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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

The Islington Crime Survey: Thirty Years On, 2016

Variable Details

VariableVF1_2
LabelDoes the incident fall into any of the following categories?
Responses
1 Someone comes to your door and offers to do work on your hom 22
2 Someone works on your home and overcharges 6
3 Someone takes cash in advance for work which is never done 4
4 Goods you have ordered do not arrive 14
5 Goods you have ordered arrive but are defective 11
6 Someone makes online or phone contact and tries to extract b 431
7 An email offers you a future fortune in exchange for a small 167
8 You discover that money has been taken from your bank or bui 71
9 None of the above 81
10 Unauthorised access to/use of personal data (e.g. banking i 23
11 Loss of money through responding to communication (e.g. frau 2
97 Don't know 1
98 Refused 0
99 Not Asked 1192
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationThe Islington Crime Survey: Thirty Years On, 2016
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