENTS: Property company 0
6 RENTS: Employer 0
7 RENTS: Other organisation 0
8 RENTS: Relative/friend (before living here) 0
9 RENTS: Other individual 0
10 BOTH: Shared ownership/part rent and part mortgage 0
11 Rent free, squatting etc 0
98 Don't know 0
99 Refused 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2014
Interviewer InstructionsPROBE IF OWNS: Outright or on a mortgage? PROBE IF RENTS: From whom? NOTE: If respondent says 'both' or 'shared ownership' or 'part rent and part mortgage' please code as 10. Value label 4 = RENTS: Housing Association/charitable trust/new town development corporation
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Persons aged 18 years and over resident in Scotland, including north of the Great Glen.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; Data are collected annually.
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