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Innovation Panel Variable

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Year call started

This variable is only available in the Special Licence (SN 7083) and Secure Access (SN 7332) datasets.

Datafiles

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	80	1.6%
[Value >= 0]	1	4930	98.4%
	Total	5010	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2024.0	80	2024.0	2024.0	0	4930

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	68	0.76%
[Value >= 0]	1	8898	99.24%
	Total	8966	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2023.0	68	2023.0	2023.0	0	8898

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	86	0.86%
[Value >= 0]	1	9953	99.14%
	Total	10039	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2022.0	86	2022.0	2022.0	0	9953

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	48	0.71%
[Value >= 0]	1	6700	99.29%
	Total	6748	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2021.0	48	2021.0	2021.0	0	6700

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	62	0.66%
[Value >= 0]	1	9365	99.34%
	Total	9427	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2020.0	62	2020.0	2020.0	0	9365

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	61	0.45%
[Value >= 0]	1	13620	99.55%
	Total	13681	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2019.0	61	2019.0	2019.0	0	13620

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	52	0.26%
[Value >= 0]	1	19773	99.74%
	Total	19825	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2018.0	52	2018.0	2018.0	0	19773

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	48	0.33%
[Value >= 0]	1	14373	99.67%
	Total	14421	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2017.0	48	2017.0	2018.0	0.01	14373

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	120	1.94%
[Value >= 0]	1	6074	98.06%
	Total	6194	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2016.0	120	2016.0	2016.0	0	6074

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	147	2.04%
[Value >= 0]	1	7074	97.96%
	Total	7221	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2015.0	147	2015.0	2015.0	0	7074

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	253	2.21%
[Value >= 0]	1	11173	97.79%
	Total	11426	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2014.0	253	2014.0	2014.0	0	11173

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	334	7.32%
[Value >= 0]	1	4231	92.68%
	Total	4565	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2013.0	334	2013.0	2013.0	0	4231

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	265	4.3%
[Value >= 0]	1	5899	95.7%
	Total	6164	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2012.0	265	2012.0	2012.0	0	5899

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	91	0.82%
[Value >= 0]	1	11001	99.18%
	Total	11092	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2011.0	91	2011.0	2011.0	0	11001

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	83	1.28%
[Value >= 0]	1	6381	98.72%
	Total	6464	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2010.0	83	2010.0	2010.0	0	6381

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2009.0	0	2009.0	2009.0	0	3290

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2008.0	0	2008.0	2008.0	0	12774

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2022.0	0	2022.0	2022.0	0	73

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