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Mainstage Variable

lwstat

alter's residence at last wave

Datafile

egoalt

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1968	4.44%
co-resident	1	40372	91.14%
different household	2	538	1.21%
alter birth	3	700	1.58%
not in sample	6	720	1.63%
	Total	44298	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	2118	4.63%
co-resident	1	41416	90.57%
different household	2	576	1.26%
alter birth	3	729	1.59%
not in sample	6	889	1.94%
	Total	45728	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	2423	5.13%
co-resident	1	42580	90.07%
different household	2	628	1.33%
alter birth	3	677	1.43%
not in sample	6	964	2.04%
	Total	47272	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	2473	5.12%
co-resident	1	43366	89.8%
different household	2	684	1.42%
alter birth	3	782	1.62%
not in sample	6	985	2.04%
	Total	48290	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	2350	4.8%
co-resident	1	44008	89.85%
different household	2	808	1.65%
alter birth	3	793	1.62%
not in sample	6	1023	2.09%
	Total	48982	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	2344	4.68%
co-resident	1	45332	90.47%
different household	2	668	1.33%
alter birth	3	752	1.5%
not in sample	6	1010	2.02%
	Total	50106	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	2632	5.01%
co-resident	1	47264	90.05%
different household	2	654	1.25%
alter birth	3	746	1.42%
not in sample	6	1190	2.27%
	Total	52486	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	15599	26.12%
co-resident	1	41664	69.78%
different household	2	596	1.0%
alter birth	3	644	1.08%
not in sample	6	1207	2.02%
	Total	59710	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	4239	8.98%
co-resident	1	40422	85.66%
different household	2	508	1.08%
alter birth	3	696	1.47%
not in sample	6	1323	2.8%
	Total	47188	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	16661	35.71%
co-resident	1	28368	60.81%
different household	2	402	0.86%
alter birth	3	489	1.05%
not in sample	6	730	1.56%
	Total	46650	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1914	5.9%
co-resident	1	28730	88.56%
different household	2	446	1.37%
alter birth	3	516	1.59%
not in sample	6	834	2.57%
	Total	32440	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	7226	21.96%
co-resident	1	24156	73.42%
different household	2	312	0.95%
alter birth	3	483	1.47%
not in sample	6	723	2.2%
	Total	32900	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	2197	7.77%
co-resident	1	24506	86.68%
different household	2	324	1.15%
alter birth	3	450	1.59%
not in sample	6	795	2.81%
	Total	28272	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1957	7.07%
co-resident	1	24184	87.4%
different household	2	358	1.29%
alter birth	3	457	1.65%
not in sample	6	716	2.59%
	Total	27672	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1850	6.5%
co-resident	1	25030	87.9%
different household	2	272	0.96%
alter birth	3	551	1.94%
not in sample	6	771	2.71%
	Total	28474	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	2102	7.24%
co-resident	1	25340	87.28%
different household	2	206	0.71%
alter birth	3	492	1.69%
not in sample	6	894	3.08%
	Total	29034	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	60	0.21%
inapplicable	-8	2244	7.67%
co-resident	1	25510	87.17%
alter birth	3	451	1.54%
not in sample	6	1001	3.42%
	Total	29266	100.0%

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