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.BankofEngland.QuarterlyBulletin

43. 

4

（Winter2003）:

417-427.

TheBankrecentlycommissionedasurveyaskingpeopleabouttheirunsecuredborrowingandwhetheritisaburdentothem.AsofOctober,34%ofrespondentshadsomeformofunsecureddebt,overandabovethatwhichtheyexpectedtopayoffattheendofthemonth,andtheaverageamountowedwasaroundL3,500.Somepeopleowedmuchmorethantheaverage:

26%ofthosewithsomedebtowedmorethan&

pound;

5,000.Theevidencesuggeststhattheproportionofpeoplewithsomedebthasnotchangedsinceatleastthelate1980s.Whiletheaverageamountborrowedbydebtorshasincreased,since2000theextraborrowinghasbeenconcentratedamongthosewithhouseholdincomesaboveL17,500.Despitetheriseinaveragedebtlevelsinrecentyears,theproportionofpeoplewhoconsidertheirdebtnottobeaburdenhasincreased.But,theamountborrowedandtheshareofunsecureddebtaccountedforbythosewhoconsideritaheavyburdenhavebothincreased.

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Headnote

TheBankrecentlycommissionedasurveyaskingpeopleabouttheirunsecuredborrowingandwhetheritisaburdentothem.Thisarticlesummarisesthemainresults.

（1）AsofOctober,34%ofrespondentshadsomeformofunsecureddebt,overandabovethatwhichtheyexpectedtopayoffattheendofthemonth,andtheaverageamountowedwasaround£

3,500.Somepeopleowedmuchmorethantheaverage:

26%ofthosewithsomedebtowedmorethan£

5,000.Around10%ofborrowerssaidthattheirunsecureddebtwasaheavyburdentotheirhouseholds,similartoearliersurveys.Forpurposesofcomparisonovertime,thequestionswerebasedonthoseusedinearliersurveys.Theevidencesuggeststhattheproportionofpeoplewithsomedebthasnotchangedsinceatleastthelate1980s.Whiletheaverageamountborrowedbydebtorshasincreased,since2000theextraborrowinghasbeenconcentratedamongthosewithhouseholdincomesabove£

17,500.Despitetheriseinaveragedebtlevelsinrecentyears,theproportionofpeoplewhoconsidertheirdebtnottobeaburdenhasincreased.But,theamountborrowedandtheshareofunsecureddebtaccountedforbythosewhoconsideritaheavyburdenhavebothincreased.

Therecentrapidgrowthinhouseholddebthasbeendrivenbyhighratesofbothsecuredborrowing,throughmortgages,andunsecuredborrowing,throughpersonalloans,overdraftsandcreditcards.Whiletheaggregatestockofunsecureddebt（£

164billionatend-2003Q2）issmallinrelationtothestockofmortgagedebt（£

714billion）andhouseholdsectorgrosswealth（£

5,547billion,includinghousing）,itsfastgrowthhasraisedquestionsaboutwhetheranincreasingnumberofpeoplehaveborrowedmorethantheycaneasilyaffordtorepay.Thiswouldbemorelikelyifunsecuredborrowingisincreasinglyconcentratedamongthosewithrelativelylowincomesandfewassets.Itsbuild-upcouldalsoleaveothersmorevulnerabletounexpectedchangesintheircircumstances.Thesepossibilitiesmighthaveimplicationsforbothmonetarypolicyandfinancialstability.Anassessmentoftheextentofcurrentandpotentialproblemsassociatedwiththegrowthofunsecureddebtrequiressomeinvestigationofhowthedebtisdistributedamongindividualborrowers.Thisarticleissolelyconcernedwiththedistributionofunsecureddebtandonlydiscussesmortgageborrowingtotheextentthatthisisusefulindistinguishingthecharacteristicsofborrowers.

AnimportantsourceofinformationonthefinancialpositionofindividualadultsandhouseholdsistheBritishHouseholdPanelSurvey（BHPS）,whichsince1991hasaskedbroadlythesamegroupofpeopleabouttheireconomicandsocialcircumstances.However,themostrecentinformationonunsecureddebtintheBHPSisfor2000.ThiswasanalysedindetailbyCox,WhitleyandBrierley（2002）.Theyfoundthatthehouseholdswiththehighestlevelsofbothmortgageandunsecureddebtstendedalsotohavethehighestlevelsofincomeandnetwealthinboth1995and2000.Buttheyalsofoundthatdebttoincomeratioswerehighestforlow-incomehouseholds.

Thesurvey

Inordertoupdatethisanalysis,morerecentevidencehasbeenobtainedfromaspeciallycommissionedsurveyfromNMGResearch,thatinOctober2003askedanationallyrepresentativesampleof1,950adultsabouttheirunsecureddebt.UsingthesamequestionsasintheBHPS,peoplewereaskedaboutthetypesofdebttheyhad,theamountstheyowedandwhethertheyconsideredthedebttobeaburdentotheirhousehold.

（2）Abroadsummaryofthesurveymethodologyandexactwordingofquestionsisincludedintheannex.

Only11%ofintervieweesrefusedtosaywhethertheyhadanyunsecureddebtornot.Butofthosewithdebt,33%didnotsayhowmuchtheyowed.Thismaywellreflectuncertaintyabouttheamounttheyoweratherthanawishtoconcealit.Arecentsurvey,CitizensAdvice（2003）,explicitlyaskedpeoplewhethertheyknewhowmuchtheyowedintotalonalloftheircreditcommitments.Itfoundthat31%ofthoseowingsomethingoncredits/loansdidnotknowhowmuchtheyowed.InformationfromtheNMGResearchSurveysuggeststhattheperceivedburdenofdebtamongthosewhodonotsayhowmuchtheyoweisnotdifferentfromthatamongthosewhodoreporttheamounttheyowe.Onthisbasis,weassumethattheamountowedbythosewhodonotrevealtheirdebtisnotsystematicallydifferentfromtheamountowedbythosewhodorevealit.

（1）

Participation

TableAoutlinessomeofthekeyfindingsconcerningtheproportionofpeopleusingdifferentmethodsofborrowing（theparticipationrate）.Foreachtypeofdebtinstrument,peopleareaskednottoincludeanyborrowingthattheyexpecttopayoffinfullbytheendofthemonth.Thisisintendedtoexcludeborrowing,mainlyoncreditcards,thatisdoneonatemporarybasis,becauseitisaconvenientwayofmakingtransactions.

（2）

Intotal,34%ofrespondentshavesometypeofunsecureddebt.Byinstrument,15%ofrespondentsowemoneyonacreditcard,13%haveapersonalloan,8%owemoneyoncataloguepurchasesand7%haveanoverdraft.Ingeneral,participationvariesbroadlypositivelywiththelevelofhouseholdincomeformosttypesofborrowing,exceptDSSsocialfundloans,notavailabletothoseonhighincomes,andborrowingthroughcataloguesandmailorder,whichisusedatasimilarratethroughouttheincomedistribution.Studentloansareconcentratedinthelowest-incomegroup,probablyindicatingthatahighproportionofborrowersarestillstudying.Theoverallrateofparticipationintheunsecureddebtmarketishighestforthosewithannualhouseholdincomeofbetween£

25,000and£

34,999,aroundtwicethatforthosewithhouseholdincomebelow£

9,500.

Averagelevelsofdebtbyhouseholdincomeanddebtinstrument

TableBsetsouttheaverageamountofdebtperborrower.Intotal,theamountborrowedisalsostronglyrelatedtohouseholdincome,withaveragedebtofaround£

1,800fordebtorswithhouseholdincomeintherange£

4,500-£

9,499andnearly£

6,000forthosewithhouseholdincomeinexcessof£

60,000.Theexceptiontothispatternisfordebtorsinthelowest-incomegroup,whereaveragedebtis£

2,400,reflectingadisproportionatenumberofpeoplewithstudentdebtinthisgroup.Whiletheparticipationoflow-incomehouseholdsasborrowersintheoverdraftandcreditcardmarketsisrelativelylow,theaverageamounttheyborrowusingtheseproductsisrelativelyhigh.Forexample,theaverageoverdraftamongthosewithincomeoflessthan£

4,500isclosetotheoverallaverage,whiletheaveragecreditcarddebtofthosewithhouseholdincomeofbetween£

4,500and£

9,499isabovetheoverallaverage.Bycontrast,borrowingisstronglyincreasingwithincomeforpersonalloansand（toalesserextent）hirepurchase（HP）agreements,possiblyreflectingtheiruseasamethodoffinancingirregularlarge-ticketincome-relatedspending.Fortheseinstruments,borrowershavelittlediscretiontoincreasetheirdebtwithoutthepermissionoflenders.Onaverage,borrowingthroughstudentloans,personalloans,HPagreementsandcreditcardsisforlargeramountsthanthroughoverdrafts,catalogueormailorderfinanceandDSSsocialfundloans.Theoverallaveragedebtofborrowersis£

3,500.

Robustness

TheaveragesintheindividualcellsinTableBneedtobetreatedwithcarebecausethesamplesizeissmallinsomecases（particularlyforOtherloans'

）,althoughtheoverallaveragesforincomegroupsandtypesofloansarelikelytoberelativelyreliable.Moregenerally,therobustnessofthefiguresonparticipationandaveragedebtlevelscanbeassessedbycomparingthemwithotherevidence.TableCsummarisesinformationonparticipationandaveragedebtlevelsfromothersurveys.Somedifferenceistobeexpectedsimplybecauseeachsurveyisbasedonasmallsampleofamuchlargerpopulation.Moreover,thefiguresarenotexactlycomparablebecausesomesurveys,suchasthatbyNMGResearch,askabouttheborrowingofindividualadultswhileothersconsiderthepositionofhouseholds.EvidencefromtheBHPS,whichconsidersboth,suggeststhatparticipationratesareabout8percentagepointshigherforhouseholdsthanindividuals.Thisisnottheonlydifferenceinthatsomesurveysprompttheintervieweeaboutthetypesofdebttheymayhave.

（1）Takingthesediffer