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Mainstage Variable

penadw

Weeks covered post 88 pension

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	25	0.17%
inapplicable	-8	13532	93.85%
proxy	-7	231	1.6%
One off payment	-4	9	0.06%
[Value >= 0]	1	622	4.31%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.23	13797	1.0	52.0	9.32	622

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	102	0.69%
inapplicable	-8	13876	93.3%
proxy	-7	265	1.78%
One off payment	-4	6	0.04%
[Value >= 0]	1	624	4.2%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.5	14249	1.0	52.0	10.01	624

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	14377	93.41%
proxy	-7	300	1.95%
One off payment	-4	6	0.04%
[Value >= 0]	1	704	4.57%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.03	14688	1.0	52.0	9.05	704

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	14203	90.95%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
One off payment	-4	3	0.02%
[Value >= 0]	1	428	2.74%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.88	15189	1.0	52.0	10.79	428

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	14208	89.98%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
One off payment	-4	6	0.04%
A week	1	11	0.07%
A month	2	1	0.01%
[Value >= 0]	1	562	3.56%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
5.99	15229	1.0	52.0	8.87	562

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	14786	91.06%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
One off payment	-4	8	0.05%
A week	1	12	0.07%
A month	2	1	0.01%
[Value >= 0]	1	551	3.39%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.16	15687	1.0	52.0	9.2	551

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	15138	91.21%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
One off payment	-4	6	0.04%
A week	1	19	0.11%
Six months	4	521	3.14%
	13	3	0.02%
	52	18	0.11%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	17371	92.07%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
One off payment	-4	8	0.04%
A week	1	15	0.08%
Six months	4	642	3.4%
	13	4	0.02%
	26	1	0.01%
	52	24	0.13%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	14416	92.39%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
One off payment	-4	12	0.08%
[Value >= 0]	1	653	4.19%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
5.54	14950	1.0	52.0	7.64	653

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	14506	92.85%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
One off payment	-4	9	0.06%
[Value >= 0]	1	669	4.28%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
5.66	14954	1.0	52.0	7.98	669

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.13%
inapplicable	-8	9885	90.64%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
One off payment	-4	12	0.11%
[Value >= 0]	1	637	5.84%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.54	10269	1.0	52.0	10.16	637

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.13%
inapplicable	-8	10110	90.32%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
One off payment	-4	15	0.13%
[Value >= 0]	1	689	6.16%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.74	10504	1.0	99.6999969482422	10.98	689

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	13	0.14%
inapplicable	-8	8553	90.62%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
One off payment	-4	14	0.15%
[Value >= 0]	1	557	5.9%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.02	8881	1.0	52.0	8.76	557

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	11	0.12%
inapplicable	-8	8212	88.79%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
One off payment	-4	11	0.12%
[Value >= 0]	1	593	6.41%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.93	8656	1.0	52.0	10.72	593

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	51	0.54%
inapplicable	-8	8450	89.13%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
One off payment	-4	5	0.05%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
[Value >= 0]	1	553	5.83%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
5.29	8928	1.0	52.0	6.83	553

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	43	0.45%
inapplicable	-8	8402	87.52%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
One off payment	-4	15	0.16%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
[Value >= 0]	1	562	5.85%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
5.45	9038	1.0	52.0	7.25	562

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	11	0.11%
inapplicable	-8	8889	90.29%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
One off payment	-4	7	0.07%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
[Value >= 0]	1	550	5.59%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.97	9295	1.0	52.0	6.03	550

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