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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2016

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 419
2 OWNS: Buying on mortgage 345
3 RENTS: Local authority or council 179
4 RENTS: Housing Association/charitable trust/new town develop 117
5 RENTS: Property company 36
6 RENTS: Employer 11
7 RENTS: Other organisation 12
8 RENTS: Relative/friend (before living here) 17
9 RENTS: Other individual 78
10 BOTH: Shared ownership/part rent and part mortgage 5
11 Rent free, squatting etc 13
98 Don't Know 2
99 Refusal 3
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2016
Interviewer InstructionsPROBE IF OWNS: Outright or on a mortgage? PROBE IF RENTS: From whom? INTERVIEWER NOTE: If respondent says 'both' or 'shared ownership' or 'part rent and part mortgage' please code as 10.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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