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Mainstage Variable

istrtdatd

Individual interview start date (day)

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Interview Characteristics and Conditions

Variable note:

An imputed version of this variable is available: h_intdatd_dv

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.0%
[Value >= 0]	1	35470	100.0%
	Total	35471	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
15.59	1	1.0	31.0	9.14	35470

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
12.03	0	1.0	31.0	8.69	27998

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
16.1	0	1.0	31.0	9.81	29271

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
12.83	0	1.0	31.0	8.77	32008

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
15.76	0	1.0	31.0	9.22	34319

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.0%
[Value >= 0]	1	36057	100.0%
	Total	36058	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
13.89	1	1.0	31.0	8.66	36057

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.01%
[Value >= 0]	1	39289	99.99%
	Total	39294	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
14.86	5	1.0	31.0	9.08	39289

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.02%
[Value >= 0]	1	42162	99.98%
	Total	42170	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
16.36	8	1.0	31.0	8.21	42162

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.01%
[Value >= 0]	1	45189	99.99%
	Total	45192	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
15.33	3	1.0	31.0	8.21	45189

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
15.84	0	1.0	31.0	8.31	44837

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
15.92	0	1.0	31.0	8.36	47074

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
15.77	0	1.0	31.0	8.07	49692

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	3	0.01%
[Value >= 0]	1	54565	99.99%
	Total	54568	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
15.7	3	1.0	31.0	7.94	54565

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	30	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	990	1.94%
[Value >= 0]	1	49974	98.0%
	Total	50994	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
15.82	1020	1.0	31.0	8.02	49974

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
14.72	0	1.0	31.0	8.71	14419

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
14.77	0	1.0	31.0	8.48	14873

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
14.68	0	1.0	31.0	8.45	15392

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
15.29	0	1.0	31.0	8.62	15617

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
15.42	0	1.0	31.0	8.6	15791

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
15.34	0	1.0	31.0	8.66	16238

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
15.21	0	1.0	31.0	8.62	16597

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
15.36	0	1.0	31.0	8.36	18867

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
16.06	0	1.0	31.0	8.86	15603

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
15.78	0	1.0	31.0	8.79	15623

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
15.25	0	1.0	31.0	8.68	10906

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
16.28	0	1.0	31.0	8.77	11193

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
15.96	0	1.0	31.0	8.61	9438

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
16.11	0	1.0	31.0	9.22	9249

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
[Value >= 0]	1	9480	99.99%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
16.24	1	1.0	31.0	9.07	9480

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
16.29	0	1.0	31.0	8.82	9600

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
16.16	0	1.0	31.0	8.79	9845

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	18	0.18%
[Value >= 0]	1	10246	99.82%
	Total	10264	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
16.0	18	1.0	31.0	9.3	10246

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