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Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	76	0.93%
inapplicable	-8	9	0.11%
proxy	-7	538	6.61%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Yes	1	5870	72.08%
No	2	1650	20.26%
	Total	8144	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.22	624	1.0	2.0	0.41	7520

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	72	0.86%
inapplicable	-8	13	0.16%
proxy	-7	484	5.8%
refusal	-2	6	0.07%
Yes	1	6067	72.69%
No	2	1704	20.42%
	Total	8346	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.22	575	1.0	2.0	0.41	7771

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	62	0.72%
inapplicable	-8	16	0.19%
proxy	-7	462	5.37%
refusal	-2	2	0.02%
Yes	1	6272	72.9%
No	2	1789	20.8%
	Total	8603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.22	542	1.0	2.0	0.42	8061

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	71	0.82%
inapplicable	-8	15	0.17%
proxy	-7	442	5.08%
refusal	-2	2	0.02%
Yes	1	6291	72.24%
No	2	1888	21.68%
	Total	8709	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.23	530	1.0	2.0	0.42	8179

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	73	0.82%
inapplicable	-8	25	0.28%
proxy	-7	448	5.04%
refusal	-2	2	0.02%
Yes	1	6357	71.45%
No	2	1992	22.39%
	Total	8897	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.24	548	1.0	2.0	0.43	8349

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	72	0.8%
inapplicable	-8	13	0.14%
proxy	-7	301	3.33%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Yes	1	6614	73.12%
No	2	2044	22.6%
	Total	9045	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.24	387	1.0	2.0	0.42	8658

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	68	0.73%
inapplicable	-8	16	0.17%
proxy	-7	351	3.75%
refusal	-2	11	0.12%
Yes	1	6697	71.61%
No	2	2209	23.62%
	Total	9352	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.25	446	1.0	2.0	0.43	8906

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	78	0.73%
inapplicable	-8	22	0.21%
proxy	-7	246	2.31%
Yes	1	7482	70.38%
No	2	2803	26.37%
	Total	10631	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.27	346	1.0	2.0	0.45	10285

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	57	0.65%
inapplicable	-8	19	0.22%
proxy	-7	153	1.75%
Yes	1	6199	70.76%
No	2	2333	26.63%
	Total	8761	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.27	229	1.0	2.0	0.45	8532

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	58	0.66%
inapplicable	-8	19	0.22%
proxy	-7	54	0.61%
Yes	1	6252	71.07%
No	2	2414	27.44%
	Total	8797	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.28	131	1.0	2.0	0.45	8666

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	28	0.47%
inapplicable	-8	21	0.35%
proxy	-7	59	0.98%
refusal	-2	2	0.03%
don't know	-1	1	0.02%
Yes	1	4247	70.72%
No	2	1647	27.43%
	Total	6005	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.28	111	1.0	2.0	0.45	5894

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	13	0.21%
inapplicable	-8	23	0.38%
proxy	-7	31	0.51%
don't know	-1	1	0.02%
Yes	1	4243	69.67%
No	2	1779	29.21%
	Total	6090	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.3	68	1.0	2.0	0.46	6022

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.43%
inapplicable	-8	14	0.28%
proxy	-7	40	0.79%
Yes	1	3365	66.45%
No	2	1623	32.05%
	Total	5064	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.33	76	1.0	2.0	0.47	4988

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