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pywftcw

WFTC: pay period (weeks)

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	672	4.66%
inapplicable	-8	12729	88.28%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
[Value >= 0]	1	53	0.37%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.65	14366	1.0	4.329999923706055	1.63	53

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	103	0.69%
inapplicable	-8	13769	92.58%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
[Value >= 0]	1	53	0.36%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.57	14820	1.0	4.329999923706055	1.61	53

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	103	0.67%
inapplicable	-8	14262	92.66%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
[Value >= 0]	1	50	0.32%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.0	15342	1.0	52.0	11.84	50

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	140	0.9%
inapplicable	-8	14305	91.6%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
[Value >= 0]	1	190	1.22%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.23	15427	1.0	52.0	7.18	190

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	167	1.06%
inapplicable	-8	14419	91.31%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Week	1	75	0.47%
Fortnight	2	4	0.03%
Calendar month	4	27	0.17%
[Value >= 0]	1	191	1.21%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
3.43	15600	1.0	52.0	5.25	191

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	151	0.93%
inapplicable	-8	14983	92.27%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Week	1	87	0.54%
Fortnight	2	10	0.06%
Calendar month	4	21	0.13%
[Value >= 0]	1	213	1.31%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
3.28	16025	1.0	52.0	5.02	213

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	169	1.02%
inapplicable	-8	15364	92.57%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Week	1	88	0.53%
Fortnight	2	13	0.08%
Calendar month	4	14	0.08%
[Value >= 0]	1	175	1.05%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
3.0	16422	1.0	52.0	5.51	175

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	200	1.06%
inapplicable	-8	17668	93.64%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
Week	1	85	0.45%
Fortnight	2	7	0.04%
Calendar month	4	13	0.07%
[Value >= 0]	1	198	1.05%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
3.87	18669	0.800000011920929	77.69999694824219	8.17	198

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	123	0.79%
inapplicable	-8	14782	94.74%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
[Value >= 0]	1	176	1.13%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
3.28	15427	1.0	88.80000305175781	7.09	176

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