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Mainstage Variable

jhnpay

monthly net pay: previous job

Datafile

jobhist

Index term

Employment History: Labour Force Status Spells

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.75%
inapplicable	-8	921	31.27%
proxy	-7	55	1.87%
[Value >= 0]	1	1947	66.11%
	Total	2945	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1121.57	998	0	7500.0	819.9	1947

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	19	0.59%
inapplicable	-8	1089	33.6%
proxy	-7	64	1.97%
[Value >= 0]	1	2069	63.84%
	Total	3241	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1157.02	1172	0	101322.0	2372.39	2069

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.22%
inapplicable	-8	1093	33.6%
proxy	-7	33	1.01%
[Value >= 0]	1	2120	65.17%
	Total	3253	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1047.05	1133	0	9562.193359375	735.14	2120

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	29	0.65%
inapplicable	-8	1548	34.48%
[Value >= 0]	1	2912	64.87%
	Total	4489	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1059.12	1577	1.0824999809265137	49977.0234375	1218.86	2912

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	20	0.45%
inapplicable	-8	1487	33.66%
[Value >= 0]	1	2911	65.89%
	Total	4418	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1058.1	1507	16.653846740722656	64950.0	1448.88	2911

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	42	0.87%
inapplicable	-8	1665	34.67%
[Value >= 0]	1	3096	64.46%
	Total	4803	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1054.85	1707	0	62746.03515625	1309.13	3096

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	73	1.45%
inapplicable	-8	1791	35.51%
don't know	-1	2	0.04%
[Value >= 0]	1	3177	63.0%
	Total	5043	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1004.78	1866	0	29029.3671875	861.41	3177

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	146	2.44%
inapplicable	-8	2027	33.94%
[Value >= 0]	1	3800	63.62%
	Total	5973	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
968.6	2173	0	31105.10546875	1029.97	3800

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	46	0.84%
inapplicable	-8	1937	35.53%
[Value >= 0]	1	3468	63.62%
	Total	5451	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
922.66	1983	12.989999771118164	69280.0	1349.49	3468

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	128	2.47%
inapplicable	-8	1800	34.76%
[Value >= 0]	1	3251	62.77%
	Total	5179	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
889.12	1928	0.0832692310214042	69280.0	1440.53	3251

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	23	0.66%
inapplicable	-8	1074	30.64%
[Value >= 0]	1	2408	68.7%
	Total	3505	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
847.65	1097	0	43300.0	1068.51	2408

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	84	2.13%
inapplicable	-8	1320	33.49%
[Value >= 0]	1	2537	64.37%
	Total	3941	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
793.5	1404	0	14672.8779296875	656.99	2537

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	28	0.93%
inapplicable	-8	1047	34.68%
[Value >= 0]	1	1944	64.39%
	Total	3019	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
719.55	1075	0	4512.94873046875	473.15	1944

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	59	1.9%
inapplicable	-8	1064	34.19%
[Value >= 0]	1	1989	63.91%
	Total	3112	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
735.34	1123	0	11041.5	596.87	1989

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	28	0.93%
inapplicable	-8	1064	35.34%
[Value >= 0]	1	1919	63.73%
	Total	3011	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
715.59	1092	0	5328.173828125	500.39	1919

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1042	35.71%
[Value >= 0]	1	1876	64.29%
	Total	2918	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
719.23	1042	0	5828.84619140625	499.62	1876

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	21	0.72%
inapplicable	-8	1071	36.7%
[Value >= 0]	1	1826	62.58%
	Total	2918	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
728.2	1092	0.1367368400096893	29127.08984375	989.96	1826

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	62	1.83%
inapplicable	-8	1225	36.22%
[Value >= 0]	1	2095	61.95%
	Total	3382	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
627.27	1287	0	7796.36962890625	487.75	2095

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