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Innovation Panel Variable

ff_nonprod

non productive at preceding wave

Datafile

hhsamp_ip

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1885	64.31%
household refusal	1	103	3.51%
household non-contact	2	172	5.87%
no interview due to age/ill-health	3	15	0.51%
untraced split-off household	4	14	0.48%
untraced (unknown address)	5	124	4.23%
other non-productive	6	3	0.1%
other dormant household	7	145	4.95%
web-first hhold with no address, but with one or more email addresses	8	470	16.04%
	Total	2931	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1882	63.03%
household refusal	1	160	5.36%
household non-contact	2	292	9.78%
no interview due to age/ill-health	3	19	0.64%
untraced split-off household	4	19	0.64%
untraced (unknown address)	5	103	3.45%
other non-productive	6	2	0.07%
other dormant household	7	122	4.09%
web-first hhold with no address, but with one or more email addresses	8	387	12.96%
	Total	2986	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2239	73.97%
household refusal	1	81	2.68%
household non-contact	2	159	5.25%
no interview due to age/ill-health	3	14	0.46%
untraced split-off household	4	13	0.43%
untraced (unknown address)	5	79	2.61%
other non-productive	6	1	0.03%
other dormant household	7	99	3.27%
web-first hhold with no address, but with one or more email addresses	8	342	11.3%
	Total	3027	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7563	91.54%
household refusal	1	128	1.55%
household non-contact	2	343	4.15%
no interview due to age/ill-health	3	17	0.21%
untraced split-off household	4	15	0.18%
untraced (unknown address)	5	58	0.7%
other non-productive	6	1	0.01%
web-first hhold with no address, but with one or more email addresses	8	137	1.66%
	Total	8262	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1483	64.39%
household refusal	1	273	11.85%
household non-contact	2	177	7.69%
no interview due to age/ill-health	3	28	1.22%
untraced split-off household	4	11	0.48%
untraced (unknown address)	5	49	2.13%
other non-productive	6	1	0.04%
other dormant household	7	55	2.39%
web-first hhold with no address, but with one or more email addresses	8	226	9.81%
	Total	2303	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1957	81.51%
household refusal	1	82	3.42%
household non-contact	2	114	4.75%
no interview due to age/ill-health	3	14	0.58%
untraced split-off household	4	12	0.5%
untraced (unknown address)	5	30	1.25%
other non-productive	6	1	0.04%
other dormant household	7	27	1.12%
web-first hhold with no address, but with one or more email addresses	8	164	6.83%
	Total	2401	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4108	93.64%
household refusal	1	52	1.19%
household non-contact	2	82	1.87%
no interview due to age/ill-health	3	12	0.27%
untraced split-off household	4	7	0.16%
untraced (unknown address)	5	16	0.36%
other dormant household	7	21	0.48%
web-first hhold with no address, but with one or more email addresses	8	89	2.03%
	Total	4387	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2766	92.97%
household refusal	1	44	1.48%
household non-contact	2	66	2.22%
no interview due to age/ill-health	3	15	0.5%
untraced split-off household	4	9	0.3%
untraced (unknown address)	5	3	0.1%
other non-productive	6	1	0.03%
other dormant household	7	15	0.5%
web-first hhold with no address, but with one or more email addresses	8	56	1.88%
	Total	2975	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1399	90.2%
household refusal	1	73	4.71%
household non-contact	2	67	4.32%
no interview due to age/ill-health	3	12	0.77%
	Total	1551	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1582	91.02%
household refusal	1	78	4.49%
household non-contact	2	73	4.2%
no interview due to age/ill-health	3	5	0.29%
	Total	1738	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2808	93.54%
household refusal	1	57	1.9%
household non-contact	2	22	0.73%
no interview due to age/ill-health	3	3	0.1%
untraced split-off household	4	18	0.6%
untraced (unknown address)	5	42	1.4%
other non-productive	6	4	0.13%
other dormant household	7	48	1.6%
	Total	3002	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1273	87.55%
household refusal	1	92	6.33%
household non-contact	2	49	3.37%
no interview due to age/ill-health	3	9	0.62%
untraced split-off household	4	25	1.72%
untraced (unknown address)	5	6	0.41%
	Total	1454	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1455	90.09%
household refusal	1	110	6.81%
household non-contact	2	26	1.61%
no interview due to age/ill-health	3	9	0.56%
untraced split-off household	4	10	0.62%
untraced (unknown address)	5	5	0.31%
	Total	1615	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2059	87.47%
household refusal	1	160	6.8%
household non-contact	2	110	4.67%
no interview due to age/ill-health	3	25	1.06%
	Total	2354	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1172	73.8%
household refusal	1	265	16.69%
household non-contact	2	151	9.51%
	Total	1588	100.0%

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