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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

BBC Big Money Test, 2011

Variable Details

Variableq176
LabelChoosing products - To what extent do you (or you and your partner) normally shop around when you open or take out a financial ‘product’? (Products such as a bank account, credit/store card, insurance, loan, insurance.)
Responses
1 I havent yet bought a financial product 4787
2 Dont know 1659
3 I/we personally compare at least one other product 18888
4 I think I/we should compare but in practice I/we dont 5573
5 I/we get an advisor to shop around for me/us 4355
6 Why compare - they are all much the same 1230
7 I/we personally shop around quite a bit 72980
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBBC Big Money Test, 2011
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