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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2014

Variable Details

VariableTenure7
LabelDoes your household own or rent this accommodation?
Question text Does your household own or rent this accommodation?
Responses
1 OWNS: Owns outright 1048
2 OWNS: Buying on mortgage 781
3 Shared ownership (e.g. part rent, part buy) 10
4 RENTS: local authority / council 308
5 RENTS: Housing Association/charitable trust/new town develop 227
6 RENTS: property company 52
7 RENTS: employer of a household member 7
8 RENTS: other organisation 11
9 RENTS: relative/friend (before living here) of a household m 24
10 RENTS: other individual/private landlord 375
11 Rent free, squatting 10
97 Other (WRITE IN) 10
98 Don't know 6
99 Refused 8
-1 Not applicable 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2014
Interviewer InstructionsPROBE IF NECESSARY IF OWNS: Outright or on a mortgage? IF RENTS: From whom? 1 OWNS: Owns outright 2 OWNS: Buying on mortgage 3 Shared ownership (e.g. part rent, part buy) 4 RENTS: local authority / council 5 RENTS: Housing Association/charitable trust/new town development corporation 6 RENTS: property company 7 RENTS: employer of a household member 8 RENTS: other organisation 9 RENTS: relative/friend (before living here) of a household member 10 RENTS: other individual/private landlord 11 Rent free, squatting
UniverseLocation of units of observation:National;Population:Adults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal).<br>
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for each BSA year for full details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The BSA survey is conducted annually.
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