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Mainstage Variable

cd10new

Satellite dish 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	7238	88.88%
Yes	1	271	3.33%
	Total	8144	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.04	635	0	1.0	0.19	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	7468	89.48%
Yes	1	276	3.31%
	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	7788	90.53%
Yes	1	254	2.95%
	Total	8603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.03	561	0	1.0	0.17	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	7900	90.71%
Yes	1	241	2.77%
	Total	8709	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.03	568	0	1.0	0.17	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	8131	91.39%
Yes	1	196	2.2%
	Total	8897	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.02	570	0	1.0	0.15	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	8367	92.5%
Yes	1	272	3.01%
	Total	9045	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.03	406	0	1.0	0.17	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	8585	91.8%
Yes	1	291	3.11%
	Total	9352	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.03	476	0	1.0	0.18	8876

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	63	0.59%
inapplicable	-8	7335	69.0%
proxy	-7	246	2.31%
Not mentioned	0	2592	24.38%
Yes	1	395	3.72%
	Total	10631	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.13	7644	0	1.0	0.34	2987

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	31	0.35%
inapplicable	-8	6387	72.9%
proxy	-7	154	1.76%
Not mentioned	0	1693	19.32%
Yes	1	496	5.66%
	Total	8761	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.23	6572	0	1.0	0.42	2189

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	30	0.34%
inapplicable	-8	6918	78.64%
proxy	-7	55	0.63%
Not mentioned	0	1405	15.97%
Yes	1	389	4.42%
	Total	8797	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.22	7003	0	1.0	0.41	1794

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	27	0.45%
inapplicable	-8	4831	80.45%
proxy	-7	59	0.98%
Not mentioned	0	980	16.32%
Yes	1	108	1.8%
	Total	6005	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.1	4917	0	1.0	0.3	1088

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	21	0.34%
inapplicable	-8	4963	81.49%
proxy	-7	31	0.51%
Not mentioned	0	925	15.19%
Yes	1	150	2.46%
	Total	6090	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.14	5015	0	1.0	0.35	1075

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	15	0.3%
inapplicable	-8	4187	82.68%
proxy	-7	40	0.79%
Not mentioned	0	693	13.68%
Yes	1	129	2.55%
	Total	5064	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.16	4242	0	1.0	0.36	822

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