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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

European Quality of Life Survey Integrated Data File, 2003-2012

Variable Details

VariableY11_Urbanisation
LabelUrbanisation used for stratification
Responses
1 Up to 1.000 inhabitants 44
2 Up to 2.000 inhabitants 164
3 Up to 3.000 inhabitants 129
4 Up to 5.000 inhabitants 112
5 Up to 10.000 inhabitants 125
6 Up to 20.000 inhabitants 77
7 Up to 50.000 inhabitants 51
8 Up to 1 million inhabitants 126
9 Vienna (=1Mio+) 204
10 Strongly urbanized regions 0
11 Cities 0
12 Rural and less urbanized regions 0
13 Somewhat urbanized regions 254
14 Less than 1000 inhabitants 157
15 From 1 001 to 5 000 inhabitants 175
16 From 5 001 to 20 000 inhabitants 118
17 From 20 001 to 50 000 inhabitants 109
18 From 50 001 to 100 000 inhabitants 118
19 From 100 001 to 200 000 inhabitants 79
20 From 200 001 to 500 000 inhabitants 88
21 More than 500 001 inhabitants 156
22 Urban 651
23 Rural 0
24 Big cities above 100 000 inhabitants 205
25 Cities 20 – 99 ths. inhabitants 242
26 Smaller cities 5 – 19 999 inh. 192
27 Urban areas 1 000 4 999 ihn. 191
28 Other communities 1 – 999 inh. 182
29 5.000 bis unter 20.000 Einwohner 279
30 20.000 bis unter 50.000 Einwohner 361
31 50.000 bis unter 100.000 Einwohner (Strukturtyp 2,3,4) 252
32 100.000 bis unter 500.000 Einwohner (Strukturtyp 2,3,4) 448
33 100.000 bis unter 500.000 Einwohner (Strukturtyp 1) 442
34 500.000 Einwohner und mehr (Strukturtyp 2,3,4) 220
35 500.000 Einwohner und mehr (Strukturtyp 1. Kernbereich) 801
36 2.000 bis unter 5.000 Einwohner 105
37 bis unter 2.000 Einwohner 60
38 50.000 bis unter 100.000 Einwohner (Strukturtyp 1) 87
39 The Suburbs (Greater Copenhagen) 89
40 Cities 10.000 or more 273
41 Cities 0 - 10.000 386
42 Cities 0 - 10.000 (Rural Area) 86
43 Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg 79
44 Central Copenhagen (the municipalities of Copenhagen and Fre 111
45 Capital city (Tallinn) 292
46 Other towns 220
47 Rural settlements 303
48 Big towns (Tartu, Narva, Pärnu, Kohtla-Järve) 187
49 Urban (10.001 – 500.000) 223
50 Semi-urban (2001 – 10.000) 114
51 Rural (< 2000) 270
52 Thessaloniki (500.001 – 1.000.000) 81
53 Athens (> 1.000.000) 316
54 Up to 10.000 310
55 10.001-50.000 412
56 50.001-100.000 194
57 100.001-500.000 346
58 500.001 – 1.000.000 90
59 More than 1.000.000 160
60 Urban communities/cities 658
61 Densely populated communities 168
62 Rural communities 194
63 Rural area 0
64 Less than 20,000 inhabitants 398
65 20,000 to 99,999 inhabitants 301
66 Paris area 357
67 100,000 to 199,999 inhabitants 130
68 200,000 inhabitants or more 507
69 Metropolitan (50.000+ inhabitants) 381
70 Urban (between 10.001 and 50.000 inhabitants) 242
71 Rural (less than 10.000 inhabitants) 401
72 100,000 + (cities) 314
73 10,000 - 100,000 131
74 5,000 - 10,000 40
75 1,500 - 5,000 56
76 Less than 1,500 510
77 100-500,000 261
78 10-100,000 992
79 Over 500,000 261
80 Up to 10,000 736
81 Big cities (more than 200 000 inhabitants) 272
82 2 000 - 30 000 inhabitants 229
83 Less than 2 000 (rural area) 359
84 30 000 - 200 000 inhabitants 274
85 Thinly populated areas: remaining areas 179
86 Intermediate populated areas: > 100 inhabitants per sq.km; 427
87 Densely populated areas: > 500 inhabitants per sq.km; min 5 399
88 Capital 334
89 Large city 166
90 Other city 199
91 Rural area 887
92 not available 1001
93 Very strong (>=2500 addresses/km2) 193
94 Medium (1000 tot 1500 addresses/km2) 194
95 Low (500 tot 1000 addresses/km2) 222
96 Very low (<500 addresses/km2) 142
97 Strong (1500 tot 2500 addresses/km2) 257
98 village 850
99 town up to 20 th. inhabitants 292
100 town 20-50 th. inhabitants 262
101 town 50-100 th. inhabitants 202
102 town more than 500 th. inhabitants 271
103 town 100-200 th. inhabitants 192
104 town 200-500 th. inhabitants 193
105 Big conglomerations (100.000 or more inhabitants) 131
106 Urban communities (10.000 to 99.999 inhabitants) 270
107 Secondary communities (2.000 to 9.999 inhabitants) 181
108 Small communities (Less than 2.000 inhabitants) 431
109 City 200.000 + 184
110 Bucuresti 123
111 City 50.000 - 199.999 235
112 City under 50.000 299
113 Rural 1056
114 Cities 581
115 Rural and less urbanized regions 679
116 Strongly urbanized regions 506
117 manj kot 2.000 prebivalcev (nekme?ko) 300
118 manj kot 2.000 prebivalcev (kme?ko) 283
119 2-10.000 prebivalcev 131
120 ve? kot 10.000 prebivalcev 132
121 Maribor 40
122 Ljubljana 122
123 less than 1000 inhabitants 156
124 from 1 000 to 4 999 inhabitants 298
125 from 5 000 to 19 999 inhabitants 180
126 from 20 000 to 49 999 inhabitants 136
127 from 50 000 to 99 999 inhabitants 97
128 more than 100 000 inhabitants 133
129 Other 100% urban areas (population density >7 pph) 492
130 Mixed urban/rural (population density 1.5 - 7 pph) 750
131 Rural (population density <1.5 pph) 368
132 Metropolitan counties 642
133 Urban - population higher than 150,000 985
134 Semi Urban - population between 150,000 and 20,000 579
135 Rural - population lower than 20,000, 471
140 Urban 1641
141 Rural 1441
142 Up to 5,000 inhabitants 391
143 5,001 - 10,000 88
144 10,001 - 20,000 81
145 20,001 - 50,000 113
146 50,001 - 100,000 113
147 100,001 - 150,000 12
148 150,001 - 250,000 51
149 over 250,000 153
150 up to 2,000 inhabitants 449
151 from 2,000 to 10,000 344
152 from 10,000 to 10,0000 546
153 over 100,000 662
Sysmiss 61891
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationEuropean Quality of Life Survey Integrated Data File, 2003-2012
UniverseLocation of units of observation: Cross-national; National;Population: Residents aged 18 and over in 27 EU countries (as of 2011) as well as Croatia (second and third round), Norway (second round), Iceland, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia (all third round) and Turkey (all three rounds).
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for details
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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