organisation of joint finances
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Question label:
Organisation of joint finances
Question text:
People organise their finances in different ways. Which of these comes closest to the way you organise yours?
Question universe:
if GRIDVARIABLES.BUType = 3|4 (Couple benefit unit)
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| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 697 | 66.0% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.09% |
| we share and manage our finances jointly | 1 | 218 | 20.64% |
| we pool some of the money and keep the rest separate | 2 | 61 | 5.78% |
| we keep our finances completely separate | 3 | 23 | 2.18% |
| one person looks after the couple's money except the other's spending money | 4 | 45 | 4.26% |
| one person gets a housekeeping allowance, the other person looks after the res | 5 | 2 | 0.19% |
| we have some other arrangement | 6 | 9 | 0.85% |
| Total | 1056 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 25 | 0.84% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 1037 | 34.68% |
| proxy | -7 | 94 | 3.14% |
| refusal | -2 | 24 | 0.8% |
| don't know | -1 | 28 | 0.94% |
| We share and manage our finances jointly | 1 | 1048 | 35.05% |
| We pool some of the money and keep the rest separate | 2 | 304 | 10.17% |
| We keep our finances completely separate | 3 | 210 | 7.02% |
| One person looks after the couple's money except the other person's spending money | 4 | 130 | 4.35% |
| One person is given a housekeeping allowance, the other person looks after the rest of the money | 5 | 35 | 1.17% |
| We have some other arrangement | 6 | 55 | 1.84% |
| Total | 2990 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 981 | 38.17% |
| proxy | -7 | 89 | 3.46% |
| refusal | -2 | 4 | 0.16% |
| don't know | -1 | 5 | 0.19% |
| We share and manage our finances jointly | 1 | 866 | 33.7% |
| We pool some of the money and keep the rest separate | 2 | 223 | 8.68% |
| We keep our finances completely separate | 3 | 163 | 6.34% |
| One person looks after the couple's money except the other person's spending | 4 | 131 | 5.1% |
| One person is given a housekeeping allowance, the other person looks after th | 5 | 37 | 1.44% |
| We have some other arrangement | 6 | 71 | 2.76% |
| Total | 2570 | 100.0% |
