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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Survey of English Housing, 2004-2005

Variable Details

Variablemspbu1
LabelWHAT SPARE BEDROOM 1 MAINLY USED FOR
Question text And for spare bedroom (one/two...), can you please tell me what the room is mainly used for?
Responses
1 Storage 829
2 Hobbies 300
3 Study 549
4 Work 175
5 When own children/grandchildren visit 743
6 Kept for an adult household member who is currently living a 42
7 Sometimes slept in by current household member 46
8 Other visitors 541
9 Children's playroom 42
10 Children's homework 11
11 Extra living room 30
12 Carer to stay over 5
13 For medical reasons (e.g. medical equipment like dialysis ma 3
14 Utilities or household chores such as ironing 110
15 Dressing room 67
16 Other 15
-9 Don't know (99) 10
-8 Refusal (98) 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 11509
-1 Item not applicable 14878
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationSurvey of English Housing, 2004-2005
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD F1. CODE ONE ONLY.
UniversePrivate households and privately renting tenancy groups in England;Households;Housing;Tenants;National
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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