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hhdc

Household level document check

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Interview Characteristics and Conditions

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Full Household Docs	1	7606	93.39%
No HH Q: Tel. intv.	3	538	6.61%
	Total	8144	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Full Household Docs	1	7862	94.2%
No HH Q: Tel. intv.	3	484	5.8%
	Total	8346	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Full Household Docs	1	8089	94.03%
Household Q Missing	2	39	0.45%
No HH Q: Tel. intv.	3	475	5.52%
	Total	8603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Full Household Docs	1	8209	94.26%
Household Q Missing	2	50	0.57%
No HH Q: Tel. intv.	3	450	5.17%
	Total	8709	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Full Household Docs	1	8392	94.32%
Household Q Missing	2	57	0.64%
No HH Q: Tel. intv.	3	448	5.04%
	Total	8897	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Full Household Docs	1	8687	96.04%
Household Q Missing	2	57	0.63%
No HH Q: Tel. intv.	3	301	3.33%
	Total	9045	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Full Household Docs	1	8946	95.66%
Household Q Missing	2	55	0.59%
No HH Q: Tel. intv.	3	351	3.75%
	Total	9352	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Full Household Docs	1	10324	97.11%
Household Q Missing	2	61	0.57%
No HH Q: Tel. intv.	3	246	2.31%
	Total	10631	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Full Household Docs	1	8607	98.24%
No HH Q: Tel. intv.	3	154	1.76%
	Total	8761	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Full Household Docs	1	8717	99.09%
Household Q Missing	2	25	0.28%
No HH Q: Tel. intv.	3	55	0.63%
	Total	8797	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Full Household Docs	1	5928	98.72%
Household Q Missing	2	18	0.3%
No HH Q: Tel. intv.	3	59	0.98%
	Total	6005	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Full Household Docs	1	6052	99.38%
Household Q Missing	2	7	0.11%
No HH Q: Tel. intv.	3	31	0.51%
	Total	6090	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Full Household Docs	1	5015	99.03%
Household Q Missing	2	9	0.18%
No HH Q: Tel. intv.	3	40	0.79%
	Total	5064	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Full Household Docs	1	4919	97.73%
Household Q Missing	2	16	0.32%
No HH Q: Tel. intv.	3	98	1.95%
	Total	5033	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Full Household Docs	1	5023	97.97%
Household Q Missing	2	16	0.31%
No HH Q: Tel. intv.	3	88	1.72%
	Total	5127	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Full Household Docs	1	5004	95.64%
Household Q Missing	2	17	0.32%
No HH Q: Telephone int	3	211	4.03%
	Total	5232	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Full Household Docs	1	5211	99.69%
Household Q Missing	2	16	0.31%
	Total	5227	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Full Household Docs	1	5496	99.73%
Household Q Missing	2	15	0.27%
	Total	5511	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-int household	0	3271	28.66%
Yes	1	7606	66.63%
Telephone Q. only	3	538	4.71%
	Total	11415	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-int household	0	3152	27.41%
Yes	1	7862	68.38%
Telephone Q. only	3	484	4.21%
	Total	11498	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-int household	0	2904	25.24%
Yes	1	8089	70.3%
No	2	39	0.34%
Telephone Q. only	3	475	4.13%
	Total	11507	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-int household	0	3204	26.89%
Yes	1	8209	68.9%
No	2	52	0.44%
Telephone Q. only	3	450	3.78%
	Total	11915	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-int household	0	3193	26.41%
Yes	1	8392	69.41%
No	2	57	0.47%
Telephone Q. only	3	448	3.71%
	Total	12090	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-int household	0	3131	25.71%
Yes	1	8687	71.35%
No	2	57	0.47%
Telephone Q. only	3	301	2.47%
	Total	12176	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
Non-int household	0	2856	23.39%
Yes	1	8946	73.27%
No	2	55	0.45%
Telephone Q. only	3	351	2.87%
	Total	12209	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-int household	0	3351	23.96%
Yes	1	10324	73.82%
No	2	65	0.46%
Telephone Q. only	3	246	1.76%
	Total	13986	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-int household	0	3521	28.67%
Yes	1	8607	70.08%
Telephone Q. only	3	154	1.25%
	Total	12282	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-int household	0	3137	26.26%
Yes	1	8717	72.98%
No	2	35	0.29%
Telephone Q. only	3	55	0.46%
	Total	11944	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-int household	0	1285	17.61%
Yes	1	5928	81.26%
No	2	23	0.32%
Telephone Q. only	3	59	0.81%
	Total	7295	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-int household	0	1504	19.8%
Yes	1	6052	79.67%
No	2	9	0.12%
Telephone Q. only	3	31	0.41%
	Total	7596	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-int household	0	1421	21.91%
Yes	1	5015	77.31%
No	2	11	0.17%
Telephone Q. only	3	40	0.62%
	Total	6487	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-int household	0	1519	23.18%
Yes	1	4919	75.06%
No	2	17	0.26%
Telephone Q. only	3	98	1.5%
	Total	6553	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-int household	0	1431	21.82%
Yes	1	5023	76.59%
No	2	16	0.24%
Telephone Q. only	3	88	1.34%
	Total	6558	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-int household	0	1302	19.93%
Yes	1	5004	76.58%
No	2	17	0.26%
Telephone Q. only	3	211	3.23%
	Total	6534	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	757	12.65%
Yes	1	5211	87.08%
No	2	16	0.27%
	Total	5984	100.0%

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