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nwstat

alter's residence at next wave

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egoalt

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
still co-resident	1	40739	89.09%
different household	2	2588	5.66%
alter out of scope	4	36	0.08%
alter died	5	112	0.24%
both non-resp, dk	7	795	1.74%
ego left sample	8	1209	2.64%
ego died/out scope	9	249	0.54%
	Total	45728	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
still co-resident	1	41960	88.76%
different household	2	2710	5.73%
alter out of scope	4	84	0.18%
alter died	5	102	0.22%
both non-resp, dk	7	1060	2.24%
ego left sample	8	1092	2.31%
ego died/out scope	9	264	0.56%
	Total	47272	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
still co-resident	1	42851	88.74%
different household	2	2779	5.75%
alter out of scope	4	55	0.11%
alter died	5	117	0.24%
both non-resp, dk	7	1024	2.12%
ego left sample	8	1121	2.32%
ego died/out scope	9	343	0.71%
	Total	48290	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
still co-resident	1	43544	88.9%
different household	2	2830	5.78%
alter out of scope	4	34	0.07%
alter died	5	131	0.27%
both non-resp, dk	7	1090	2.23%
ego left sample	8	1047	2.14%
ego died/out scope	9	306	0.62%
	Total	48982	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
still co-resident	1	44406	88.62%
different household	2	2959	5.91%
alter out of scope	4	87	0.17%
alter died	5	152	0.3%
both non-resp, dk	7	1036	2.07%
ego left sample	8	1119	2.23%
ego died/out scope	9	347	0.69%
	Total	50106	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
still co-resident	1	46094	87.82%
different household	2	3030	5.77%
alter out of scope	4	159	0.3%
alter died	5	111	0.21%
both non-resp, dk	7	1468	2.8%
ego left sample	8	1202	2.29%
ego died/out scope	9	422	0.8%
	Total	52486	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
still co-resident	1	48267	80.84%
different household	2	3030	5.07%
alter out of scope	4	117	0.2%
alter died	5	172	0.29%
both non-resp, dk	7	6387	10.7%
ego left sample	8	1182	1.98%
ego died/out scope	9	555	0.93%
	Total	59710	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
still co-resident	1	41636	88.23%
different household	2	2875	6.09%
alter out of scope	4	36	0.08%
alter died	5	103	0.22%
both non-resp, dk	7	1124	2.38%
ego left sample	8	1175	2.49%
ego died/out scope	9	239	0.51%
	Total	47188	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
still co-resident	1	40540	86.9%
different household	2	3214	6.89%
alter out of scope	4	94	0.2%
alter died	5	142	0.3%
both non-resp, dk	7	1472	3.16%
ego left sample	8	786	1.68%
ego died/out scope	9	402	0.86%
	Total	46650	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
still co-resident	1	28551	88.01%
different household	2	1969	6.07%
alter out of scope	4	33	0.1%
alter died	5	93	0.29%
both non-resp, dk	7	659	2.03%
ego left sample	8	904	2.79%
ego died/out scope	9	231	0.71%
	Total	32440	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
still co-resident	1	28818	87.59%
different household	2	2087	6.34%
alter out of scope	4	15	0.05%
alter died	5	115	0.35%
both non-resp, dk	7	606	1.84%
ego left sample	8	1096	3.33%
ego died/out scope	9	163	0.5%
	Total	32900	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
still co-resident	1	24322	86.03%
different household	2	1892	6.69%
alter out of scope	4	21	0.07%
alter died	5	69	0.24%
both non-resp, dk	7	436	1.54%
ego left sample	8	1361	4.81%
ego died/out scope	9	171	0.6%
	Total	28272	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
still co-resident	1	24436	88.31%
different household	2	1652	5.97%
alter out of scope	4	32	0.12%
alter died	5	94	0.34%
both non-resp, dk	7	300	1.08%
ego left sample	8	979	3.54%
ego died/out scope	9	179	0.65%
	Total	27672	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
still co-resident	1	24417	85.75%
different household	2	2109	7.41%
alter out of scope	4	26	0.09%
alter died	5	75	0.26%
both non-resp, dk	7	795	2.79%
ego left sample	8	893	3.14%
ego died/out scope	9	159	0.56%
	Total	28474	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
still co-resident	1	25223	86.87%
different household	2	1867	6.43%
alter out of scope	4	76	0.26%
alter died	5	75	0.26%
both non-resp, dk	7	659	2.27%
ego left sample	8	829	2.86%
ego died/out scope	9	305	1.05%
	Total	29034	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
still co-resident	1	25322	86.52%
different household	2	2025	6.92%
alter out of scope	4	23	0.08%
alter died	5	103	0.35%
both non-resp, dk	7	892	3.05%
ego left sample	8	722	2.47%
ego died/out scope	9	179	0.61%
	Total	29266	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
still co-resident	1	26254	85.72%
different household	2	1826	5.96%
alter out of scope	4	105	0.34%
alter died	5	93	0.3%
both non-resp, dk	7	2020	6.6%
ego died/out scope	9	328	1.07%
	Total	30626	100.0%

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