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Mainstage Variable

mgynot_bh

How home came to be owned outright

Datafile

hhresp

Index term

Housing: Ownership Status and Tenure

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	59	0.72%
inapplicable	-8	7404	90.91%
proxy	-7	538	6.61%
Paid mortgage/loan	1	33	0.41%
Bought it with cash	2	88	1.08%
Inherited all/share or given	3	15	0.18%
Other means of purch	4	7	0.09%
	Total	8144	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	68	0.81%
inapplicable	-8	7634	91.47%
proxy	-7	484	5.8%
Paid mortgage/loan	1	65	0.78%
Bought it with cash	2	82	0.98%
Inherited all/share or given	3	2	0.02%
Other means of purch	4	11	0.13%
	Total	8346	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	64	0.74%
inapplicable	-8	7900	91.83%
proxy	-7	462	5.37%
Paid mortgage/loan	1	50	0.58%
Bought it with cash	2	107	1.24%
Inherited all/share or given	3	7	0.08%
Other means of purch	4	13	0.15%
	Total	8603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	69	0.79%
inapplicable	-8	8030	92.2%
proxy	-7	442	5.08%
Paid mortgage/loan	1	49	0.56%
Bought it with cash	2	95	1.09%
Inherited all/share or given	3	11	0.13%
Other means of purch	4	13	0.15%
	Total	8709	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	69	0.78%
inapplicable	-8	8212	92.3%
proxy	-7	448	5.04%
Paid mortgage/loan	1	61	0.69%
Bought it with cash	2	84	0.94%
Inherited all/share or given	3	8	0.09%
Other means of purch	4	15	0.17%
	Total	8897	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	89	0.98%
inapplicable	-8	8471	93.65%
proxy	-7	301	3.33%
Paid mortgage/loan	1	49	0.54%
Bought it with cash	2	111	1.23%
Inherited all/share or given	3	9	0.1%
Other means of purch	4	15	0.17%
	Total	9045	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	100	1.07%
inapplicable	-8	8736	93.41%
proxy	-7	351	3.75%
Paid mortgage/loan	1	63	0.67%
Bought it with cash	2	80	0.86%
Inherited all/share or given	3	12	0.13%
Other means of purch	4	10	0.11%
	Total	9352	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	107	1.01%
inapplicable	-8	9524	89.59%
proxy	-7	246	2.31%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Paid mortgage/loan	1	275	2.59%
Bought it with cash	2	312	2.93%
Inherited all/share or given	3	136	1.28%
Other means of purch	4	30	0.28%
	Total	10631	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	73	0.83%
inapplicable	-8	8335	95.14%
proxy	-7	154	1.76%
Paid mortgage/loan	1	64	0.73%
Bought it with cash	2	107	1.22%
Inherited all/share or given	3	10	0.11%
Other means of purch	4	18	0.21%
	Total	8761	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	83	0.94%
inapplicable	-8	7778	88.42%
proxy	-7	55	0.63%
Paid mortgage/loan	1	324	3.68%
Bought it with cash	2	445	5.06%
Inherited all/share or given	3	72	0.82%
Other means of purch	4	40	0.45%
	Total	8797	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	66	1.1%
inapplicable	-8	5764	95.99%
proxy	-7	59	0.98%
Paid mortgage/loan	1	43	0.72%
Bought it with cash	2	61	1.02%
Inherited all/share or given	3	8	0.13%
Other means of purch	4	4	0.07%
	Total	6005	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	49	0.8%
inapplicable	-8	5801	95.25%
proxy	-7	31	0.51%
Paid mortgage/loan	1	73	1.2%
Bought it with cash	2	100	1.64%
Inherited all/share or given	3	30	0.49%
Other means of purch	4	6	0.1%
	Total	6090	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	47	0.93%
inapplicable	-8	4883	96.43%
proxy	-7	40	0.79%
Paid mortgage/loan	1	39	0.77%
Bought it with cash	2	44	0.87%
Inherited all/share or given	3	6	0.12%
Other means of purch	4	5	0.1%
	Total	5064	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	53	1.05%
inapplicable	-8	4793	95.23%
proxy	-7	98	1.95%
Paid mortgage/loan	1	25	0.5%
Bought it with cash	2	57	1.13%
Inherited all/share or given	3	7	0.14%
	Total	5033	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	66	1.29%
inapplicable	-8	4897	95.51%
proxy	-7	88	1.72%
don't know	-1	1	0.02%
Paid mortgage/loan	1	33	0.64%
Bought it with cash	2	37	0.72%
Inherited all/share or given	3	4	0.08%
Other means of purch	4	1	0.02%
	Total	5127	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	47	0.9%
inapplicable	-8	4892	93.5%
proxy	-7	211	4.03%
Paid mortgage/loan	1	26	0.5%
Bought it with cash	2	41	0.78%
Inherited all/share or given	3	5	0.1%
Other means of purch	4	10	0.19%
	Total	5232	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	20	0.38%
inapplicable	-8	5078	97.15%
Paid mortgage/loan	1	26	0.5%
Bought it with cash	2	91	1.74%
Inherited all/share or given	3	9	0.17%
Other means of purch	4	3	0.06%
	Total	5227	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	4234	76.83%
refusal	-2	1	0.02%
Paid mortgage/loan	1	616	11.18%
Bought it with cash	2	528	9.58%
Inherited all/share or given	3	110	2.0%
Other means of purch	4	22	0.4%
	Total	5511	100.0%

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