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Mainstage Variable

spemp

sp empl earn

Datafile

hhresp

Index term

Employment History: Labour Force Status Spells

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
127.73	1826	0	5542.725360576924	252.76	6318

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
126.09	1761	0	5769.2307692307695	246.83	6585

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
120.01	1769	0	2762.355694110577	233.03	6834

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
115.8	1729	0	2554.503605769231	220.73	6980

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
112.21	1811	0	3048.498948317308	214.71	7086

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
106.74	1655	0	1841.3653846153848	200.9	7390

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
106.0	1862	0	5512.702373798077	211.27	7490

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
94.21	1885	0	2961.5000751201924	185.52	8746

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
92.34	1311	0	2170.900691105769	178.11	7450

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
88.89	1297	0	2309.291240985577	174.78	7500

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
91.91	783	0	2282.6612830528848	177.16	5222

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
84.25	748	0	4744.2854567307695	182.86	5342

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
87.08	692	0	3695.1501652644233	180.48	4372

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
81.74	774	0	2771.184870793269	163.48	4259

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
75.54	749	0	3464.203350360577	157.91	4378

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
70.86	878	0	3140.771033653846	144.78	4354

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
68.29	671	0	2020.0449969951924	136.04	4556

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
61.67	685	0	1193.2137169471157	121.3	4826

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