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hsowr1_bh

PNO of 1st person owning accommodation

Datafile

hhresp

Index term

Housing: Ownership Status and Tenure

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	83	1.02%
inapplicable	-8	2154	26.45%
Not in HH	0	51	0.63%
	1	5403	66.34%
	2	393	4.83%
	3	43	0.53%
	4	13	0.16%
	5	2	0.02%
	6	1	0.01%
	7	1	0.01%
	Total	8144	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	85	1.02%
inapplicable	-8	2203	26.4%
Not in HH	0	61	0.73%
	1	5543	66.42%
	2	390	4.67%
	3	41	0.49%
	4	19	0.23%
	5	3	0.04%
	6	1	0.01%
	Total	8346	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	75	0.87%
inapplicable	-8	2295	26.68%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Not in HH	0	63	0.73%
	1	5669	65.9%
	2	441	5.13%
	3	39	0.45%
	4	13	0.15%
	5	5	0.06%
	6	2	0.02%
	Total	8603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	85	0.98%
inapplicable	-8	2302	26.43%
Not in HH	0	71	0.82%
	1	5736	65.86%
	2	441	5.06%
	3	48	0.55%
	4	18	0.21%
	5	7	0.08%
	6	1	0.01%
	Total	8709	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	69	0.78%
inapplicable	-8	2242	25.2%
proxy	-7	448	5.04%
Not in HH	0	65	0.73%
	1	5528	62.13%
	2	485	5.45%
	3	36	0.4%
	4	13	0.15%
	5	9	0.1%
	7	2	0.02%
	Total	8897	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	87	0.96%
inapplicable	-8	2383	26.35%
proxy	-7	301	3.33%
Not in HH	0	60	0.66%
	1	5680	62.8%
	2	461	5.1%
	3	55	0.61%
	4	8	0.09%
	5	7	0.08%
	6	2	0.02%
	7	1	0.01%
	Total	9045	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	104	1.11%
inapplicable	-8	2472	26.43%
proxy	-7	351	3.75%
Not in HH	0	55	0.59%
	1	5782	61.83%
	2	508	5.43%
	3	54	0.58%
	4	19	0.2%
	5	5	0.05%
	6	1	0.01%
	7	1	0.01%
	Total	9352	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	109	1.03%
inapplicable	-8	3289	30.94%
proxy	-7	246	2.31%
Not in HH	0	85	0.8%
	1	6258	58.87%
	2	558	5.25%
	3	63	0.59%
	4	17	0.16%
	5	5	0.05%
	6	1	0.01%
	Total	10631	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	74	0.84%
inapplicable	-8	2858	32.62%
proxy	-7	154	1.76%
Not in HH	0	52	0.59%
	1	5017	57.27%
	2	528	6.03%
	3	48	0.55%
	4	21	0.24%
	5	8	0.09%
	6	1	0.01%
	Total	8761	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	82	0.93%
inapplicable	-8	3001	34.11%
proxy	-7	55	0.63%
Not in HH	0	61	0.69%
	1	5057	57.49%
	2	474	5.39%
	3	43	0.49%
	4	20	0.23%
	5	4	0.05%
	Total	8797	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	65	1.08%
inapplicable	-8	2111	35.15%
proxy	-7	59	0.98%
Not in HH	0	22	0.37%
	1	3479	57.94%
	2	222	3.7%
	3	29	0.48%
	4	12	0.2%
	5	5	0.08%
	7	1	0.02%
	Total	6005	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	47	0.77%
inapplicable	-8	2243	36.83%
proxy	-7	31	0.51%
Not in HH	0	19	0.31%
	1	3328	54.65%
	2	336	5.52%
	3	53	0.87%
	4	23	0.38%
	5	7	0.11%
	6	1	0.02%
	7	1	0.02%
	8	1	0.02%
	Total	6090	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	45	0.89%
inapplicable	-8	1548	30.57%
proxy	-7	40	0.79%
Not in HH	0	29	0.57%
	1	3135	61.91%
	2	227	4.48%
	3	25	0.49%
	4	12	0.24%
	5	2	0.04%
	8	1	0.02%
	Total	5064	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	53	1.05%
inapplicable	-8	1510	30.0%
proxy	-7	98	1.95%
Not in HH	0	18	0.36%
	1	3120	61.99%
	2	198	3.93%
	3	21	0.42%
	4	10	0.2%
	5	3	0.06%
	6	1	0.02%
	8	1	0.02%
	Total	5033	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	68	1.33%
inapplicable	-8	1532	29.88%
proxy	-7	88	1.72%
don't know	-1	1	0.02%
Not in houseshold	0	14	0.27%
	1	3165	61.73%
	2	225	4.39%
	3	19	0.37%
	4	11	0.21%
	5	4	0.08%
	Total	5127	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	48	0.92%
inapplicable	-8	1570	30.01%
proxy	-7	211	4.03%
Not in houseshold	0	20	0.38%
	1	3149	60.19%
	2	203	3.88%
	3	21	0.4%
	4	6	0.11%
	5	2	0.04%
	7	2	0.04%
	Total	5232	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.42%
inapplicable	-8	1668	31.91%
Not in houseshold	0	15	0.29%
	1	3316	63.44%
	2	179	3.42%
	3	20	0.38%
	4	6	0.11%
	5	1	0.02%
	Total	5227	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	29	0.53%
inapplicable	-8	1839	33.37%
Not in houseshold	0	8	0.15%
	1	3554	64.49%
	2	79	1.43%
	3	1	0.02%
	5	1	0.02%
	Total	5511	100.0%

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