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rentp1_bh

Who rents accommodation: 1st mention

Datafile

hhresp

Index term

Housing: Ownership Status and Tenure

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	85	1.04%
inapplicable	-8	5920	72.69%
Not in HH	0	50	0.61%
	1	1891	23.22%
	2	183	2.25%
	3	9	0.11%
	4	4	0.05%
	5	1	0.01%
	6	1	0.01%
	Total	8144	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	90	1.08%
inapplicable	-8	6071	72.74%
Not in HH	0	53	0.64%
	1	1947	23.33%
	2	165	1.98%
	3	13	0.16%
	4	5	0.06%
	5	1	0.01%
	8	1	0.01%
	Total	8346	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	79	0.92%
inapplicable	-8	6243	72.57%
Not in HH	0	66	0.77%
	1	2023	23.52%
	2	175	2.03%
	3	11	0.13%
	4	5	0.06%
	7	1	0.01%
	Total	8603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	88	1.01%
inapplicable	-8	6345	72.86%
Not in HH	0	46	0.53%
	1	2019	23.18%
	2	191	2.19%
	3	14	0.16%
	4	5	0.06%
	5	1	0.01%
	Total	8709	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	69	0.78%
inapplicable	-8	6153	69.16%
proxy	-7	448	5.04%
Not in HH	0	60	0.67%
	1	1976	22.21%
	2	169	1.9%
	3	14	0.16%
	4	5	0.06%
	5	2	0.02%
	6	1	0.01%
	Total	8897	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	71	0.78%
inapplicable	-8	6274	69.36%
proxy	-7	301	3.33%
Not in HH	0	53	0.59%
	1	2111	23.34%
	2	206	2.28%
	3	20	0.22%
	4	8	0.09%
	5	1	0.01%
	Total	9045	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	93	0.99%
inapplicable	-8	6433	68.79%
proxy	-7	351	3.75%
Not in HH	0	67	0.72%
	1	2168	23.18%
	2	218	2.33%
	3	13	0.14%
	4	6	0.06%
	5	2	0.02%
	6	1	0.01%
	Total	9352	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	103	0.97%
inapplicable	-8	6993	65.78%
proxy	-7	246	2.31%
refusal	-2	2	0.02%
Not in HH	0	98	0.92%
	1	2906	27.34%
	2	252	2.37%
	3	20	0.19%
	4	8	0.08%
	5	2	0.02%
	6	1	0.01%
	Total	10631	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	58	0.66%
inapplicable	-8	5677	64.8%
proxy	-7	153	1.75%
Not in HH	0	64	0.73%
	1	2514	28.7%
	2	266	3.04%
	3	16	0.18%
	4	9	0.1%
	5	4	0.05%
	Total	8761	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	68	0.77%
inapplicable	-8	5663	64.37%
proxy	-7	55	0.63%
Not in HH	0	44	0.5%
	1	2679	30.45%
	2	259	2.94%
	3	18	0.2%
	4	5	0.06%
	5	5	0.06%
	6	1	0.01%
	Total	8797	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	67	1.12%
inapplicable	-8	3771	62.8%
proxy	-7	59	0.98%
Not in HH	0	13	0.22%
	1	1924	32.04%
	2	142	2.36%
	3	20	0.33%
	4	4	0.07%
	5	3	0.05%
	7	1	0.02%
	8	1	0.02%
	Total	6005	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	49	0.8%
inapplicable	-8	3769	61.89%
proxy	-7	31	0.51%
Not in HH	0	13	0.21%
	1	1982	32.55%
	2	193	3.17%
	3	36	0.59%
	4	11	0.18%
	5	3	0.05%
	6	2	0.03%
	7	1	0.02%
	Total	6090	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	35	0.69%
inapplicable	-8	3433	67.79%
proxy	-7	40	0.79%
Not in HH	0	13	0.26%
	1	1404	27.73%
	2	114	2.25%
	3	17	0.34%
	4	7	0.14%
	5	1	0.02%
	Total	5064	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	35	0.7%
inapplicable	-8	3373	67.02%
proxy	-7	98	1.95%
Not in HH	0	10	0.2%
	1	1400	27.82%
	2	101	2.01%
	3	12	0.24%
	4	2	0.04%
	5	1	0.02%
	7	1	0.02%
	Total	5033	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	52	1.01%
inapplicable	-8	3443	67.15%
proxy	-7	88	1.72%
Not in houseshold	0	9	0.18%
	1	1411	27.52%
	2	103	2.01%
	3	12	0.23%
	4	7	0.14%
	5	1	0.02%
	8	1	0.02%
	Total	5127	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	40	0.76%
inapplicable	-8	3406	65.1%
proxy	-7	211	4.03%
Not in houseshold	0	15	0.29%
	1	1415	27.05%
	2	119	2.27%
	3	13	0.25%
	4	7	0.13%
	5	1	0.02%
	6	2	0.04%
	8	3	0.06%
	Total	5232	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	32	0.61%
inapplicable	-8	3542	67.76%
Not in houseshold	0	27	0.52%
	1	1510	28.89%
	2	93	1.78%
	3	13	0.25%
	4	6	0.11%
	5	3	0.06%
	6	1	0.02%
	Total	5227	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.18%
inapplicable	-8	3688	66.92%
Not in houseshold	0	11	0.2%
	1	1752	31.79%
	2	48	0.87%
	3	2	0.04%
	Total	5511	100.0%

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