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Mainstage Variable

hsownd_bh

House owned or rented

Datafile

hhresp

Index term

Housing: Ownership Status and Tenure

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	18	0.22%
inapplicable	-8	75	0.92%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Owned or on mortgage	1	5866	72.03%
Shared ownership	2	47	0.58%
Rented	3	1986	24.39%
Rent free	4	126	1.55%
Other	5	25	0.31%
	Total	8144	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	12	0.14%
inapplicable	-8	81	0.97%
refusal	-2	8	0.1%
Owned or on mortgage	1	6034	72.3%
Shared ownership	2	29	0.35%
Rented	3	2038	24.42%
Rent free	4	117	1.4%
Other	5	27	0.32%
	Total	8346	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	64	0.74%
inapplicable	-8	31	0.36%
refusal	-2	2	0.02%
Owned or on mortgage	1	6189	71.94%
Shared ownership	2	44	0.51%
Rented	3	2137	24.84%
Rent free	4	106	1.23%
Other	5	30	0.35%
	Total	8603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	62	0.71%
inapplicable	-8	22	0.25%
refusal	-2	5	0.06%
Owned or on mortgage	1	6296	72.29%
Shared ownership	2	39	0.45%
Rented	3	2135	24.51%
Rent free	4	124	1.42%
Other	5	26	0.3%
	Total	8709	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	57	0.64%
inapplicable	-8	38	0.43%
proxy	-7	448	5.04%
refusal	-2	2	0.02%
Owned or on mortgage	1	6104	68.61%
Shared ownership	2	34	0.38%
Rented	3	2060	23.15%
Rent free	4	128	1.44%
Other	5	26	0.29%
	Total	8897	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	57	0.63%
inapplicable	-8	30	0.33%
proxy	-7	301	3.33%
Owned or on mortgage	1	6242	69.01%
Shared ownership	2	32	0.35%
Rented	3	2219	24.53%
Rent free	4	135	1.49%
Other	5	29	0.32%
	Total	9045	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	55	0.59%
inapplicable	-8	30	0.32%
proxy	-7	351	3.75%
refusal	-2	11	0.12%
Owned or on mortgage	1	6400	68.43%
Shared ownership	2	33	0.35%
Rented	3	2316	24.76%
Rent free	4	124	1.33%
Other	5	32	0.34%
	Total	9352	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	63	0.59%
inapplicable	-8	31	0.29%
proxy	-7	246	2.31%
refusal	-2	9	0.08%
Owned or on mortgage	1	6959	65.46%
Shared ownership	2	34	0.32%
Rented	3	3080	28.97%
Rent free	4	175	1.65%
Other	5	34	0.32%
	Total	10631	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	30	0.34%
inapplicable	-8	42	0.48%
proxy	-7	153	1.75%
Owned or on mortgage	1	5651	64.5%
Shared ownership	2	26	0.3%
Rented	3	2689	30.69%
Rent free	4	139	1.59%
Other	5	31	0.35%
	Total	8761	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	46	0.52%
inapplicable	-8	33	0.38%
proxy	-7	54	0.61%
Owned or on mortgage	1	5633	64.03%
Shared ownership	2	30	0.34%
Rented	3	2821	32.07%
Rent free	4	147	1.67%
Other	5	33	0.38%
	Total	8797	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	18	0.3%
inapplicable	-8	46	0.77%
proxy	-7	59	0.98%
Owned or on mortgage	1	3753	62.5%
Shared ownership	2	18	0.3%
Rented	3	1986	33.07%
Rent free	4	118	1.97%
Other	5	7	0.12%
	Total	6005	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.11%
inapplicable	-8	40	0.66%
proxy	-7	31	0.51%
Owned or on mortgage	1	3751	61.59%
Shared ownership	2	18	0.3%
Rented	3	2108	34.61%
Rent free	4	127	2.09%
Other	5	8	0.13%
	Total	6090	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.18%
inapplicable	-8	33	0.65%
proxy	-7	40	0.79%
don't know	-1	1	0.02%
Owned or on mortgage	1	3411	67.36%
Shared ownership	2	22	0.43%
Rented	3	1452	28.67%
Rent free	4	89	1.76%
Other	5	7	0.14%
	Total	5064	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	16	0.32%
inapplicable	-8	36	0.72%
proxy	-7	98	1.95%
Owned or on mortgage	1	3347	66.5%
Shared ownership	2	26	0.52%
Rented	3	1421	28.23%
Rent free	4	82	1.63%
Other	5	7	0.14%
	Total	5033	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	16	0.31%
inapplicable	-8	45	0.88%
proxy	-7	88	1.72%
refusal	-2	1	0.02%
don't know	-1	2	0.04%
Owned or on mortgage	1	3423	66.76%
Shared ownership	2	20	0.39%
Rented	3	1443	28.15%
Rent free	4	84	1.64%
Other	5	5	0.1%
	Total	5127	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	17	0.32%
inapplicable	-8	28	0.54%
proxy	-7	211	4.03%
Owned or on mortgage	1	3390	64.79%
Shared ownership	2	16	0.31%
Rented	3	1464	27.98%
Rent free	4	95	1.82%
Other	5	11	0.21%
	Total	5232	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	16	0.31%
don't know	-1	1	0.02%
Owned or on mortgage	1	3529	67.51%
Shared ownership	2	13	0.25%
Rented	3	1549	29.63%
Rent free	4	110	2.1%
Other	5	9	0.17%
	Total	5227	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	15	0.27%
refusal	-2	1	0.02%
Owned or on mortgage	1	3661	66.43%
Shared ownership	2	11	0.2%
Rented	3	1708	30.99%
Rent free	4	98	1.78%
Other	5	17	0.31%
	Total	5511	100.0%

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