Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Household Survey, 2012

Variable Details

Variablesave1
Labelsave1 - Do you (or your partner) have any savings or investments?
Question text THINKING ABOUT THE TOTAL VALUE OF ANY SAVINGS OR INVESTMENTS YOU HAVE, AT THE MOMENT DO YOU (OR YOUR PARTNER) HAVE TOTAL SAVINGS OR INVESTMENTS WORTH £1,000 OR MORE IN ANY COMBINATION OF THE PLACES MENTIONED ON THIS CARD, DO YOU HAVE LESS THAN £1,000 IN SAVINGS OR INVESTMENT OR DO YOU HAVE NO SAVINGS OR INVESTMENTS AT ALL?
Responses
1 A - No savings 815
2 B - Less than £1,000 488
3 C - £1,000 or more 1808
4 Don't know 40
5 Refused 309
Sysmiss 7182
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Household Survey, 2012
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD E6
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Households and individual adults within households in Scotland.
SamplingSimple random sample; Multi-stage stratified random sample;Random adult sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study