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Mainstage Variable

julk1

Looked for work in last 7 days

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Employment: Not Working/Seeking Work

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	8522	59.1%
proxy	-7	231	1.6%
Yes	1	338	2.34%
No	2	5328	36.95%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.94	8753	1.0	2.0	0.24	5666

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	8912	59.92%
proxy	-7	265	1.78%
Yes	1	264	1.78%
No	2	5432	36.52%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.95	9177	1.0	2.0	0.21	5696

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	9144	59.41%
proxy	-7	300	1.95%
Yes	1	329	2.14%
No	2	5619	36.51%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.94	9444	1.0	2.0	0.23	5948

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	11	0.07%
inapplicable	-8	9344	59.83%
proxy	-7	310	1.99%
Yes	1	346	2.22%
No	2	5606	35.9%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.94	9665	1.0	2.0	0.23	5952

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	9094	57.59%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Yes	1	277	1.75%
No	2	5403	34.22%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.95	10111	1.0	2.0	0.22	5680

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	9329	57.45%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Yes	1	319	1.96%
No	2	5695	35.07%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.95	10224	1.0	2.0	0.22	6014

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	9501	57.25%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Yes	1	344	2.07%
No	2	5862	35.32%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.94	10391	1.0	2.0	0.23	6206

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	10692	56.67%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
Yes	1	434	2.3%
No	2	6939	36.78%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.94	11494	1.0	2.0	0.24	7373

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	8970	57.49%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Yes	1	341	2.19%
No	2	5769	36.97%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.94	9493	1.0	2.0	0.23	6110

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	8979	57.47%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
Yes	1	382	2.45%
No	2	5822	37.27%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.94	9419	1.0	2.0	0.24	6204

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	6461	59.24%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
Yes	1	273	2.5%
No	2	3810	34.93%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.93	6823	1.0	2.0	0.25	4083

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	6525	58.3%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
Yes	1	326	2.91%
No	2	3973	35.5%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.92	6894	1.0	2.0	0.26	4299

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	5626	59.61%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
Yes	1	299	3.17%
No	2	3211	34.02%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.91	5928	1.0	2.0	0.28	3510

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	5379	58.16%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
Yes	1	301	3.25%
No	2	3147	34.03%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.91	5801	1.0	2.0	0.28	3448

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	5466	57.65%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
Yes	1	395	4.17%
No	2	3195	33.7%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.89	5891	1.0	2.0	0.31	3590

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.08%
inapplicable	-8	5394	56.19%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
Yes	1	391	4.07%
No	2	3231	33.66%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.89	5978	1.0	2.0	0.31	3622

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.08%
inapplicable	-8	5584	56.72%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Yes	1	452	4.59%
No	2	3414	34.68%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.88	5979	1.0	2.0	0.32	3866

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	5944	57.91%
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
Yes	1	439	4.28%
No	2	3525	34.34%
	Total	10264	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.89	6300	1.0	2.0	0.31	3964

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