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Mainstage Variable

hsowr2_bh

PNO of 2nd 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	2222	27.28%
Not mentioned	0	2425	29.78%
	1	100	1.23%
	2	3170	38.92%
	3	97	1.19%
	4	34	0.42%
	5	9	0.11%
	6	4	0.05%
	Total	8144	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	85	1.02%
inapplicable	-8	2292	27.46%
Not mentioned	0	2417	28.96%
	1	89	1.07%
	2	3318	39.76%
	3	93	1.11%
	4	36	0.43%
	5	14	0.17%
	6	2	0.02%
	Total	8346	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	75	0.87%
inapplicable	-8	2354	27.36%
Not mentioned	0	2509	29.16%
	1	122	1.42%
	2	3401	39.53%
	3	92	1.07%
	4	38	0.44%
	5	10	0.12%
	6	2	0.02%
	Total	8603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	74	0.85%
inapplicable	-8	2455	28.19%
Not mentioned	0	2462	28.27%
	1	119	1.37%
	2	3453	39.65%
	3	99	1.14%
	4	37	0.42%
	5	9	0.1%
	6	1	0.01%
	Total	8709	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	69	0.78%
inapplicable	-8	2314	26.01%
proxy	-7	448	5.04%
Not mentioned	0	2463	27.68%
	1	143	1.61%
	2	3325	37.37%
	3	92	1.03%
	4	35	0.39%
	5	6	0.07%
	6	2	0.02%
	Total	8897	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	87	0.96%
inapplicable	-8	2434	26.91%
proxy	-7	301	3.33%
Not in HH	0	2595	28.69%
	1	133	1.47%
	2	3371	37.27%
	3	74	0.82%
	4	42	0.46%
	5	7	0.08%
	6	1	0.01%
	Total	9045	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	113	1.21%
inapplicable	-8	2773	29.65%
proxy	-7	351	3.75%
Not in HH	0	2353	25.16%
	1	157	1.68%
	2	3497	37.39%
	3	72	0.77%
	4	30	0.32%
	5	3	0.03%
	6	2	0.02%
	7	1	0.01%
	Total	9352	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	114	1.07%
inapplicable	-8	3388	31.87%
proxy	-7	246	2.31%
Not in HH	0	2867	26.97%
	1	181	1.7%
	2	3699	34.79%
	3	83	0.78%
	4	39	0.37%
	5	9	0.08%
	6	5	0.05%
	Total	10631	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	83	0.95%
inapplicable	-8	2965	33.84%
proxy	-7	154	1.76%
Not in HH	0	2285	26.08%
	1	199	2.27%
	2	2959	33.77%
	3	68	0.78%
	4	39	0.45%
	5	7	0.08%
	6	2	0.02%
	Total	8761	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	91	1.03%
inapplicable	-8	3104	35.28%
proxy	-7	55	0.63%
Not in HH	0	2318	26.35%
	1	161	1.83%
	2	2957	33.61%
	3	55	0.63%
	4	46	0.52%
	5	9	0.1%
	6	1	0.01%
	Total	8797	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	65	1.08%
inapplicable	-8	3586	59.72%
proxy	-7	59	0.98%
Not in HH	0	53	0.88%
	1	33	0.55%
	2	2136	35.57%
	3	49	0.82%
	4	19	0.32%
	5	5	0.08%
	Total	6005	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	47	0.77%
inapplicable	-8	3762	61.77%
proxy	-7	31	0.51%
Not in HH	0	48	0.79%
	1	46	0.76%
	2	2020	33.17%
	3	107	1.76%
	4	21	0.34%
	5	6	0.1%
	6	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	2863	56.54%
proxy	-7	40	0.79%
Not in HH	0	54	1.07%
	1	43	0.85%
	2	1952	38.55%
	3	48	0.95%
	4	14	0.28%
	5	3	0.06%
	6	2	0.04%
	Total	5064	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	53	1.05%
inapplicable	-8	2783	55.3%
proxy	-7	98	1.95%
Not in HH	0	61	1.21%
	1	43	0.85%
	2	1936	38.47%
	3	46	0.91%
	4	11	0.22%
	5	2	0.04%
	Total	5033	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	68	1.33%
inapplicable	-8	2838	55.35%
proxy	-7	88	1.72%
don't know	-1	1	0.02%
Not in houseshold	0	79	1.54%
	1	61	1.19%
	2	1934	37.72%
	3	45	0.88%
	4	9	0.18%
	5	3	0.06%
	6	1	0.02%
	Total	5127	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	48	0.92%
inapplicable	-8	2854	54.55%
proxy	-7	211	4.03%
Not in houseshold	0	57	1.09%
	1	41	0.78%
	2	1969	37.63%
	3	44	0.84%
	4	4	0.08%
	5	1	0.02%
	6	2	0.04%
	8	1	0.02%
	Total	5232	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.42%
inapplicable	-8	3007	57.53%
Not in houseshold	0	56	1.07%
	1	56	1.07%
	2	2051	39.24%
	3	23	0.44%
	4	8	0.15%
	5	4	0.08%
	Total	5227	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1402	25.44%
inapplicable	-8	1839	33.37%
Not in houseshold	0	52	0.94%
	1	43	0.78%
	2	2170	39.38%
	3	5	0.09%
	Total	5511	100.0%

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