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Mainstage Variable

hscane

Eat meat on alternate days

Datafile

hhresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	65	0.8%
inapplicable	-8	9	0.11%
proxy	-7	538	6.61%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Yes	1	7020	86.2%
No	2	511	6.27%
	Total	8144	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.07	613	1.0	2.0	0.25	7531

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	64	0.77%
inapplicable	-8	13	0.16%
proxy	-7	484	5.8%
refusal	-2	6	0.07%
Yes	1	7308	87.56%
No	2	471	5.64%
	Total	8346	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.06	567	1.0	2.0	0.24	7779

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	60	0.7%
inapplicable	-8	16	0.19%
proxy	-7	462	5.37%
refusal	-2	2	0.02%
Yes	1	7562	87.9%
No	2	501	5.82%
	Total	8603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.06	540	1.0	2.0	0.24	8063

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	67	0.77%
inapplicable	-8	15	0.17%
proxy	-7	442	5.08%
refusal	-2	2	0.02%
Yes	1	7622	87.52%
No	2	561	6.44%
	Total	8709	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.07	526	1.0	2.0	0.25	8183

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	66	0.74%
inapplicable	-8	25	0.28%
proxy	-7	448	5.04%
refusal	-2	2	0.02%
Yes	1	7795	87.61%
No	2	561	6.31%
	Total	8897	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.07	541	1.0	2.0	0.25	8356

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	71	0.78%
inapplicable	-8	13	0.14%
proxy	-7	301	3.33%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Yes	1	8014	88.6%
No	2	645	7.13%
	Total	9045	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.07	386	1.0	2.0	0.26	8659

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	63	0.67%
inapplicable	-8	16	0.17%
proxy	-7	351	3.75%
refusal	-2	11	0.12%
Yes	1	8247	88.18%
No	2	664	7.1%
	Total	9352	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.07	441	1.0	2.0	0.26	8911

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	79	0.74%
inapplicable	-8	22	0.21%
proxy	-7	246	2.31%
Yes	1	9398	88.4%
No	2	886	8.33%
	Total	10631	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.09	347	1.0	2.0	0.28	10284

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	51	0.58%
inapplicable	-8	19	0.22%
proxy	-7	153	1.75%
Yes	1	7720	88.12%
No	2	818	9.34%
	Total	8761	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.1	223	1.0	2.0	0.29	8538

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	55	0.63%
inapplicable	-8	19	0.22%
proxy	-7	54	0.61%
Yes	1	7779	88.43%
No	2	890	10.12%
	Total	8797	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.1	128	1.0	2.0	0.3	8669

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	5280	87.93%
No	2	614	10.22%
	Total	6005	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.1	111	1.0	2.0	0.31	5894

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	12	0.2%
inapplicable	-8	23	0.38%
proxy	-7	31	0.51%
don't know	-1	1	0.02%
Yes	1	5310	87.19%
No	2	713	11.71%
	Total	6090	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.12	67	1.0	2.0	0.32	6023

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.43%
inapplicable	-8	14	0.28%
proxy	-7	40	0.79%
Yes	1	4336	85.62%
No	2	652	12.88%
	Total	5064	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.13	76	1.0	2.0	0.34	4988

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