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Mainstage Variable

xpfuel

Monthly expenditure on oil/gas/electric

Datafile

hhresp

Index term

Household Consumption: Heating and Fuel

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	686	13.63%
proxy	-7	98	1.95%
[Value >= 0]	1	4249	84.42%
	Total	5033	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
53.64	784	0	853.9491577148438	36.72	4249

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	705	13.75%
proxy	-7	88	1.72%
[Value >= 0]	1	4334	84.53%
	Total	5127	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
54.28	793	0	1015.625	37.75	4334

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	909	17.37%
[Value >= 0]	1	4323	82.63%
	Total	5232	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
50.37	909	0	1000.7698364257812	33.03	4323

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	707	13.53%
[Value >= 0]	1	4520	86.47%
	Total	5227	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
50.47	707	4.333333492279053	900.69287109375	34.53	4520

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	809	14.68%
[Value >= 0]	1	4702	85.32%
	Total	5511	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
48.18	809	2.6666667461395264	991.762939453125	33.41	4702

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