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Mainstage Variable

whodrive4

car no.4: 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-91310.81%
inapplicable-81557496.4%
refusal-2150.09%
don't know-1100.06%
non-household member0160.1%
person number 111010.63%
person number 221130.7%
person number 33910.56%
person number 44820.51%
person number 55190.12%
person number 6620.01%
person number 7710.01%
person number 8810.01%
Total16156100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-9910.47%
inapplicable-81870097.13%
refusal-2100.05%
don't know-1130.07%
non-household member0190.1%
person number 111200.62%
person number 221120.58%
person number 33920.48%
person number 44820.43%
person number 55110.06%
person number 6620.01%
Total19252100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-9750.34%
inapplicable-82117897.39%
refusal-280.04%
don't know-1170.08%
non-household member0350.16%
person number 111210.56%
person number 221190.55%
person number 33810.37%
person number 44890.41%
person number 55170.08%
person number 6640.02%
person number 7720.01%
Total21746100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-9910.4%
inapplicable-82245097.47%
refusal-240.02%
don't know-1120.05%
non-household member0210.09%
person number 111340.58%
person number 221180.51%
person number 33970.42%
person number 44900.39%
person number 55120.05%
person number 6620.01%
person number 101010.0%
person number 111110.0%
Total23033100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-9650.25%
inapplicable-82528097.92%
don't know-140.02%
non-household member0230.09%
person number 111090.42%
person number 221300.5%
person number 33750.29%
person number 441030.4%
person number 55230.09%
person number 6630.01%
person number 7710.0%
person number 111110.0%
Total25817100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-82970098.45%
don't know-120.01%
non-household member050.02%
person number 111070.35%
person number 221340.44%
person number 33820.27%
person number 441090.36%
person number 55240.08%
person number 6650.02%
person number 101010.0%
Total30169100.0%

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