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Mainstage Variable

windf

Received lump payment

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Financial Management: Material Wellbeing

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
refusal	-2	40	0.28%
don't know	-1	23	0.16%
Yes	1	1914	13.27%
No	2	11477	79.6%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.03%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
refusal	-2	40	0.27%
don't know	-1	30	0.2%
Yes	1	2015	13.55%
No	2	11836	79.58%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
refusal	-2	40	0.26%
don't know	-1	55	0.36%
Yes	1	2018	13.11%
No	2	12300	79.91%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
refusal	-2	50	0.32%
don't know	-1	54	0.35%
Yes	1	2177	13.94%
No	2	12353	79.1%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
refusal	-2	32	0.2%
don't know	-1	24	0.15%
Yes	1	2285	14.47%
No	2	12435	78.75%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
refusal	-2	54	0.33%
don't know	-1	25	0.15%
Yes	1	2412	14.85%
No	2	12854	79.16%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
refusal	-2	63	0.38%
don't know	-1	26	0.16%
Yes	1	2598	15.65%
No	2	13020	78.45%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
refusal	-2	67	0.36%
don't know	-1	56	0.3%
Yes	1	2895	15.34%
No	2	15047	79.75%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
refusal	-2	89	0.57%
don't know	-1	31	0.2%
Yes	1	3159	20.25%
No	2	11799	75.62%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
refusal	-2	135	0.86%
don't know	-1	45	0.29%
Yes	1	3126	20.01%
No	2	11879	76.04%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.06%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
refusal	-2	27	0.25%
don't know	-1	12	0.11%
Yes	1	2888	26.48%
No	2	7614	69.81%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.04%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
refusal	-2	36	0.32%
don't know	-1	17	0.15%
Yes	1	4602	41.11%
No	2	6168	55.11%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.15%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
refusal	-2	22	0.24%
don't know	-1	9	0.1%
Yes	1	3397	36.73%
No	2	5385	58.22%
	Total	9249	100.0%

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