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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Household Survey, 2015

Variable Details

Variablelcr4_01
LabelWhy have you decided not to install a Biomass boiler?
Question text WHY HAVE YOU DECIDED NOT TO INSTALL [SUB1]?
Responses
BECAUSE THE HOUSE ID S NOT BIG ENOUGH IF I HAD A FORREST I WOULD BUT WE HAVE GAS 1
CAUSE THE BOILER IS ONLY 3 OR 4 YEARS OLD AND YOU NEED WOOD AND STUFF, STORAGE, CONVENIENCE REALLY 1
Don't Know 2
Have a combi boiler 1
Initial cost and the time it takes to make the money back on it. 1
Its more expensive to operate than current system 1
TOO EXPENSIVE 1
Too much work 1
because its complicated as a result of having no 1
cost 4
costs too much 1
demand will outstrip supply 1
existing heating is adequate, neighbour has one and produces a lot of smoke 1
expense 1
got one at work and its smelly and neigbours object 1
heating system is nstill going strong 1
high pressure sale man 1
house nt sutable 1
in conservation area,building erection needed 1
inconvenient to keep it going 1
installation difficulties 1
might be4 moving 1
moving house 1
not at stage of chansing boiler 1
not being pushed in shetland 1
not looked into it in great enough detail to warrant doing it 1
preferred log burning stove and biomass too expensive 1
property not large enough 1
space and access for the fuel 1
takes ujp too much space 1
too expensive 2
too expensive to run 1
too labour intensive. 1
too much hasstle to install and run 1
too much work involved 1
wanted to burn peat as well 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Household Survey, 2015
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Households and individual adults within households in Scotland.
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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