This statistic shows the different value amounts people are willing to loan to others (as "I owe you"s or IOUs) in the United Kingdom, by type of relationship (close or distant), as of April 2014. On average UK adults are more comfortable lending cash to their family and friends rather than to other people. For example 34 percent are willing to lend a hundred British pounds or more to their family and friends, but only four percent are willing to lend an equal sum to other people.
How comfortable do you feel lending different amounts to people?
Research included the quantitative component (online survey) and the qualitative component (twenty in-depth phone interviews).
Answers to this question were presented on the scale, where 1 = very comfortable; 10 = very uncomfortable). Positive end of the scale presented in this statistic included response value bracket 1 to 3.
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Payments Council. (April 1, 2014). How comfortable do you feel lending different amounts to people? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/328961/uk-ious-value-relationship/
Payments Council. "How comfortable do you feel lending different amounts to people?." Chart. April 1, 2014. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/328961/uk-ious-value-relationship/
Payments Council. (2014). How comfortable do you feel lending different amounts to people?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/328961/uk-ious-value-relationship/
Payments Council. "How Comfortable Do You Feel Lending Different Amounts to People?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Apr 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/328961/uk-ious-value-relationship/
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How comfortable do you feel lending different amounts to people? [Graph], Payments Council, April 1, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/328961/uk-ious-value-relationship/
