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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2015

Variable Details

VariableTenureNW
LabelDoes your household own or rent this accommodation?
Question text Does your household own or rent this accommodation?
Responses
1 OWNS: Own outright 443
2 OWNS: Buying on mortgage 380
3 RENTS: Local authority or council 204
4 RENTS: Housing Association/charitable trust/new town develop 104
5 RENTS: Property company 39
6 RENTS: Employer 9
7 RENTS: Other organisation 3
8 RENTS: Relative/friend (before living here) 18
9 RENTS: Other individual 68
10 BOTH: Shared ownership/part rent and part mortgage 4
11 Rent free, squatting etc 12
98 Don't know 1
99 Refusal 2
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Not applicable 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2015
Interviewer InstructionsPROBE IF OWNS: Outright or on a mortgage? PROBE IF RENTS: From whom? If respondent says 'both' or 'shared ownership' or 'part rent and part mortgage' please code as 10.
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Persons aged 18 years and over resident in Scotland, including north of the Great Glen.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; Data are collected annually.
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