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Mainstage Variable

rent5

Rent includes meals

Datafile

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	4	0.05%
Yes	1	14	0.17%
No	2	1344	16.5%
	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	3	0.04%
Yes	1	16	0.19%
No	2	1395	16.71%
	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	3	0.03%
Yes	1	12	0.14%
No	2	1443	16.77%
	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	1	0.01%
Yes	1	19	0.22%
No	2	1435	16.48%
	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	4	0.04%
Yes	1	22	0.25%
No	2	1463	16.44%
	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	1	0.01%
Yes	1	18	0.2%
No	2	1557	17.21%
	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	1	0.01%
Yes	1	118	1.26%
No	2	1502	16.06%
	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	3	0.03%
Yes	1	167	1.57%
No	2	2027	19.07%
	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%
Yes	1	152	1.73%
No	2	1880	21.46%
	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	12	0.14%
Yes	1	161	1.83%
No	2	1939	22.04%
	Total	8797	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	68	1.13%
inapplicable	-8	4393	73.16%
proxy	-7	59	0.98%
don't know	-1	3	0.05%
Yes	1	154	2.56%
No	2	1328	22.11%
	Total	6005	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	58	0.95%
inapplicable	-8	4391	72.1%
proxy	-7	31	0.51%
don't know	-1	5	0.08%
Yes	1	189	3.1%
No	2	1416	23.25%
	Total	6090	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	41	0.81%
inapplicable	-8	3877	76.56%
proxy	-7	40	0.79%
don't know	-1	4	0.08%
Yes	1	146	2.88%
No	2	956	18.88%
	Total	5064	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	47	0.93%
inapplicable	-8	3789	75.28%
proxy	-7	98	1.95%
don't know	-1	2	0.04%
Yes	1	161	3.2%
No	2	936	18.6%
	Total	5033	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	63	1.23%
inapplicable	-8	3897	76.01%
proxy	-7	88	1.72%
don't know	-1	2	0.04%
Yes	1	20	0.39%
No	2	1057	20.62%
	Total	5127	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	65	1.24%
inapplicable	-8	3849	73.57%
proxy	-7	211	4.03%
don't know	-1	2	0.04%
Yes	1	10	0.19%
No	2	1095	20.93%
	Total	5232	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	44	0.84%
inapplicable	-8	3990	76.33%
don't know	-1	5	0.1%
Yes	1	12	0.23%
No	2	1176	22.5%
	Total	5227	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	43	0.78%
inapplicable	-8	4140	75.12%
refusal	-2	1	0.02%
don't know	-1	10	0.18%
Yes	1	4	0.07%
No	2	1313	23.83%
	Total	5511	100.0%

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