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callstrtdatm

Month call started

Datafile

callrec

Index term

Interview Characteristics and Conditions

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	350	0.25%
January	1	13474	9.75%
February	2	10611	7.68%
March	3	10571	7.65%
April	4	13646	9.88%
May	5	13834	10.01%
June	6	11847	8.58%
July	7	12137	8.79%
August	8	11272	8.16%
September	9	10980	7.95%
October	10	12162	8.8%
November	11	10170	7.36%
December	12	7083	5.13%
	Total	138137	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.2	350	1.0	12.0	3.33	137787

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	388	0.64%
January	1	5764	9.45%
February	2	5495	9.0%
March	3	5593	9.16%
April	4	4810	7.88%
May	5	5204	8.53%
June	6	5230	8.57%
July	7	5222	8.56%
August	8	5458	8.94%
September	9	4835	7.92%
October	10	4837	7.93%
November	11	4798	7.86%
December	12	3392	5.56%
	Total	61026	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.2	388	1.0	12.0	3.38	60638

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	345	0.4%
January	1	7317	8.57%
February	2	6865	8.04%
March	3	8036	9.41%
April	4	6986	8.18%
May	5	7569	8.87%
June	6	7429	8.7%
July	7	7938	9.3%
August	8	6285	7.36%
September	9	6995	8.19%
October	10	7002	8.2%
November	11	6948	8.14%
December	12	5654	6.62%
	Total	85369	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.33	345	1.0	12.0	3.39	85024

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	369	0.37%
January	1	9541	9.44%
February	2	7002	6.93%
March	3	7760	7.68%
April	4	9723	9.62%
May	5	9825	9.72%
June	6	9202	9.11%
July	7	9442	9.34%
August	8	7651	7.57%
September	9	7769	7.69%
October	10	8735	8.64%
November	11	8374	8.29%
December	12	5662	5.6%
	Total	101055	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.3	369	1.0	12.0	3.34	100686

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	386	0.36%
January	1	9605	9.04%
February	2	7986	7.51%
March	3	10546	9.92%
April	4	9705	9.13%
May	5	9145	8.61%
June	6	9053	8.52%
July	7	8918	8.39%
August	8	8397	7.9%
September	9	7395	6.96%
October	10	9322	8.77%
November	11	8907	8.38%
December	12	6904	6.5%
	Total	106269	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.29	386	1.0	12.0	3.41	105883

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	514	0.42%
January	1	12906	10.49%
February	2	10567	8.59%
March	3	10982	8.93%
April	4	10359	8.42%
May	5	10641	8.65%
June	6	10104	8.21%
July	7	9778	7.95%
August	8	11043	8.98%
September	9	8569	6.96%
October	10	10008	8.13%
November	11	9472	7.7%
December	12	8088	6.57%
	Total	123031	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.18	514	1.0	12.0	3.45	122517

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	588	0.41%
January	1	15787	11.1%
February	2	11187	7.86%
March	3	11483	8.07%
April	4	11071	7.78%
May	5	11589	8.15%
June	6	10751	7.56%
July	7	11331	7.96%
August	8	12446	8.75%
September	9	12655	8.9%
October	10	11904	8.37%
November	11	13020	9.15%
December	12	8457	5.94%
	Total	142269	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.32	588	1.0	12.0	3.48	141681

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2554	1.57%
January	1	14542	8.93%
February	2	13415	8.24%
March	3	13685	8.4%
April	4	12228	7.51%
May	5	12780	7.85%
June	6	12733	7.82%
July	7	12926	7.94%
August	8	13092	8.04%
September	9	14065	8.64%
October	10	15484	9.51%
November	11	14348	8.81%
December	12	10983	6.74%
	Total	162835	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.48	2554	1.0	12.0	3.46	160281

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4565	1.96%
January	1	22983	9.89%
February	2	15966	6.87%
March	3	13295	5.72%
April	4	17224	7.41%
May	5	16845	7.25%
June	6	17523	7.54%
July	7	19626	8.45%
August	8	17620	7.58%
September	9	20050	8.63%
October	10	23064	9.93%
November	11	24811	10.68%
December	12	18805	8.09%
	Total	232377	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.76	4565	1.0	12.0	3.53	227812

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	3382	3.51%
[Value >= 0]	1	93077	96.49%
	Total	96459	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.33	3382	1.0	12.0	3.41	93077

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