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Mainstage Variable

cd1new

Colour TV bought in last year

Datafile

hhresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	56	0.69%
inapplicable	-8	41	0.5%
proxy	-7	538	6.61%
Not mentioned	0	6293	77.27%
Yes	1	1216	14.93%
	Total	8144	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.16	635	0	1.0	0.37	7509

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	55	0.66%
inapplicable	-8	63	0.75%
proxy	-7	484	5.8%
Not mentioned	0	6534	78.29%
Yes	1	1210	14.5%
	Total	8346	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.16	602	0	1.0	0.36	7744

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	55	0.64%
inapplicable	-8	44	0.51%
proxy	-7	462	5.37%
Not mentioned	0	7079	82.29%
Yes	1	963	11.19%
	Total	8603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.12	561	0	1.0	0.32	8042

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	59	0.68%
inapplicable	-8	67	0.77%
proxy	-7	442	5.08%
Not mentioned	0	7151	82.11%
Yes	1	990	11.37%
	Total	8709	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.12	568	0	1.0	0.33	8141

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	60	0.67%
inapplicable	-8	62	0.7%
proxy	-7	448	5.04%
Not mentioned	0	7236	81.33%
Yes	1	1091	12.26%
	Total	8897	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.13	570	0	1.0	0.34	8327

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	60	0.66%
inapplicable	-8	45	0.5%
proxy	-7	301	3.33%
Not mentioned	0	7549	83.46%
Yes	1	1090	12.05%
	Total	9045	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.13	406	0	1.0	0.33	8639

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	58	0.62%
inapplicable	-8	67	0.72%
proxy	-7	351	3.75%
Not mentioned	0	7723	82.58%
Yes	1	1153	12.33%
	Total	9352	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.13	476	0	1.0	0.34	8876

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	63	0.59%
inapplicable	-8	233	2.19%
proxy	-7	246	2.31%
Not mentioned	0	8839	83.14%
Yes	1	1250	11.76%
	Total	10631	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.12	542	0	1.0	0.33	10089

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	30	0.34%
inapplicable	-8	185	2.11%
proxy	-7	154	1.76%
Not mentioned	0	7296	83.28%
Yes	1	1096	12.51%
	Total	8761	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.13	369	0	1.0	0.34	8392

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	30	0.34%
inapplicable	-8	247	2.81%
proxy	-7	55	0.63%
Not mentioned	0	7485	85.09%
Yes	1	980	11.14%
	Total	8797	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.12	332	0	1.0	0.32	8465

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	23	0.38%
inapplicable	-8	125	2.08%
proxy	-7	59	0.98%
Not mentioned	0	5185	86.34%
Yes	1	613	10.21%
	Total	6005	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.11	207	0	1.0	0.31	5798

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.16%
inapplicable	-8	156	2.56%
proxy	-7	31	0.51%
Not mentioned	0	5271	86.55%
Yes	1	622	10.21%
	Total	6090	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.11	197	0	1.0	0.31	5893

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.2%
inapplicable	-8	134	2.65%
proxy	-7	40	0.79%
Not mentioned	0	4470	88.27%
Yes	1	410	8.1%
	Total	5064	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.08	184	0	1.0	0.28	4880

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.44%
inapplicable	-8	166	3.3%
proxy	-7	98	1.95%
Not mentioned	0	4338	86.19%
Yes	1	409	8.13%
	Total	5033	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.09	286	0	1.0	0.28	4747

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	21	0.41%
inapplicable	-8	189	3.69%
proxy	-7	88	1.72%
Not mentioned	0	4405	85.92%
Yes	1	424	8.27%
	Total	5127	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.09	298	0	1.0	0.28	4829

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.42%
inapplicable	-8	207	3.96%
proxy	-7	211	4.03%
Not mentioned	0	4358	83.3%
Yes	1	434	8.3%
	Total	5232	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.09	440	0	1.0	0.29	4792

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	18	0.34%
inapplicable	-8	224	4.29%
Not mentioned	0	4578	87.58%
Yes	1	407	7.79%
	Total	5227	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.08	242	0	1.0	0.27	4985

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1032	18.73%
inapplicable	-8	289	5.24%
refusal	-2	1	0.02%
No	0	3520	63.87%
Yes	1	669	12.14%
	Total	5511	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.16	1322	0	1.0	0.37	4189

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