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hhcompd

Number of household members aged 19-69, excluding respondent

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Household composition, excluding respondent

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Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	315	80.56%
	1	55	14.07%
	2	17	4.35%
	3	2	0.51%
4+	4	2	0.51%
	Total	391	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.36	315	1.0	4.0	0.67	76

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Don't know	-1	2	0.28%
	0	519	72.28%
1+	1	197	27.44%
	Total	718	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.28	2	0	1.0	0.45	716

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
	0	4261	33.24%
	1	6154	48.01%
	2	1541	12.02%
	3	621	4.84%
4+	4	241	1.88%
	Total	12818	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.94	0	0	4.0	0.9	12818

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
	0	3943	31.1%
	1	6142	48.44%
	2	1692	13.34%
	3	675	5.32%
4+	4	228	1.8%
	Total	12680	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.98	0	0	4.0	0.9	12680

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
	0	3870	32.34%
	1	5717	47.77%
	2	1570	13.12%
	3	623	5.21%
4+	4	188	1.57%
	Total	11968	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.96	0	0	4.0	0.9	11968

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1	0.01%
	0	3847	31.97%
	1	5902	49.04%
	2	1505	12.51%
	3	574	4.77%
4+	4	206	1.71%
	Total	12035	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.95	1	0	4.0	0.89	12034

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
	0	4004	31.1%
	1	6383	49.57%
	2	1637	12.71%
	3	636	4.94%
4+	4	216	1.68%
	Total	12876	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.97	0	0	4.0	0.89	12876

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
	0	4134	30.06%
	1	6637	48.26%
	2	1910	13.89%
	3	824	5.99%
4+	4	249	1.81%
	Total	13754	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.01	0	0	4.0	0.92	13754

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
	0	4219	29.87%
	1	6852	48.52%
	2	1953	13.83%
	3	837	5.93%
4+	4	262	1.86%
	Total	14123	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.01	0	0	4.0	0.92	14123

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
	0	4320	29.17%
	1	7180	48.48%
	2	2084	14.07%
	3	926	6.25%
4+	4	301	2.03%
	Total	14811	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.04	0	0	4.0	0.93	14811

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
	0	4230	23.82%
	1	8096	45.58%
	2	3266	18.39%
	3	1449	8.16%
	4	502	2.83%
5+	5	218	1.23%
	Total	17761	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.24	0	0	5.0	1.07	17761

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