Other reasons for living apart
Datafile
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 32449 | 98.78% |
| proxy | -7 | 74 | 0.23% |
| refusal | -2 | 58 | 0.18% |
| don't know | -1 | 24 | 0.07% |
| It's too early in the relationship to live together | 1 | 10 | 0.03% |
| I want to live apart | 2 | 3 | 0.01% |
| My partner wants to live apart | 3 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Circumstances prevent us living together (e.g., work, money, immigration status) | 4 | 13 | 0.04% |
| I have obligations to others (e.g., to children, those I care for) | 5 | 9 | 0.03% |
| Too young/still with parents | 7 | 37 | 0.11% |
| We both want to live apart | 8 | 16 | 0.05% |
| Both own houses | 9 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Waiting to get a house together/saving for a house | 10 | 19 | 0.06% |
| Don't get on when living together/not compatible/different opinions | 11 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Partner in an institution/nursing home/care home | 12 | 5 | 0.02% |
| Planning to live together soon | 13 | 32 | 0.1% |
| Live a long way away/far away/distance/lives abroad | 14 | 17 | 0.05% |
| Religious reasons | 15 | 23 | 0.07% |
| Still living with someone else/married to someone/ex-partner issues | 16 | 5 | 0.02% |
| They live too far away/abroad | 18 | 7 | 0.02% |
| We/They/I am at university | 19 | 6 | 0.02% |
| Health/disability reasons | 20 | 2 | 0.01% |
| Work commitments | 21 | 2 | 0.01% |
| We prefer to live apart/choice | 22 | 6 | 0.02% |
| House too small | 23 | 3 | 0.01% |
| They have own property | 24 | 2 | 0.01% |
| Others | 97 | 20 | 0.06% |
| Total | 32849 | 100.0% |
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