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rentp2_bh

Who rents accommodation: 2nd mention

Datafile

hhresp

Index term

Housing: Ownership Status and Tenure

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	85	1.04%
inapplicable	-8	5978	73.4%
Not mentioned	0	1538	18.89%
	1	19	0.23%
	2	477	5.86%
	3	25	0.31%
	4	15	0.18%
	5	4	0.05%
	6	3	0.04%
	Total	8144	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	90	1.08%
inapplicable	-8	6137	73.53%
Not mentioned	0	1591	19.06%
	1	19	0.23%
	2	469	5.62%
	3	21	0.25%
	4	15	0.18%
	5	2	0.02%
	6	2	0.02%
	Total	8346	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	79	0.92%
inapplicable	-8	6299	73.22%
Not mentioned	0	1684	19.57%
	1	16	0.19%
	2	482	5.6%
	3	25	0.29%
	4	15	0.17%
	5	2	0.02%
	9	1	0.01%
	Total	8603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	80	0.92%
inapplicable	-8	6457	74.14%
Not mentioned	0	1634	18.76%
	1	27	0.31%
	2	469	5.39%
	3	29	0.33%
	4	10	0.11%
	5	2	0.02%
	6	1	0.01%
	Total	8709	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	69	0.78%
inapplicable	-8	6212	69.82%
proxy	-7	448	5.04%
Not mentioned	0	1650	18.55%
	1	28	0.31%
	2	438	4.92%
	3	35	0.39%
	4	13	0.15%
	5	1	0.01%
	6	2	0.02%
	7	1	0.01%
	Total	8897	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	71	0.78%
inapplicable	-8	6315	69.82%
proxy	-7	301	3.33%
Not in HH	0	1812	20.03%
	1	28	0.31%
	2	461	5.1%
	3	30	0.33%
	4	18	0.2%
	5	7	0.08%
	6	2	0.02%
	Total	9045	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	89	0.95%
inapplicable	-8	6674	71.36%
proxy	-7	351	3.75%
Not in HH	0	1669	17.85%
	1	27	0.29%
	2	488	5.22%
	3	28	0.3%
	4	21	0.22%
	5	4	0.04%
	6	1	0.01%
	Total	9352	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	93	0.87%
inapplicable	-8	7093	66.72%
proxy	-7	246	2.31%
Not in HH	0	2473	23.26%
	1	42	0.4%
	2	637	5.99%
	3	18	0.17%
	4	20	0.19%
	5	8	0.08%
	7	1	0.01%
	Total	10631	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	49	0.56%
inapplicable	-8	5792	66.11%
proxy	-7	154	1.76%
Not in HH	0	2116	24.15%
	1	66	0.75%
	2	537	6.13%
	3	23	0.26%
	4	16	0.18%
	5	5	0.06%
	6	2	0.02%
	8	1	0.01%
	Total	8761	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	65	0.74%
inapplicable	-8	5746	65.32%
proxy	-7	55	0.63%
Not in HH	0	2231	25.36%
	1	47	0.53%
	2	613	6.97%
	3	17	0.19%
	4	13	0.15%
	5	8	0.09%
	6	1	0.01%
	7	1	0.01%
	Total	8797	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	67	1.12%
inapplicable	-8	5368	89.39%
proxy	-7	59	0.98%
Not in HH	0	9	0.15%
	1	17	0.28%
	2	445	7.41%
	3	17	0.28%
	4	15	0.25%
	5	4	0.07%
	6	3	0.05%
	9	1	0.02%
	Total	6005	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	49	0.8%
inapplicable	-8	5466	89.75%
proxy	-7	31	0.51%
Not in HH	0	10	0.16%
	1	29	0.48%
	2	454	7.45%
	3	26	0.43%
	4	14	0.23%
	5	6	0.1%
	6	3	0.05%
	7	1	0.02%
	8	1	0.02%
	Total	6090	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	35	0.69%
inapplicable	-8	4598	90.8%
proxy	-7	40	0.79%
Not in HH	0	10	0.2%
	1	12	0.24%
	2	335	6.62%
	3	22	0.43%
	4	6	0.12%
	5	3	0.06%
	6	1	0.02%
	7	1	0.02%
	9	1	0.02%
	Total	5064	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	35	0.7%
inapplicable	-8	4515	89.71%
proxy	-7	98	1.95%
Not in HH	0	15	0.3%
	1	8	0.16%
	2	326	6.48%
	3	19	0.38%
	4	11	0.22%
	5	5	0.1%
	6	1	0.02%
	Total	5033	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	53	1.03%
inapplicable	-8	4614	89.99%
proxy	-7	88	1.72%
Not in houseshold	0	14	0.27%
	1	9	0.18%
	2	322	6.28%
	3	12	0.23%
	4	8	0.16%
	5	5	0.1%
	6	2	0.04%
	Total	5127	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	40	0.76%
inapplicable	-8	4607	88.05%
proxy	-7	211	4.03%
Not in houseshold	0	15	0.29%
	1	15	0.29%
	2	322	6.15%
	3	11	0.21%
	4	7	0.13%
	5	3	0.06%
	7	1	0.02%
	Total	5232	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	32	0.61%
inapplicable	-8	4831	92.42%
Not in houseshold	0	21	0.4%
	1	15	0.29%
	2	311	5.95%
	3	8	0.15%
	4	4	0.08%
	5	2	0.04%
	6	2	0.04%
	7	1	0.02%
	Total	5227	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1449	26.29%
inapplicable	-8	3688	66.92%
Not in houseshold	0	8	0.15%
	1	12	0.22%
	2	352	6.39%
	3	1	0.02%
	4	1	0.02%
	Total	5511	100.0%

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