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pppen

Paid into private personal pension

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Financial Management: Pensions

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
proxy	-7	231	1.6%
refusal	-2	3	0.02%
Yes	1	1132	7.85%
No	2	13050	90.51%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	265	1.78%
refusal	-2	3	0.02%
Yes	1	1224	8.23%
No	2	13380	89.96%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
proxy	-7	300	1.95%
Yes	1	1412	9.17%
No	2	13677	88.86%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	66	0.42%
proxy	-7	310	1.99%
refusal	-2	3	0.02%
Yes	1	1394	8.93%
No	2	13844	88.65%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	26	0.16%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
refusal	-2	5	0.03%
Yes	1	1486	9.41%
No	2	13260	83.97%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	32	0.2%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
refusal	-2	7	0.04%
Yes	1	1609	9.91%
No	2	13699	84.36%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	29	0.17%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
refusal	-2	15	0.09%
Yes	1	1728	10.41%
No	2	13936	83.97%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	36	0.19%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
refusal	-2	18	0.1%
Yes	1	1937	10.27%
No	2	16075	85.2%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	36	0.23%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Yes	1	1756	11.25%
No	2	13289	85.17%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	32	0.2%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
Yes	1	1796	11.5%
No	2	13360	85.51%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.06%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
refusal	-2	7	0.06%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Yes	1	1412	12.95%
No	2	9121	83.63%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.08%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
refusal	-2	2	0.02%
Yes	1	1443	12.89%
No	2	9374	83.75%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.03%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
refusal	-2	6	0.06%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Yes	1	1298	13.75%
No	2	7829	82.95%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Yes	1	1332	14.4%
No	2	7492	81.0%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	16	0.17%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
refusal	-2	4	0.04%
Yes	1	1452	15.31%
No	2	7588	80.03%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	18	0.19%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Yes	1	1499	15.61%
No	2	7505	78.18%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
refusal	-2	3	0.03%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Yes	1	1483	15.06%
No	2	7972	80.98%
	Total	9845	100.0%

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