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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2015

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 1523
2 OWNS: Buying on mortgage 1229
3 Shared ownership (e.g. part rent, part buy) 22
4 RENTS: local authority / council 476
5 RENTS: Housing Association/charitable trust/new town develop 362
6 RENTS: property company 56
7 RENTS: employer of a household member 6
8 RENTS: other organisation 31
9 RENTS: relative/friend (before living here) of a household m 30
10 RENTS: other individual/private landlord 553
11 Rent free, squatting 13
97 Other (WRITE IN) 13
98 Don’t know 6
99 Refusal 8
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2015
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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