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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Household Survey, 2015

Variable Details

Variablelcr4_03
LabelWhy have you decided not to install a ground source heat pump?
Question text WHY HAVE YOU DECIDED NOT TO INSTALL [SUB1]?
Responses
Being a modern house, it would be cost inefficient/n// 1
Bore into the ground. 1
Cost 1
Danger to environment 1
Don't Know 4
Financial reason 1
HUSBAND DECIDED PROBABLY WHAT WAS BEST DECISION 1
Initial cost 1
Much less convenient than the district heating that is already connected to our house. Also too expensive 1
Need more kknowledge and seemed very expensive. 1
TO MUCH HASSEL 1
The cost 1
air source would be enough 1
at the time we thought it was not affordable 1
biomass 2
capital cost too high 1
cost 5
cost involved 1
distruption in gardenb v 1
expense 2
expensive 1
initial cost and not proven technolcogy 1
land not suitable 1
not economic / installation problems with ground 1
not pretty on building 1
saw it and decided too much for one house 1
see previous 1
too costly 1
too disrupting 1
too expensive 4
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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