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Mainstage Variable

cd12new

Telephone 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	7278	89.37%
Yes	1	231	2.84%
	Total	8144	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.03	635	0	1.0	0.17	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	7447	89.23%
Yes	1	297	3.56%
	Total	8346	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.04	602	0	1.0	0.19	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	7761	90.21%
Yes	1	281	3.27%
	Total	8603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.03	561	0	1.0	0.18	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	7450	85.54%
Yes	1	691	7.93%
	Total	8709	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.08	568	0	1.0	0.28	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	7558	84.95%
Yes	1	769	8.64%
	Total	8897	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.09	570	0	1.0	0.29	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	7924	87.61%
Yes	1	715	7.9%
	Total	9045	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.08	406	0	1.0	0.28	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	8140	87.04%
Yes	1	736	7.87%
	Total	9352	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.08	476	0	1.0	0.28	8876

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	63	0.59%
inapplicable	-8	404	3.8%
proxy	-7	246	2.31%
Not mentioned	0	9051	85.14%
Yes	1	867	8.16%
	Total	10631	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.09	713	0	1.0	0.28	9918

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	30	0.34%
inapplicable	-8	280	3.2%
proxy	-7	154	1.76%
Not mentioned	0	7247	82.72%
Yes	1	1050	11.98%
	Total	8761	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.13	464	0	1.0	0.33	8297

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	30	0.34%
inapplicable	-8	377	4.29%
proxy	-7	55	0.63%
Not mentioned	0	7266	82.6%
Yes	1	1069	12.15%
	Total	8797	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.13	462	0	1.0	0.33	8335

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	23	0.38%
inapplicable	-8	263	4.38%
proxy	-7	59	0.98%
Not mentioned	0	5151	85.78%
Yes	1	509	8.48%
	Total	6005	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.09	345	0	1.0	0.29	5660

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.16%
inapplicable	-8	317	5.21%
proxy	-7	31	0.51%
Not mentioned	0	5261	86.39%
Yes	1	471	7.73%
	Total	6090	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.08	358	0	1.0	0.27	5732

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.2%
inapplicable	-8	299	5.9%
proxy	-7	40	0.79%
Not mentioned	0	4356	86.02%
Yes	1	359	7.09%
	Total	5064	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.08	349	0	1.0	0.27	4715

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