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indresp

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Employment: Not Working/Seeking Work

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.15%
inapplicable	-8	3356	23.27%
proxy	-7	734	5.09%
Yes	1	246	1.71%
No	2	10061	69.78%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.15%
inapplicable	-8	3386	22.77%
proxy	-7	683	4.59%
Yes	1	194	1.3%
No	2	10588	71.19%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	19	0.12%
inapplicable	-8	3400	22.09%
proxy	-7	677	4.4%
Yes	1	232	1.51%
No	2	11064	71.88%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	57	0.36%
inapplicable	-8	3358	21.5%
proxy	-7	672	4.3%
Yes	1	243	1.56%
No	2	11287	72.27%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	33	0.21%
inapplicable	-8	3493	22.12%
Yes	1	245	1.55%
No	2	12020	76.12%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	31	0.19%
inapplicable	-8	3546	21.84%
refusal	-2	3	0.02%
Yes	1	260	1.6%
No	2	12398	76.35%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	47	0.28%
inapplicable	-8	3570	21.51%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Yes	1	289	1.74%
No	2	12690	76.46%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	42	0.22%
inapplicable	-8	4064	21.54%
Yes	1	425	2.25%
No	2	14336	75.98%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	34	0.22%
inapplicable	-8	3396	21.77%
Yes	1	328	2.1%
No	2	11845	75.91%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	18	0.12%
inapplicable	-8	3434	21.98%
Yes	1	391	2.5%
No	2	11780	75.4%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	64	0.59%
inapplicable	-8	2350	21.55%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
Yes	1	252	2.31%
No	2	8237	75.53%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	48	0.43%
inapplicable	-8	2390	21.35%
refusal	-2	2	0.02%
Yes	1	304	2.72%
No	2	8449	75.48%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	45	0.48%
inapplicable	-8	1838	19.47%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Yes	1	339	3.59%
No	2	7215	76.45%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	34	0.37%
inapplicable	-8	1869	20.21%
don't know	-1	3	0.03%
Yes	1	364	3.94%
No	2	6979	75.46%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	37	0.39%
inapplicable	-8	1895	19.99%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Yes	1	442	4.66%
No	2	7105	74.94%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	56	0.58%
inapplicable	-8	1928	20.08%
don't know	-1	3	0.03%
Yes	1	474	4.94%
No	2	7139	74.36%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	87	0.88%
inapplicable	-8	2016	20.48%
don't know	-1	3	0.03%
Yes	1	497	5.05%
No	2	7242	73.56%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	168	1.64%
inapplicable	-8	2108	20.54%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Yes	1	452	4.4%
No	2	7535	73.41%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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