Responsibility for car purchase decision
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Question asked in the latest wave:
transportbehaviour_w10.hucar
Question label:
Responsibility for car purchase decision
Question text:
Generally speaking, which one of these statements best describes your role when it comes to buying a car or van for your household?
Question universe:
if PNCARS >= 1 (One or more cars in the household)
Further details:
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| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 4686 | 13.65% |
| proxy | -7 | 804 | 2.34% |
| refusal | -2 | 88 | 0.26% |
| don't know | -1 | 131 | 0.38% |
| Sole decision maker (I alone decide which car/van to buy) | 1 | 6660 | 19.41% |
| Main decision maker (I have the main say, but take others' views into account) | 2 | 4801 | 13.99% |
| Joint decision maker (I have equal say in which car/van to buy) | 3 | 10709 | 31.2% |
| secondary decision maker (i have some influence, b | 4 | 2821 | 8.22% |
| No influence (I have no say in which car is bought) | 5 | 3619 | 10.55% |
| Total | 34319 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 34 | 0.09% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 5726 | 14.57% |
| proxy | -7 | 1683 | 4.28% |
| refusal | -2 | 36 | 0.09% |
| don't know | -1 | 73 | 0.19% |
| Sole decision maker (I alone decide which car/van to buy) | 1 | 7540 | 19.19% |
| Main decision maker (I have the main say, but take others' views into account) | 2 | 4830 | 12.29% |
| Joint decision maker (I have equal say in which car/van to buy) | 3 | 12070 | 30.72% |
| secondary decision maker (i have some influence, b | 4 | 3047 | 7.75% |
| No influence (I have no say in which car is bought) | 5 | 4255 | 10.83% |
| Total | 39294 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not available for IEMB | -10 | 4615 | 10.21% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 5682 | 12.57% |
| proxy | -7 | 3129 | 6.92% |
| refusal | -2 | 26 | 0.06% |
| don't know | -1 | 77 | 0.17% |
| sole decision maker (i alone decide which car/van to buy) | 1 | 7873 | 17.42% |
| main decision maker (i have the main say, but take others' views into account) | 2 | 4472 | 9.9% |
| joint decision maker (i have equal say in which car/van to buy) | 3 | 12002 | 26.56% |
| secondary decision maker (i have some influence, b | 4 | 3188 | 7.05% |
| no influence (i have no say in which car is bought) | 5 | 4128 | 9.13% |
| Total | 45192 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 59 | 0.13% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 7447 | 15.82% |
| proxy | -7 | 3935 | 8.36% |
| refusal | -2 | 3 | 0.01% |
| don't know | -1 | 67 | 0.14% |
| sole decision maker (i alone decide which car/van to buy) | 1 | 8594 | 18.26% |
| main decision maker (i have the main say, but take others' views into account) | 2 | 5399 | 11.47% |
| joint decision maker (i have equal say in which car/van to buy) | 3 | 13279 | 28.21% |
| secondary decision maker (i have some influence, b | 4 | 3795 | 8.06% |
| no influence (i have no say in which car is bought) | 5 | 4496 | 9.55% |
| Total | 47074 | 100.0% |
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