Main survey variable: savey2 Second reason for saving

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	8203	56.89%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
don't know	-1	7	0.05%
Not mentioned	0	4303	29.84%
Holidays	1	221	1.53%
Old age	2	62	0.43%
Car	3	62	0.43%
Children	4	52	0.36%
House purchase	5	41	0.28%
Home improv	6	75	0.52%
HH bills	7	36	0.25%
Special evnts	8	85	0.59%
No spec reason	9	183	1.27%
Share schemes	10	2	0.01%
Own education	11	7	0.05%
Grandchild	12	18	0.12%
Other	96	96	0.67%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	8235	55.37%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
don't know	-1	7	0.05%
Not mentioned	0	4662	31.35%
Holidays	1	274	1.84%
Old age	2	53	0.36%
Car	3	70	0.47%
Children	4	61	0.41%
House purchase	5	41	0.28%
Home improv	6	97	0.65%
HH bills	7	37	0.25%
Special evnts	8	124	0.83%
No spec reason	9	156	1.05%
Share schemes	10	1	0.01%
Own education	11	4	0.03%
Grandchild	12	12	0.08%
Other	96	82	0.55%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	8695	56.49%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
don't know	-1	27	0.18%
Not mentioned	0	4708	30.59%
Holidays	1	218	1.42%
Old age	2	46	0.3%
Car	3	76	0.49%
Children	4	62	0.4%
House purchase	5	42	0.27%
Home improv	6	91	0.59%
HH bills	7	34	0.22%
Special evnts	8	116	0.75%
No spec reason	9	172	1.12%
Own education	11	11	0.07%
Grandchild	12	17	0.11%
Other	96	98	0.64%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	18	0.12%
inapplicable	-8	8622	55.21%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
don't know	-1	9	0.06%
Not mentioned	0	5017	32.13%
Holidays	1	232	1.49%
Old age	2	58	0.37%
Car	3	80	0.51%
Children	4	49	0.31%
House purchase	5	21	0.13%
Home improv	6	115	0.74%
HH bills	7	35	0.22%
Special evnts	8	127	0.81%
No spec reason	9	155	0.99%
Own education	11	6	0.04%
Grandchild	12	13	0.08%
Other	96	78	0.5%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	8667	54.89%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
don't know	-1	18	0.11%
Not mentioned	0	5159	32.67%
Holidays	1	205	1.3%
Old age	2	54	0.34%
Car	3	59	0.37%
Children	4	49	0.31%
House purchase	5	43	0.27%
Home improv	6	107	0.68%
HH bills	7	23	0.15%
Special evnts	8	100	0.63%
No spec reason	9	170	1.08%
Share schemes	10	1	0.01%
Own education	11	6	0.04%
Grandchild	12	11	0.07%
Other	96	103	0.65%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	239	1.47%
inapplicable	-8	8908	54.86%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Not mentioned	0	5161	31.78%
Holidays	1	229	1.41%
Old age	2	54	0.33%
Car	3	82	0.5%
Children	4	51	0.31%
House purchase	5	39	0.24%
Home improv	6	124	0.76%
HH bills	7	30	0.18%
Special evnts	8	131	0.81%
No spec reason	9	214	1.32%
Share schemes	10	1	0.01%
Own education	11	10	0.06%
Grandchild	12	8	0.05%
Other	96	66	0.41%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	69	0.42%
inapplicable	-8	9115	54.92%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
don't know	-1	3	0.02%
Not mentioned	0	5503	33.16%
Holidays	1	237	1.43%
Old age	2	65	0.39%
Car	3	98	0.59%
Children	4	50	0.3%
House purchase	5	36	0.22%
Home improv	6	92	0.55%
HH bills	7	31	0.19%
Special evnts	8	101	0.61%
No spec reason	9	188	1.13%
Share schemes	10	2	0.01%
Own education	11	15	0.09%
Grandchild	12	16	0.1%
Other	96	87	0.52%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	563	2.98%
inapplicable	-8	11050	58.57%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
don't know	-1	5	0.03%
Not mentioned	0	5387	28.55%
Holidays	1	202	1.07%
Old age	2	64	0.34%
Car	3	106	0.56%
Children	4	58	0.31%
House purchase	5	51	0.27%
Home improv	6	104	0.55%
HH bills	7	29	0.15%
Special evnts	8	94	0.5%
No spec reason	9	268	1.42%
Own education	11	11	0.06%
Grandchild	12	10	0.05%
Other	96	64	0.34%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	48	0.31%
inapplicable	-8	8857	56.76%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Not mentioned	0	5214	33.42%
Holidays	1	219	1.4%
Old age	2	45	0.29%
Car	3	88	0.56%
Children	4	53	0.34%
House purchase	5	34	0.22%
Home improv	6	100	0.64%
HH bills	7	26	0.17%
Special evnts	8	93	0.6%
No spec reason	9	196	1.26%
Share schemes	10	2	0.01%
Own education	11	12	0.08%
Grandchild	12	8	0.05%
Other	96	85	0.54%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	9614	61.54%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
Not mentioned	0	4687	30.0%
Holidays	1	171	1.09%
Old age	2	36	0.23%
Car	3	83	0.53%
Children	4	51	0.33%
House purchase	5	38	0.24%
Home improv	6	107	0.68%
HH bills	7	19	0.12%
Special evnts	8	94	0.6%
No spec reason	9	231	1.48%
Share schemes	10	3	0.02%
Own education	11	9	0.06%
Grandchild	12	16	0.1%
Other	96	25	0.16%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	34	0.31%
inapplicable	-8	6233	57.15%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
Not mentioned	0	3576	32.79%
Holidays	1	184	1.69%
Old age	2	40	0.37%
Car	3	64	0.59%
Children	4	30	0.28%
House purchase	5	38	0.35%
Home improv	6	77	0.71%
HH bills	7	18	0.17%
Special evnts	8	82	0.75%
No spec reason	9	118	1.08%
Share schemes	10	1	0.01%
Own education	11	9	0.08%
Grandchild	12	8	0.07%
Other	96	36	0.33%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	19	0.17%
inapplicable	-8	6519	58.24%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
Not mentioned	0	3585	32.03%
Holidays	1	139	1.24%
Old age	2	51	0.46%
Car	3	77	0.69%
Children	4	34	0.3%
House purchase	5	23	0.21%
Home improv	6	96	0.86%
HH bills	7	24	0.21%
Special evnts	8	69	0.62%
No spec reason	9	147	1.31%
Share schemes	10	3	0.03%
Own education	11	3	0.03%
Grandchild	12	6	0.05%
Other	96	30	0.27%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	17	0.18%
inapplicable	-8	5410	57.32%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Not mentioned	0	3044	32.25%
Holidays	1	148	1.57%
Old age	2	32	0.34%
Car	3	65	0.69%
Children	4	24	0.25%
House purchase	5	37	0.39%
Home improv	6	84	0.89%
HH bills	7	22	0.23%
Special evnts	8	67	0.71%
No spec reason	9	129	1.37%
Share schemes	10	2	0.02%
Own education	11	4	0.04%
Grandchild	12	5	0.05%
Other	96	46	0.49%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.1%
inapplicable	-8	5326	57.58%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
Not mentioned	0	2986	32.28%
Holidays	1	99	1.07%
Old age	2	33	0.36%
Car	3	47	0.51%
Children	4	24	0.26%
House purchase	5	32	0.35%
Home improv	6	61	0.66%
HH bills	7	15	0.16%
Special evnts	8	53	0.57%
No spec reason	9	111	1.2%
Share schemes	10	2	0.02%
Own education	11	4	0.04%
Grandchild	12	5	0.05%
Other	96	20	0.22%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	30	0.32%
inapplicable	-8	5736	60.5%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
Not mentioned	0	2836	29.91%
Holidays	1	101	1.07%
Old age	2	21	0.22%
Car	3	44	0.46%
Children	4	18	0.19%
House purchase	5	34	0.36%
Home improv	6	41	0.43%
HH bills	7	11	0.12%
Special evnts	8	43	0.45%
No spec reason	9	94	0.99%
Other	96	51	0.54%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	37	0.39%
inapplicable	-8	5731	59.7%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
Not mentioned	0	2915	30.36%
Holidays	1	65	0.68%
Old age	2	16	0.17%
Car	3	42	0.44%
Children	4	15	0.16%
House purchase	5	14	0.15%
Home improv	6	47	0.49%
HH bills	7	4	0.04%
Special evnts	8	34	0.35%
No spec reason	9	64	0.67%
Other	96	40	0.42%
	Total	9600	100.0%

savey2

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Wave B18 (br_savey2 indresp)

Wave B17 (bq_savey2 indresp)

Wave B16 (bp_savey2 indresp)

Wave B15 (bo_savey2 indresp)

Wave B14 (bn_savey2 indresp)

Wave B13 (bm_savey2 indresp)

Wave B12 (bl_savey2 indresp)

Wave B11 (bk_savey2 indresp)

Wave B10 (bj_savey2 indresp)

Wave B9 (bi_savey2 indresp)

Wave B8 (bh_savey2 indresp)

Wave B7 (bg_savey2 indresp)

Wave B6 (bf_savey2 indresp)

Wave B5 (be_savey2 indresp)

Wave B4 (bd_savey2 indresp)

Wave B3 (bc_savey2 indresp)

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