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Mainstage Variable

fihhmb

HH benefit income month before intv

Datafile

hhresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	546	6.7%
[Value >= 0]	1	7598	93.3%
	Total	8144	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
467.65	546	0	7702.872	508.14	7598

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	487	5.84%
[Value >= 0]	1	7859	94.16%
	Total	8346	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
449.74	487	0	5043.0	487.71	7859

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	479	5.57%
[Value >= 0]	1	8124	94.43%
	Total	8603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
435.15	479	0	4692.5024	480.64	8124

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	460	5.28%
[Value >= 0]	1	8249	94.72%
	Total	8709	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
403.36	460	0	5771.89	450.4	8249

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	451	5.07%
[Value >= 0]	1	8446	94.93%
	Total	8897	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
388.48	451	0	8568.07	452.89	8446

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	304	3.36%
[Value >= 0]	1	8741	96.64%
	Total	9045	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
378.96	304	0	25949.69	626.88	8741

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	357	3.82%
[Value >= 0]	1	8995	96.18%
	Total	9352	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
342.12	357	0	3660.435	382.38	8995

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	249	2.34%
[Value >= 0]	1	10382	97.66%
	Total	10631	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
342.73	249	0	18792.2	421.74	10382

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	154	1.76%
[Value >= 0]	1	8607	98.24%
	Total	8761	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
303.88	154	0	3225.4	341.44	8607

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	57	0.65%
[Value >= 0]	1	8740	99.35%
	Total	8797	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
285.26	57	0	2861.5	321.66	8740

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	61	1.02%
[Value >= 0]	1	5944	98.98%
	Total	6005	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
270.29	61	0	31635.07	706.5	5944

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	32	0.53%
[Value >= 0]	1	6058	99.47%
	Total	6090	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
252.86	32	0	2563.2	282.67	6058

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	41	0.81%
proxy	-7	6	0.12%
[Value >= 0]	1	5017	99.07%
	Total	5064	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
225.84	47	-14.0	2557.5852	261.9	5017

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	100	1.99%
[Value >= 0]	1	4933	98.01%
	Total	5033	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
220.08	100	0	2139.02	255.09	4933

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	93	1.81%
[Value >= 0]	1	5034	98.19%
	Total	5127	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
214.65	93	0	2054.85	242.36	5034

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	212	4.05%
[Value >= 0]	1	5020	95.95%
	Total	5232	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
206.52	212	0	4112.5283	240.66	5020

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
197.22	0	0	2011.955	222.7	5227

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
187.54	0	0	2513.9348	211.27	5511

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