Definition
CARNUM reports the number of private cars or (pickup) trucks the household owns.
The information in CARNUM is taken from the household record and applies to regular household residents, not temporary visitors. Researchers may wish to exclude visitors using the following variables that indicate whether the individual is a household resident (code "1") or a visitor (code "2"):
RESIDENT when women, children, or births are the unit of analysis
RESIDENTMN when men are the unit of analysis
HHRESIDENT when household members are the unit of analysis.