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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Household Survey, 2017

Variable Details

Variablelcr4_02
LabelWhy have you decided not to install an air source heat pump?
Responses
Don't Know 3
The cost would be to much for what we would get out of it. 1
Too big a job to do now 1
because I favour the ground source heat pump. 1
cost 7
cost of instal 1
costly dont look nice - ugly 1
decided on gas instead 1
dont know enough about it 1
dont need it 1
dont think tech works well 1
expense and corrosian of unit outside 1
expensive 1
financial 1
financial outlay - initial outlay.// don't understand how the air gets circulated or how it works. - i have water filled radiators. 1
gas cheaper 1
got biomass 1
happy with electric system 1
happy with oil heating 1
happy with present syatem 1
hassle - fine with what we've got 1
have adequate heating at the moment 1
heard a few stories 1
heats only water 1
if grant was suitable 1
mixed recomendations from those that already have it 1
no avdantage 1
not economic 1
not possible 1
omass boiler more suitabel 1
same reason 1
too difficult and not cost effective 1
too expensive 3
too long to get money back 1
too noisy and expensive 1
too old to outlay - would not get money back 1
unreliable and unviable economically 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Household Survey, 2017
UniverseHouseholds and individual adults within households in Scotland.
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeTime Series Repeated cross-sectional study
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