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Mainstage Variable

whodrive3

car no.3: 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-91300.8%
inapplicable-81444289.39%
refusal-2330.2%
don't know-1190.12%
non-household member0560.35%
person number 113952.44%
person number 224292.66%
person number 334742.93%
person number 441460.9%
person number 55230.14%
person number 6650.03%
person number 7720.01%
person number 8810.01%
person number 9910.01%
Total16156100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-9920.48%
inapplicable-81733590.04%
refusal-2220.11%
don't know-1250.13%
non-household member0530.28%
person number 114562.37%
person number 225182.69%
person number 335332.77%
person number 441710.89%
person number 55340.18%
person number 66100.05%
person number 7720.01%
person number 9910.01%
Total19252100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-9760.35%
inapplicable-81977290.92%
refusal-2100.05%
don't know-1250.11%
non-household member0880.4%
person number 115002.3%
person number 225352.46%
person number 335372.47%
person number 441580.73%
person number 55310.14%
person number 6650.02%
person number 7750.02%
person number 8830.01%
person number 9910.0%
Total21746100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-9920.4%
inapplicable-82110091.61%
refusal-270.03%
don't know-1300.13%
non-household member0480.21%
person number 114972.16%
person number 224842.1%
person number 335612.44%
person number 441600.69%
person number 55380.16%
person number 6660.03%
person number 7770.03%
person number 8810.0%
person number 9910.0%
person number 121210.0%
Total23033100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-9650.25%
inapplicable-82391592.63%
refusal-220.01%
don't know-1130.05%
non-household member0390.15%
person number 114911.9%
person number 225242.03%
person number 335151.99%
person number 442050.79%
person number 55300.12%
person number 6690.03%
person number 7750.02%
person number 8820.01%
person number 9910.0%
person number 101010.0%
Total25817100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-82831393.85%
don't know-180.03%
non-household member0130.04%
person number 114281.42%
person number 225501.82%
person number 336512.16%
person number 441700.56%
person number 55250.08%
person number 6680.03%
person number 7720.01%
person number 8810.0%
Total30169100.0%

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