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Mainstage Variable

hlendw

Health prohibits some types of work

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	11025	76.46%
proxy	-7	734	5.09%
don't know	-1	14	0.1%
Yes	1	2351	16.3%
No	2	209	1.45%
Can do nothing	3	86	0.6%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	11357	76.36%
proxy	-7	683	4.59%
don't know	-1	9	0.06%
Yes	1	2436	16.38%
No	2	277	1.86%
Can do nothing	3	111	0.75%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	11564	75.13%
proxy	-7	677	4.4%
don't know	-1	16	0.1%
Yes	1	2727	17.72%
No	2	304	1.98%
Can do nothing	3	104	0.68%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	11926	76.37%
proxy	-7	672	4.3%
don't know	-1	11	0.07%
Yes	1	2641	16.91%
No	2	271	1.74%
Can do nothing	3	95	0.61%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	12872	79.27%
don't know	-1	6	0.04%
Yes	1	2871	17.68%
No	2	307	1.89%
Can do nothing	3	180	1.11%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	13074	78.77%
don't know	-1	12	0.07%
Yes	1	3001	18.08%
No	2	345	2.08%
Can do nothing	3	163	0.98%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	14622	77.5%
don't know	-1	23	0.12%
Yes	1	3619	19.18%
No	2	407	2.16%
Can do nothing	3	194	1.03%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	12347	79.13%
don't know	-1	7	0.04%
Yes	1	2823	18.09%
No	2	312	2.0%
Can do nothing	3	113	0.72%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.05%
inapplicable	-8	8725	80.0%
don't know	-1	5	0.05%
Yes	1	1905	17.47%
No	2	182	1.67%
Can do nothing	3	84	0.77%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.08%
inapplicable	-8	8906	79.57%
don't know	-1	11	0.1%
Yes	1	1910	17.06%
No	2	263	2.35%
Can do nothing	3	94	0.84%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	7732	81.92%
don't know	-1	6	0.06%
Yes	1	1485	15.73%
No	2	166	1.76%
Can do nothing	3	43	0.46%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	7609	82.27%
don't know	-1	7	0.08%
Yes	1	1431	15.47%
No	2	147	1.59%
Can do nothing	3	51	0.55%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	7818	82.46%
don't know	-1	5	0.05%
Yes	1	1426	15.04%
No	2	188	1.98%
Can do nothing	3	38	0.4%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	7981	83.14%
don't know	-1	5	0.05%
Yes	1	1377	14.34%
No	2	196	2.04%
Can do nothing	3	37	0.39%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	8166	82.95%
don't know	-1	4	0.04%
Yes	1	1413	14.35%
No	2	212	2.15%
Can do nothing	3	47	0.48%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.09%
inapplicable	-8	8522	83.03%
don't know	-1	4	0.04%
Yes	1	1414	13.78%
No	2	275	2.68%
Can do nothing	3	40	0.39%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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