Proportion of friends living in local area
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Question asked in the latest wave:
socialnetworks_w9.simarea
Question label:
Proportion of friends living in local area
Question text:
What proportion of your friends live in your local area?
Question universe:
if SimAge 5 (has friends)
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 890 | 2.47% |
| proxy | -7 | 1096 | 3.04% |
| refusal | -2 | 36 | 0.1% |
| don't know | -1 | 31 | 0.09% |
| All are in the local area | 1 | 5588 | 15.5% |
| more than half | 2 | 11298 | 31.33% |
| about half | 3 | 6690 | 18.55% |
| less than half | 4 | 8652 | 23.99% |
| or none? | 5 | 1777 | 4.93% |
| Total | 36058 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not available for IEMB | -10 | 4615 | 10.21% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 904 | 2.0% |
| proxy | -7 | 3129 | 6.92% |
| refusal | -2 | 30 | 0.07% |
| don't know | -1 | 44 | 0.1% |
| All are in the local area | 1 | 4764 | 10.54% |
| more than half | 2 | 9591 | 21.22% |
| about half | 3 | 7285 | 16.12% |
| less than half | 4 | 12176 | 26.94% |
| or none? | 5 | 2654 | 5.87% |
| Total | 45192 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 2 | 0.0% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 905 | 1.82% |
| proxy | -7 | 3830 | 7.71% |
| refusal | -2 | 5 | 0.01% |
| don't know | -1 | 33 | 0.07% |
| All are in the local area | 1 | 6359 | 12.8% |
| more than half | 2 | 11908 | 23.96% |
| about half | 3 | 9086 | 18.28% |
| less than half | 4 | 14611 | 29.4% |
| or none? | 5 | 2953 | 5.94% |
| Total | 49692 | 100.0% |
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