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hhmove

Mover household indicator

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Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non mover HH	1	7279	89.38%
Mover household	2	752	9.23%
Part Mover HH	3	100	1.23%
Unknown status	8	13	0.16%
	Total	8144	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non mover HH	1	7383	88.46%
Mover household	2	888	10.64%
Part Mover HH	3	65	0.78%
Unknown status	8	10	0.12%
	Total	8346	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non mover HH	1	7634	88.74%
Mover household	2	873	10.15%
Part Mover HH	3	81	0.94%
Unknown status	8	15	0.17%
	Total	8603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non mover HH	1	7750	88.99%
Mover household	2	841	9.66%
Part Mover HH	3	104	1.19%
Unknown status	8	14	0.16%
	Total	8709	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non mover HH	1	7801	87.68%
Mover household	2	935	10.51%
Part Mover HH	3	125	1.4%
Whole HH deceased	4	2	0.02%
Unknown status	8	34	0.38%
	Total	8897	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non mover HH	1	8009	88.55%
Mover household	2	925	10.23%
Part Mover HH	3	95	1.05%
Unknown status	8	16	0.18%
	Total	9045	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non mover HH	1	8299	88.74%
Mover household	2	944	10.09%
Part Mover HH	3	101	1.08%
Unknown status	8	8	0.09%
	Total	9352	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1978	18.61%
	0	5	0.05%
Non mover HH	1	7565	71.16%
Mover household	2	936	8.8%
Part Mover HH	3	89	0.84%
Unknown status	8	58	0.55%
	Total	10631	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	257	2.93%
Non mover HH	1	7439	84.91%
Mover household	2	991	11.31%
Part Mover HH	3	61	0.7%
Unknown status	8	13	0.15%
	Total	8761	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	2886	32.81%
Non mover HH	1	5084	57.79%
Mover household	2	745	8.47%
Part Mover HH	3	69	0.78%
Unknown status	8	13	0.15%
	Total	8797	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non mover HH	1	5213	86.81%
Mover household	2	707	11.77%
Part Mover HH	3	80	1.33%
Unknown status	8	5	0.08%
	Total	6005	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
	0	1065	17.49%
Non mover HH	1	4274	70.18%
Mover household	2	692	11.36%
Part Mover HH	3	47	0.77%
Unknown status	8	12	0.2%
	Total	6090	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non mover HH	1	4329	85.49%
Mover household	2	625	12.34%
Part Mover HH	3	49	0.97%
Unknown status	8	61	1.2%
	Total	5064	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non mover HH	1	4327	85.97%
Mover household	2	643	12.78%
Part Mover HH	3	62	1.23%
Unknown status	8	1	0.02%
	Total	5033	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non mover HH	1	4445	86.7%
Mover household	2	652	12.72%
Part Mover HH	3	30	0.59%
	Total	5127	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non mover HH	1	4575	87.44%
Mover household	2	636	12.16%
Part Mover HH	3	21	0.4%
	Total	5232	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non mover HH	1	4640	88.77%
Mover household	2	587	11.23%
	Total	5227	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non mover HH	1	7651	67.03%
Mover household	2	979	8.58%
Part Mover HH	3	100	0.88%
Whole HH deceased	4	66	0.58%
HH out of scope	5	45	0.39%
No elig. HH members	6	279	2.44%
Unknown status	8	2239	19.61%
All FINLOC=0	9	56	0.49%
	Total	11415	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non mover HH	1	7831	68.11%
Mover household	2	1143	9.94%
Part Mover HH	3	68	0.59%
Whole HH deceased	4	73	0.63%
HH out of scope	5	57	0.5%
No elig. HH members	6	298	2.59%
Unknown status	8	1969	17.12%
All FINLOC=0	9	59	0.51%
	Total	11498	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non mover HH	1	8128	70.64%
Mover household	2	1118	9.72%
Part Mover HH	3	82	0.71%
Whole HH deceased	4	99	0.86%
HH out of scope	5	54	0.47%
No elig. HH members	6	274	2.38%
Unknown status	8	1695	14.73%
All FINLOC=0	9	57	0.5%
	Total	11507	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non mover HH	1	8283	69.52%
Mover household	2	1095	9.19%
Part Mover HH	3	104	0.87%
Whole HH deceased	4	61	0.51%
HH out of scope	5	49	0.41%
No elig. HH members	6	296	2.48%
Unknown status	8	1965	16.49%
All FINLOC=0	9	62	0.52%
	Total	11915	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non mover HH	1	8321	68.83%
Mover household	2	1235	10.22%
Part Mover HH	3	127	1.05%
Whole HH deceased	4	189	1.56%
HH out of scope	5	87	0.72%
No elig. HH members	6	314	2.6%
Unknown status	8	1730	14.31%
All FINLOC=0	9	87	0.72%
	Total	12090	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non mover HH	1	8743	71.81%
Mover household	2	1173	9.63%
Part Mover HH	3	97	0.8%
Whole HH deceased	4	69	0.57%
HH out of scope	5	107	0.88%
No elig. HH members	6	295	2.42%
Unknown status	8	1628	13.37%
All FINLOC=0	9	64	0.53%
	Total	12176	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non mover HH	1	9010	73.8%
Mover household	2	1269	10.39%
Part Mover HH	3	103	0.84%
Whole HH deceased	4	58	0.48%
HH out of scope	5	100	0.82%
No elig. HH members	6	257	2.11%
Unknown status	8	1336	10.94%
All FINLOC=0	9	76	0.62%
	Total	12209	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	2887	20.64%
	0	5	0.04%
Non mover HH	1	8087	57.82%
Mover household	2	1231	8.8%
Part Mover HH	3	94	0.67%
Whole HH deceased	4	73	0.52%
HH out of scope	5	45	0.32%
No elig. HH members	6	267	1.91%
Unknown status	8	1228	8.78%
All FINLOC=0	9	69	0.49%
	Total	13986	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	257	2.09%
Non mover HH	1	7865	64.04%
Mover household	2	1380	11.24%
Part Mover HH	3	61	0.5%
Whole HH deceased	4	120	0.98%
HH out of scope	5	78	0.64%
No elig. HH members	6	230	1.87%
Unknown status	8	853	6.95%
All FINLOC=0	9	1438	11.71%
	Total	12282	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	4589	38.42%
Non mover HH	1	5331	44.63%
Mover household	2	893	7.48%
Part Mover HH	3	71	0.59%
Whole HH deceased	4	54	0.45%
HH out of scope	5	42	0.35%
No elig. HH members	6	215	1.8%
Unknown status	8	705	5.9%
All FINLOC=0	9	44	0.37%
	Total	11944	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non mover HH	1	5394	73.94%
Mover household	2	860	11.79%
Part Mover HH	3	80	1.1%
Whole HH deceased	4	74	1.01%
HH out of scope	5	20	0.27%
No elig. HH members	6	268	3.67%
Unknown status	8	550	7.54%
All FINLOC=0	9	49	0.67%
	Total	7295	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1065	14.02%
Non mover HH	1	4388	57.77%
Mover household	2	826	10.87%
Part Mover HH	3	48	0.63%
Whole HH deceased	4	70	0.92%
HH out of scope	5	33	0.43%
No elig. HH members	6	254	3.34%
Unknown status	8	864	11.37%
All FINLOC=0	9	48	0.63%
	Total	7596	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non mover HH	1	4518	69.65%
Mover household	2	745	11.48%
Part Mover HH	3	50	0.77%
Whole HH deceased	4	64	0.99%
HH out of scope	5	29	0.45%
No elig. HH members	6	213	3.28%
Unknown status	8	826	12.73%
All FINLOC=0	9	42	0.65%
	Total	6487	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non mover HH	1	4595	70.12%
Mover household	2	805	12.28%
Part Mover HH	3	63	0.96%
Whole HH deceased	4	50	0.76%
HH out of scope	5	46	0.7%
No elig. HH members	6	239	3.65%
Unknown status	8	706	10.77%
All FINLOC=0	9	49	0.75%
	Total	6553	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non mover HH	1	4791	73.06%
Mover household	2	807	12.31%
Part Mover HH	3	30	0.46%
Whole HH deceased	4	44	0.67%
HH out of scope	5	140	2.13%
No elig. HH members	6	206	3.14%
Unknown status	8	479	7.3%
All FINLOC=0	9	61	0.93%
	Total	6558	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non mover HH	1	4922	75.33%
Mover household	2	807	12.35%
Part Mover HH	3	22	0.34%
Whole HH deceased	4	40	0.61%
HH out of scope	5	88	1.35%
No elig. HH members	6	178	2.72%
Unknown status	8	385	5.89%
All FINLOC=0	9	92	1.41%
	Total	6534	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non mover HH	1	5022	83.92%
Mover household	2	811	13.55%
Whole HH deceased	4	36	0.6%
HH out of scope	5	48	0.8%
Unknown status	8	45	0.75%
All FINLOC=0	9	22	0.37%
	Total	5984	100.0%

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