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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Survey of English Housing, 2003-2004

Variable Details

Variablehowren
LabelHow got/started renting accommo
Question text May I just check, how did you (HRP) come to rent this house/flat? Please choose your answer from this card: From local authority or housing association waiting list or transfer list. Arranged by local authority or housing association without being on waiting list. Exchanging with previous tenant by arrangement with local authority. By private agreement with previous tenant. Inheriting the tenancy on death of previous tenant by agreement with local authority. By private agreement on death of previous tenant. Accepted as homeless. Joined somebody already living there. In some other way.
Responses
1 From local authority or housing association waiting list or 615
2 Arranged by local authority or housing association without b 166
3 Exchanging with previous tenant by arrangement with local au 48
4 By private agreement with previous tenant 12
5 Inheriting the tenancy on death of previous tenant by agreem 1
6 By private agreement on death of previous tenant 5
7 Accepted as homeless 94
8 Joined somebody already living there 8
9 In some other way 74
-9 Don't know (99) 3
-8 Refusal (98) 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 10553
-1 Item not applicable 18380
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationSurvey of English Housing, 2003-2004
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD J.
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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