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rent8

Rent includes council tax

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hhresp

Index term

Housing: Local Authority and Services Charges

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	59	0.72%
inapplicable	-8	6185	75.95%
proxy	-7	538	6.61%
don't know	-1	7	0.09%
Yes	1	212	2.6%
No	2	1143	14.03%
	Total	8144	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	69	0.83%
inapplicable	-8	6379	76.43%
proxy	-7	484	5.8%
don't know	-1	4	0.05%
Yes	1	227	2.72%
No	2	1183	14.17%
	Total	8346	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	65	0.76%
inapplicable	-8	6618	76.93%
proxy	-7	462	5.37%
don't know	-1	9	0.1%
Yes	1	246	2.86%
No	2	1203	13.98%
	Total	8603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	70	0.8%
inapplicable	-8	6742	77.41%
proxy	-7	442	5.08%
don't know	-1	8	0.09%
Yes	1	238	2.73%
No	2	1209	13.88%
	Total	8709	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	70	0.79%
inapplicable	-8	6890	77.44%
proxy	-7	448	5.04%
don't know	-1	9	0.1%
Yes	1	257	2.89%
No	2	1223	13.75%
	Total	8897	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	71	0.78%
inapplicable	-8	7097	78.46%
proxy	-7	301	3.33%
don't know	-1	10	0.11%
Yes	1	281	3.11%
No	2	1285	14.21%
	Total	9045	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	84	0.9%
inapplicable	-8	7296	78.02%
proxy	-7	351	3.75%
don't know	-1	13	0.14%
Yes	1	513	5.49%
No	2	1095	11.71%
	Total	9352	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	97	0.91%
inapplicable	-8	8091	76.11%
proxy	-7	246	2.31%
don't know	-1	9	0.08%
Yes	1	728	6.85%
No	2	1460	13.73%
	Total	10631	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	53	0.6%
inapplicable	-8	6522	74.44%
proxy	-7	154	1.76%
don't know	-1	11	0.13%
Yes	1	658	7.51%
No	2	1363	15.56%
	Total	8761	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	85	0.97%
inapplicable	-8	6545	74.4%
proxy	-7	55	0.63%
don't know	-1	20	0.23%
Yes	1	697	7.92%
No	2	1395	15.86%
	Total	8797	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	87	1.45%
inapplicable	-8	4393	73.16%
proxy	-7	59	0.98%
don't know	-1	9	0.15%
Yes	1	535	8.91%
No	2	922	15.35%
	Total	6005	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	70	1.15%
inapplicable	-8	4391	72.1%
proxy	-7	31	0.51%
don't know	-1	14	0.23%
Yes	1	573	9.41%
No	2	1011	16.6%
	Total	6090	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	55	1.09%
inapplicable	-8	3877	76.56%
proxy	-7	40	0.79%
don't know	-1	19	0.38%
Yes	1	325	6.42%
No	2	748	14.77%
	Total	5064	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	63	1.25%
inapplicable	-8	3789	75.28%
proxy	-7	98	1.95%
don't know	-1	17	0.34%
Yes	1	251	4.99%
No	2	815	16.19%
	Total	5033	100.0%

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