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xplec

Monthly expenditure on electricity

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hhresp

Index term

Household Consumption: Heating and Fuel

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	478	9.5%
proxy	-7	98	1.95%
[Value >= 0]	1	4457	88.56%
	Total	5033	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
29.66	576	0	627.482666015625	22.59	4457

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	499	9.73%
proxy	-7	88	1.72%
[Value >= 0]	1	4540	88.55%
	Total	5127	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
30.47	587	0	758.3333129882812	25.47	4540

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	703	13.44%
[Value >= 0]	1	4529	86.56%
	Total	5232	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
28.44	703	0	530.4080200195312	21.45	4529

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	474	9.07%
[Value >= 0]	1	4753	90.93%
	Total	5227	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
28.54	474	1.0	615.4734497070312	22.22	4753

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	569	10.32%
[Value >= 0]	1	4942	89.68%
	Total	5511	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
27.09	569	0	611.4703979492188	21.2	4942

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