Innovation Panel variable: ncars number of cars/vans owned by household

number of cars/vans owned by household

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Question asked in the latest wave:

household_ip17.ncars

Question label:

Number of cars/vans in household

Question text:

How many cars or vans in total does your household own or have continuous use of?

Question universe:

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Question interviewer instructions:

INCLUDE COMPANY VEHICLES IF AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE USE
EXCLUDE VEHICLES SOLELY FOR CARRIAGE OF GOODS
ENTER NUMBER
ENTER 0 IF NO CARS/VANS

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Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.07%
refusal	-2	9	0.64%
don't know	-1	3	0.21%
[Value >= 0]	1	1393	99.08%
	Total	1406	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.39	13	0	6.0	0.94	1393

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	2	0.12%
don't know	-1	3	0.17%
[Value >= 0]	1	1729	99.71%
	Total	1734	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.39	5	0	6.0	0.94	1729

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	5	0.29%
don't know	-1	8	0.47%
[Value >= 0]	1	1682	99.23%
	Total	1695	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.42	13	0	80.0	2.12	1682

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	15	0.76%
don't know	-1	8	0.4%
[Value >= 0]	1	1955	98.84%
	Total	1978	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.36	23	0	7.0	0.94	1955

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	4	0.22%
don't know	-1	5	0.27%
[Value >= 0]	1	1829	99.51%
	Total	1838	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.37	9	0	13.0	1.0	1829

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	2	0.14%
don't know	-1	1	0.07%
[Value >= 0]	1	1452	99.79%
	Total	1455	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.36	3	0	6.0	0.96	1452

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	3	0.24%
don't know	-1	2	0.16%
[Value >= 0]	1	1240	99.6%
	Total	1245	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.39	5	0	6.0	0.96	1240

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	4	0.3%
don't know	-1	1	0.08%
[Value >= 0]	1	1314	99.62%
	Total	1319	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.35	5	0	5.0	0.96	1314

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	6	0.43%
don't know	-1	1	0.07%
[Value >= 0]	1	1400	99.5%
	Total	1407	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.34	7	0	6.0	0.97	1400

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.08%
don't know	-1	5	0.42%
[Value >= 0]	1	1183	99.5%
	Total	1189	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.31	6	0	6.0	0.96	1183

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	1	0.08%
[Value >= 0]	1	1204	99.92%
	Total	1205	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.31	1	0	6.0	0.93	1204

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.28	0	0	13.0	0.98	1381

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	1	0.1%
[Value >= 0]	1	1026	99.9%
	Total	1027	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.27	1	0	5.0	0.95	1026

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.28	0	0	5.0	0.96	1122

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	1	0.07%
none	0	341	22.9%
	1	655	43.99%
	2	390	26.19%
3 or more	3	102	6.85%
	Total	1489	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.17	1	0	3.0	0.86	1488

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	94	4.37%
proxy	-7	125	5.82%
don't know	-1	4	0.19%
[Value >= 0]	1	1926	89.62%
	Total	2149	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.46	223	0	6.0	0.99	1926

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1378	64.33%
proxy	-7	147	6.86%
[Value >= 0]	1	617	28.8%
	Total	2142	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.76	1525	0	5.0	0.92	617

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Wave 17 (q_ncars hhresp_ip)

Wave 16 (p_ncars hhresp_ip)

Wave 15 (o_ncars hhresp_ip)

Wave 14 (n_ncars hhresp_ip)

Wave 11 (k_ncars hhresp_ip)

Wave 10 (j_ncars hhresp_ip)

Wave 9 (i_ncars hhresp_ip)

Wave 8 (h_ncars hhresp_ip)

Wave 7 (g_ncars hhresp_ip)

Wave 6 (f_ncars hhresp_ip)

Wave 5 (e_ncars hhresp_ip)

Wave 4 (d_ncars hhresp_ip)

Wave 3 (c_ncars hhresp_ip)

Wave 2 (b_ncars hhresp_ip)

Wave 1 (a_ncars hhresp_ip)

Wave 6 (f_ncars indresp_ip)

Wave 5 (e_ncars indresp_ip)

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Calendar Year 2023 data now available

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