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Mainstage Variable

whodrive1

car no.1: Main driver of car

Datafile

Index term

Variable note:

This variable is miscoded for Waves 10 and 13; where option 0 (Non-household member) is mistakenly coded as option 1 (Person 1), and similar errors exist for the rest of the value options. Additionally, some households have recorded non-resident members as drivers. The following syntax whodrive_fix_for_users can be used to accurately recode these values and set non-household members to 0 within these waves.

Question asked in the latest wave:

household_w13.whodrive

Question label:

Main driver of car

Question text:

Who drives this car most often?

Question universe:

if ncars > 0 (Household has one or more cars/vans)

Question interviewer instructions:

IF DRIVEN EQUALLY BY MORE THAN ONE PERSON CODE FIRST PERSON NAMED RECORD PERSON NUMBER FROM HOUSEHOLD GRID

Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-91330.82%
inapplicable-8255115.79%
refusal-2330.2%
don't know-1280.17%
non-household member01370.85%
person number 11893355.29%
person number 22393524.36%
person number 332871.78%
person number 44870.54%
person number 55180.11%
person number 6680.05%
person number 7730.02%
person number 8830.02%
Total16156100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-9940.49%
inapplicable-8345217.93%
refusal-2240.12%
don't know-1210.11%
non-household member01550.81%
person number 111045454.3%
person number 22454023.58%
person number 333321.72%
person number 441280.66%
person number 55330.17%
person number 6680.04%
person number 7780.04%
person number 8820.01%
person number 9910.01%
Total19252100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-9790.36%
inapplicable-8425719.58%
refusal-280.04%
don't know-1470.22%
non-household member01140.52%
person number 111138652.36%
person number 22524024.1%
person number 333911.8%
person number 441460.67%
person number 55520.24%
person number 66160.07%
person number 7770.03%
person number 8820.01%
person number 9910.0%
Total21746100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-9920.4%
inapplicable-8477220.72%
refusal-280.03%
don't know-1530.23%
non-household member01160.5%
person number 111193651.82%
person number 22542223.54%
person number 334201.82%
person number 441550.67%
person number 55370.16%
person number 66150.07%
person number 7730.01%
person number 8830.01%
person number 9910.0%
Total23033100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-9660.26%
inapplicable-8557621.6%
don't know-1190.07%
non-household member0950.37%
person number 111314950.93%
person number 22599623.23%
person number 335792.24%
person number 442160.84%
person number 55730.28%
person number 66310.12%
person number 77130.05%
person number 8810.0%
person number 9920.01%
person number 111110.0%
Total25817100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-930.01%
inapplicable-81264941.93%
refusal-220.01%
don't know-1290.1%
non-household member0170.06%
person number 111066835.36%
person number 22618320.49%
person number 334421.47%
person number 441250.41%
person number 55310.1%
person number 6690.03%
person number 7760.02%
person number 8840.01%
person number 9910.0%
Total30169100.0%

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