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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Survey of English Housing, 2003-2004

Variable Details

Variablewhysech4
LabelReasons for Second Home
Question text Here is a list of why people may have a second home. Can you please tell me which of them are reasons why you have a second home? To use as a holiday home/weekend cottage/to use (eventually) as a retirement home. Working away from home. Living away from home for other reason (e.g. student). Marital breakdown. Intending to sell previous home/waiting to move into a new home/inherited and intending to sell. It is an investment. Other. Response 4
Responses
1 Holiday home/retirement home/weekend cottage 0
2 Working away from home 0
3 Living away from home 0
4 Marital breakdown 0
5 Intending to sell previous home/waiting to move into a new h 0
6 It is an investment 1
7 Other 0
-9 Don't know (9) 0
-8 Refusal (8) 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 10553
-1 Item not applicable 19405
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationSurvey of English Housing, 2003-2004
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY.
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Private households and privately renting tenancy groups in England
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study, conducted annually from 1993/1994-2007/2008. The SEH was replaced by the EHS from 2008 (see Abstract section for details).
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