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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Household Survey, 2017

Variable Details

Variablelcr4_03
LabelWhy have you decided not to install a ground source heat pump?
Responses
Capital cost 1
Don't Know 1
Long Payback time 1
already got air source 1
cheaper 1
considered it and decided to get air source instead as it was cheaper 1
cost 5
cost at time 1
cost to purchase and install 1
costly - they dont work after a bit - it freezes under the ground 1
disrution and return 1
dont need it 1
dont tech works 1
dont think its warm enough here 1
got air source 1
happy with what we have 1
hassle 1
ig initial outlay, dk about practicalities of 1
limitations and expense 1
no advantage 1
not economic 1
on't know enough about it 1
ot easy to retrofit. 1
same reason 1
see prior 1
the cost is too much 1
to much investment 1
to much work to install 1
too dear 1
too expensive 4
too expensive/disruptive to install 1
too noisy 1
uneconomic 1
unreliable and unviable economically 1
would need to dig up the whole garden AND DIG 4M DEEP FOR THE SYTEM TOBE EFFICIENT. 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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