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movest

individual mover status

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Geographic Mobility

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-mover	1	17947	88.95%
Mover within GB	2	1482	7.34%
Mover back to GB	4	9	0.04%
Unknown status	8	710	3.52%
Mover status unknown	10	29	0.14%
	Total	20177	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
Non-mover	1	18158	87.66%
Mover within GB	2	1717	8.29%
Mover back to GB	4	10	0.05%
Mover - location unknown	5	3	0.01%
Unknown status	8	783	3.78%
Mover status unknown	10	42	0.2%
	Total	20715	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-mover	1	18799	87.89%
Mover within GB	2	1665	7.78%
Mover back to GB	4	16	0.07%
Mover - location unknown	5	3	0.01%
Unknown status	8	882	4.12%
Mover status unknown	10	24	0.11%
	Total	21389	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-mover	1	19135	88.06%
Mover within GB	2	1635	7.52%
Mover back to GB	4	19	0.09%
Mover - location unknown	5	1	0.0%
Unknown status	8	914	4.21%
Mover status unknown	10	26	0.12%
	Total	21730	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-mover	1	19299	87.22%
Mover within GB	2	1856	8.39%
Mover back to GB	4	19	0.09%
Unknown status	8	912	4.12%
Mover status unknown	10	41	0.19%
	Total	22127	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-mover	1	19717	87.34%
Mover within GB	2	1908	8.45%
Mover back to GB	4	18	0.08%
Unknown status	8	900	3.99%
Mover status unknown	10	31	0.14%
	Total	22574	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-mover	1	20512	87.53%
Mover within GB	2	1931	8.24%
Mover back to GB	4	14	0.06%
Unknown status	8	963	4.11%
Mover status unknown	10	15	0.06%
	Total	23435	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	16	0.06%
Non-mover	1	18421	69.29%
Mover within GB	2	1839	6.92%
Mover back to GB	4	21	0.08%
Unknown status	8	6199	23.32%
Dead	9	1	0.0%
Mover status unknown	10	89	0.33%
	Total	26586	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-mover	1	17934	83.02%
Mover within GB	2	1923	8.9%
Mover back to GB	4	10	0.05%
Unknown status	8	1717	7.95%
Mover status unknown	10	18	0.08%
	Total	21602	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-mover	1	12449	57.73%
Mover within GB	2	1425	6.61%
Mover back to GB	4	6	0.03%
Mover - location unknown	5	1	0.0%
Unknown status	8	7667	35.55%
Mover status unknown	10	18	0.08%
	Total	21566	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-mover	1	12700	85.61%
Mover within GB	2	1411	9.51%
Mover back to GB	4	5	0.03%
Unknown status	8	713	4.81%
Mover status unknown	10	6	0.04%
	Total	14835	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-mover	1	10552	70.15%
Mover within GB	2	1310	8.71%
Mover back to GB	4	3	0.02%
Unknown status	8	3161	21.01%
Mover status unknown	10	16	0.11%
	Total	15042	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-mover	1	10705	84.16%
Mover within GB	2	1163	9.14%
Mover back to GB	4	6	0.05%
Mover - location unknown	5	1	0.01%
Unknown status	8	746	5.86%
Mover status unknown	10	99	0.78%
	Total	12720	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-mover	1	10679	85.1%
Mover within GB	2	1176	9.37%
Mover back to GB	4	14	0.11%
Mover - location unknown	5	2	0.02%
Unknown status	8	675	5.38%
Mover status unknown	10	3	0.02%
	Total	12549	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non Mover	1	10890	84.74%
Mover within GB	2	1245	9.69%
New Entrant W3	7	716	5.57%
	Total	12851	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	2	0.02%
Non Mover	1	11163	85.19%
Mover within GB	2	1163	8.88%
New Entrant W3	7	776	5.92%
	Total	13104	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non Mover	1	11327	86.13%
Mover within GB	2	1030	7.83%
New Entrant W2	7	794	6.04%
	Total	13151	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-mover	1	13059	90.57%
Mover within GB	2	1114	7.73%
Mover back to GB	4	3	0.02%
New entrant this wave	8	224	1.55%
Mover status unknown	10	19	0.13%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
Non-mover	1	13305	89.46%
Mover within GB	2	1256	8.44%
Mover back to GB	4	8	0.05%
Mover - location unknown	5	3	0.02%
New entrant this wave	8	269	1.81%
Mover status unknown	10	30	0.2%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-mover	1	13744	89.29%
Mover within GB	2	1281	8.32%
Mover back to GB	4	12	0.08%
Mover - location unknown	5	3	0.02%
New entrant this wave	8	335	2.18%
Mover status unknown	10	17	0.11%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-mover	1	14013	89.73%
Mover within GB	2	1196	7.66%
Mover back to GB	4	13	0.08%
Mover - location unknown	5	1	0.01%
New entrant this wave	8	379	2.43%
Mover status unknown	10	15	0.1%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-mover	1	14011	88.73%
Mover within GB	2	1380	8.74%
Mover back to GB	4	16	0.1%
New entrant this wave	8	347	2.2%
Mover status unknown	10	37	0.23%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-mover	1	14414	88.77%
Mover within GB	2	1394	8.58%
Mover back to GB	4	16	0.1%
New entrant this wave	8	394	2.43%
Mover status unknown	10	20	0.12%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-mover	1	14793	89.13%
Mover within GB	2	1407	8.48%
Mover back to GB	4	11	0.07%
New entrant this wave	8	373	2.25%
Mover status unknown	10	13	0.08%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.05%
Non-mover	1	13488	71.49%
Mover within GB	2	1369	7.26%
Mover back to GB	4	14	0.07%
New entrant this wave	8	3918	20.77%
Mover status unknown	10	68	0.36%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-mover	1	13288	85.16%
Mover within GB	2	1441	9.24%
Mover back to GB	4	6	0.04%
New entrant this wave	8	853	5.47%
Mover status unknown	10	15	0.1%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-mover	1	9285	59.43%
Mover within GB	2	1097	7.02%
Mover back to GB	4	6	0.04%
Mover - location unknown	5	1	0.01%
New entrant this wave	8	5219	33.41%
Mover status unknown	10	15	0.1%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-mover	1	9476	86.89%
Mover within GB	2	1056	9.68%
Mover back to GB	4	5	0.05%
New entrant this wave	8	363	3.33%
Mover status unknown	10	6	0.06%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-mover	1	7951	71.04%
Mover within GB	2	1023	9.14%
Mover back to GB	4	3	0.03%
New entrant this wave	8	2202	19.67%
Mover status unknown	10	14	0.13%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-mover	1	8050	85.29%
Mover within GB	2	898	9.51%
Mover back to GB	4	5	0.05%
Mover - location unknown	5	1	0.01%
New entrant this wave	8	405	4.29%
Mover status unknown	10	79	0.84%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non-mover	1	7958	86.04%
Mover within GB	2	925	10.0%
Mover back to GB	4	12	0.13%
Mover - location unknown	5	1	0.01%
New entrant this wave	8	351	3.8%
Mover status unknown	10	2	0.02%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non Mover	1	8128	85.73%
Mover within GB	2	951	10.03%
New Entrant W4	7	402	4.24%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1	0.01%
Non Mover	1	8294	86.4%
Mover within GB	2	879	9.16%
New Entrant W3	7	426	4.44%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Non Mover	1	8546	86.81%
Mover within GB	2	795	8.08%
New Entrant W2	7	504	5.12%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	758	2.87%
Non-mover	1	18782	71.14%
Mover within GB	2	1597	6.05%
Died	3	72	0.27%
Mover back to GB	4	9	0.03%
Mover - location unknown	5	203	0.77%
Ineligible TSM non-mover	6	151	0.57%
New Entrant W3	7	245	0.93%
Unknown status	8	710	2.69%
Dead	9	137	0.52%
Mover status unknown	10	3714	14.07%
	11	25	0.09%
	Total	26403	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	832	3.1%
Non-mover	1	19174	71.42%
Mover within GB	2	1838	6.85%
Died	3	77	0.29%
Mover back to GB	4	10	0.04%
Mover - location unknown	5	275	1.02%
Ineligible TSM non-mover	6	153	0.57%
New Entrant W3	7	254	0.95%
Unknown status	8	783	2.92%
Dead	9	154	0.57%
Mover status unknown	10	3275	12.2%
	11	18	0.07%
	Total	26845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	810	2.98%
Non-mover	1	20000	73.64%
Mover within GB	2	1817	6.69%
Died	3	94	0.35%
Mover back to GB	4	16	0.06%
Mover - location unknown	5	224	0.82%
Ineligible TSM non-mover	6	137	0.5%
New Entrant W3	7	253	0.93%
Unknown status	8	882	3.25%
Dead	9	190	0.7%
Mover status unknown	10	2727	10.04%
	11	10	0.04%
	Total	27160	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	806	2.88%
Non-mover	1	20350	72.65%
Mover within GB	2	1741	6.22%
Died	3	87	0.31%
Mover back to GB	4	20	0.07%
Mover - location unknown	5	262	0.94%
Ineligible TSM non-mover	6	150	0.54%
New Entrant W3	7	239	0.85%
Unknown status	8	914	3.26%
Dead	9	150	0.54%
Mover status unknown	10	3272	11.68%
	11	20	0.07%
	Total	28011	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	906	3.18%
Non-mover	1	20510	71.99%
Mover within GB	2	1958	6.87%
Died	3	136	0.48%
Mover back to GB	4	20	0.07%
Mover - location unknown	5	356	1.25%
Ineligible TSM non-mover	6	147	0.52%
New Entrant W3	7	286	1.0%
Unknown status	8	912	3.2%
Dead	9	293	1.03%
Mover status unknown	10	2946	10.34%
	11	20	0.07%
	Total	28490	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	901	3.1%
Non-mover	1	21446	73.88%
Mover within GB	2	2078	7.16%
Died	3	162	0.56%
Mover back to GB	4	18	0.06%
Mover - location unknown	5	222	0.76%
Ineligible TSM non-mover	6	140	0.48%
New Entrant W3	7	286	0.99%
Unknown status	8	900	3.1%
Dead	9	155	0.53%
Mover status unknown	10	2710	9.34%
	11	10	0.03%
	Total	29028	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	888	3.03%
Non-mover	1	22104	75.46%
Mover within GB	2	2044	6.98%
Died	3	170	0.58%
Mover back to GB	4	14	0.05%
Mover - location unknown	5	395	1.35%
Ineligible TSM non-mover	6	146	0.5%
New Entrant W3	7	250	0.85%
Unknown status	8	963	3.29%
Dead	9	173	0.59%
Mover status unknown	10	2130	7.27%
	11	17	0.06%
	Total	29294	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	19	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	821	2.61%
Non-mover	1	19517	62.04%
Mover within GB	2	1971	6.27%
Died	3	67	0.21%
Mover back to GB	4	24	0.08%
Mover - location unknown	5	313	0.99%
Ineligible TSM non-mover	6	151	0.48%
New Entrant W3	7	244	0.78%
Unknown status	8	6199	19.71%
Dead	9	144	0.46%
Mover status unknown	10	1975	6.28%
	11	13	0.04%
	Total	31458	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	817	3.15%
Non-mover	1	18809	72.43%
Mover within GB	2	2053	7.91%
Died	3	122	0.47%
Mover back to GB	4	10	0.04%
Mover - location unknown	5	485	1.87%
Ineligible TSM non-mover	6	151	0.58%
New Entrant W3	7	153	0.59%
Unknown status	8	1726	6.65%
	9	232	0.89%
Mover status unknown	10	1387	5.34%
	11	22	0.08%
	Total	25967	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	592	2.41%
Non-mover	1	12986	52.89%
Mover within GB	2	1500	6.11%
Died	3	71	0.29%
Mover back to GB	4	6	0.02%
Mover - location unknown	5	146	0.59%
Ineligible TSM non-mover	6	137	0.56%
New Entrant W3	7	186	0.76%
Unknown status	8	7676	31.26%
	9	124	0.51%
Mover status unknown	10	1119	4.56%
	11	10	0.04%
	Total	24553	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	556	3.18%
Non-mover	1	13079	74.9%
Mover within GB	2	1488	8.52%
Died	3	29	0.17%
Mover back to GB	4	5	0.03%
Mover - location unknown	5	148	0.85%
Ineligible TSM non-mover	6	163	0.93%
New Entrant W3	7	231	1.32%
Unknown status	8	723	4.14%
	9	149	0.85%
Mover status unknown	10	875	5.01%
	11	15	0.09%
	Total	17461	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	490	2.71%
Non-mover	1	10816	59.85%
Mover within GB	2	1365	7.55%
Died	3	58	0.32%
Mover back to GB	4	3	0.02%
Mover - location unknown	5	138	0.76%
Ineligible TSM non-mover	6	176	0.97%
New Entrant W3	7	233	1.29%
Unknown status	8	3170	17.54%
	9	123	0.68%
Mover status unknown	10	1501	8.31%
	Total	18073	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	525	3.35%
Non-mover	1	11128	71.06%
Mover within GB	2	1225	7.82%
Died	3	44	0.28%
Mover back to GB	4	6	0.04%
Mover - location unknown	5	125	0.8%
Ineligible TSM non-mover	6	125	0.8%
New Entrant W3	7	190	1.21%
Unknown status	8	755	4.82%
	9	121	0.77%
Mover status unknown	10	1409	9.0%
	11	6	0.04%
	Total	15659	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	584	3.71%
Non-mover	1	11285	71.62%
Mover within GB	2	1262	8.01%
Died	3	71	0.45%
Mover back to GB	4	14	0.09%
Mover - location unknown	5	193	1.22%
Ineligible TSM non-mover	6	121	0.77%
New Entrant W3	7	213	1.35%
Unknown status	8	682	4.33%
	9	108	0.69%
Mover status unknown	10	1213	7.7%
	11	10	0.06%
	Total	15756	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	538	3.38%
non mover	1	11615	73.04%
mover within gb	2	1491	9.38%
died	3	104	0.65%
out of scope	4	219	1.38%
ineligible tsm	5	295	1.85%
new entrant w4	7	728	4.58%
unknown status	8	913	5.74%
	Total	15903	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	657	4.08%
non mover	1	11709	72.68%
mover within gb	2	1426	8.85%
died	3	116	0.72%
out of scope	4	132	0.82%
ineligible tsm	5	254	1.58%
new entrant w3	7	776	4.82%
unknown status	8	1040	6.46%
	Total	16110	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	431	2.83%
non mover	1	11625	76.41%
mover within gb	2	1438	9.45%
died	3	94	0.62%
out of scope	4	83	0.55%
new entrant w2	7	800	5.26%
unknown status	8	742	4.88%
	Total	15213	100.0%

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