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pdeph

Damp-free home

Datafile

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Individual variables

Variable nameVariable labelDatafile
pdeph1 damp-free home: yes hhresp
pdeph2 damp-free home: no, no money for this hhresp
pdeph3 damp-free home: no, not a priority hhresp
pdeph4 damp-free home: no, health/disability prevents this hhresp
pdeph5 damp-free home: no, too much trouble/too tiring hhresp
pdeph6 damp-free home: no, no company/help hhresp
pdeph7 damp-free home: no, not wanted hhresp
pdeph8 damp-free home: no, not relevant hhresp
pdeph97 damp-free home: spontaneous: no, other hhresp

Question asked in the latest wave:

household_w12.pdeph

Question label:

Damp-free home

Question text:

Do you have a damp-free home?

Question universe:

if GRIDVARIABLES.NKIDS015 = 0 & GRIDVARIABLES.NPENSIONER > 0 (No children aged 0 to 15 in the household and one or more persons of pensionable age)

Question interviewer instructions:

IF ANSWERS ‘NO’, PROBE TO FIND OUT WHY. CODE ALL THAT APPLY

Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires

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