Important car features: Costs - purchase/running/resale value/tax/insurance
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Question asked in the latest wave:
transportbehaviour_w10.carbuy
Question label:
Important features when buying a car
Question text:
Which of these things are important to you when buying a car or van?
Question universe:
if PNCARS >= 1 (One or more cars in the household)
and if HUCAR = 1|2|3 (Involved in decisions about car/van purchases)
Question interviewer instructions:
CODE ALL THAT APPLY
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 11345 | 33.06% |
| proxy | -7 | 804 | 2.34% |
| refusal | -2 | 33 | 0.1% |
| don't know | -1 | 62 | 0.18% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 4611 | 13.44% |
| Yes mentioned | 1 | 17464 | 50.89% |
| Total | 34319 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 13170 | 33.52% |
| proxy | -7 | 1683 | 4.28% |
| refusal | -2 | 10 | 0.03% |
| don't know | -1 | 54 | 0.14% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 4776 | 12.15% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 19601 | 49.88% |
| Total | 39294 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not available for IEMB | -10 | 4615 | 10.21% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 13101 | 28.99% |
| proxy | -7 | 3129 | 6.92% |
| refusal | -2 | 3 | 0.01% |
| don't know | -1 | 82 | 0.18% |
| not mentioned | 0 | 4265 | 9.44% |
| mentioned | 1 | 19997 | 44.25% |
| Total | 45192 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 1 | 0.0% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 15867 | 33.71% |
| proxy | -7 | 3935 | 8.36% |
| refusal | -2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| don't know | -1 | 38 | 0.08% |
| not mentioned | 0 | 4737 | 10.06% |
| mentioned | 1 | 22494 | 47.78% |
| Total | 47074 | 100.0% |
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