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Mainstage Variable

whodrive2

car no.2: 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-8927757.42%
refusal-2470.29%
don't know-1250.15%
non-household member01781.1%
person number 11272616.87%
person number 22310019.19%
person number 334863.01%
person number 441520.94%
person number 55240.15%
person number 6640.02%
person number 7740.02%
Total16156100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-9930.48%
inapplicable-81147859.62%
refusal-2310.16%
don't know-1200.1%
non-household member01600.83%
person number 11297015.43%
person number 22369019.17%
person number 335722.97%
person number 441830.95%
person number 55390.2%
person number 66110.06%
person number 7730.02%
person number 8820.01%
Total19252100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-9770.35%
inapplicable-81350062.08%
refusal-2170.08%
don't know-1340.16%
non-household member01500.69%
person number 11329015.13%
person number 22379117.43%
person number 336412.95%
person number 441740.8%
person number 55480.22%
person number 66160.07%
person number 7750.02%
person number 8810.0%
person number 9920.01%
Total21746100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-9930.4%
inapplicable-81466563.67%
refusal-2120.05%
don't know-1370.16%
non-household member01090.47%
person number 11318113.81%
person number 22401517.43%
person number 336542.84%
person number 441980.86%
person number 55480.21%
person number 66140.06%
person number 7720.01%
person number 8830.01%
person number 101010.0%
person number 111110.0%
Total23033100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-9650.25%
inapplicable-81701565.91%
don't know-1170.07%
non-household member0690.27%
person number 11331112.82%
person number 22428316.59%
person number 336942.69%
person number 442350.91%
person number 55910.35%
person number 66280.11%
person number 7740.02%
person number 8820.01%
person number 9910.0%
person number 101010.0%
person number 111110.0%
Total25817100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-82111569.99%
refusal-220.01%
don't know-1140.05%
non-household member0180.06%
person number 1128369.4%
person number 22525517.42%
person number 336942.3%
person number 441750.58%
person number 55440.15%
person number 66110.04%
person number 7740.01%
person number 9910.0%
Total30169100.0%

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