Owes money: Student loan
Datafile
Index terms
- Financial Management: Credit and Debt
- Financial Management: Loan Repayments
- Financial Management: Material Wellbeing
Question asked in the latest wave:
wealthassetsanddebt_w8.debt
Question label:
Owes money
Question text:
I would now like to ask you about any other financial commitments you may have apart from mortgages. For which, if any, of these items do you currently owe any money? Please do not include credit card and other bills being fully paid off in the current month.
Question interviewer instructions:
STUDENT LOANS: INCLUDE LOANS HELD BY STUDENTS STILL AT UNIVERSITY AS WELL AS THOSE THAT HAVE FINISHED THEIR EDUCATION.
CODE ALL THAT APPLY
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 5 | 0.01% |
| proxy | -7 | 1683 | 4.28% |
| refusal | -2 | 369 | 0.94% |
| don't know | -1 | 184 | 0.47% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 33877 | 86.21% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 3176 | 8.08% |
| Total | 39294 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 55 | 0.12% |
| proxy | -7 | 3935 | 8.36% |
| refusal | -2 | 91 | 0.19% |
| don't know | -1 | 34 | 0.07% |
| not mentioned | 0 | 40174 | 85.34% |
| mentioned | 1 | 2785 | 5.92% |
| Total | 47074 | 100.0% |
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