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Mainstage Variable

hscntb

Would like to pay for annual holiday

Datafile

hhresp

Index term

Financial Management: Material Wellbeing

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	56	0.69%
inapplicable	-8	5583	68.55%
proxy	-7	538	6.61%
Yes	1	1118	13.73%
No	2	849	10.42%
	Total	8144	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.43	6177	1.0	2.0	0.5	1967

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	55	0.66%
inapplicable	-8	5922	70.96%
proxy	-7	484	5.8%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Yes	1	1001	11.99%
No	2	883	10.58%
	Total	8346	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.47	6462	1.0	2.0	0.5	1884

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	55	0.64%
inapplicable	-8	6122	71.16%
proxy	-7	462	5.37%
Yes	1	1051	12.22%
No	2	913	10.61%
	Total	8603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.46	6639	1.0	2.0	0.5	1964

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	59	0.68%
inapplicable	-8	6154	70.66%
proxy	-7	442	5.08%
Yes	1	1048	12.03%
No	2	1006	11.55%
	Total	8709	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.49	6655	1.0	2.0	0.5	2054

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	61	0.69%
inapplicable	-8	6197	69.65%
proxy	-7	448	5.04%
Yes	1	1118	12.57%
No	2	1073	12.06%
	Total	8897	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.49	6706	1.0	2.0	0.5	2191

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	60	0.66%
inapplicable	-8	6350	70.2%
proxy	-7	301	3.33%
Yes	1	1215	13.43%
No	2	1119	12.37%
	Total	9045	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.48	6711	1.0	2.0	0.5	2334

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	63	0.67%
inapplicable	-8	6471	69.19%
proxy	-7	351	3.75%
Yes	1	1348	14.41%
No	2	1119	11.97%
	Total	9352	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.45	6885	1.0	2.0	0.5	2467

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	72	0.68%
inapplicable	-8	7199	67.72%
proxy	-7	246	2.31%
Yes	1	1813	17.05%
No	2	1301	12.24%
	Total	10631	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.42	7517	1.0	2.0	0.49	3114

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	35	0.4%
inapplicable	-8	6036	68.9%
proxy	-7	154	1.76%
Yes	1	1520	17.35%
No	2	1016	11.6%
	Total	8761	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.4	6225	1.0	2.0	0.49	2536

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	30	0.34%
inapplicable	-8	5970	67.86%
proxy	-7	55	0.63%
Yes	1	1692	19.23%
No	2	1050	11.94%
	Total	8797	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.38	6055	1.0	2.0	0.49	2742

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	52	0.87%
inapplicable	-8	4117	68.56%
proxy	-7	59	0.98%
Yes	1	1124	18.72%
No	2	653	10.87%
	Total	6005	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.37	4228	1.0	2.0	0.48	1777

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	46	0.76%
inapplicable	-8	4022	66.04%
proxy	-7	31	0.51%
refusal	-2	1	0.02%
Yes	1	1305	21.43%
No	2	685	11.25%
	Total	6090	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.34	4100	1.0	2.0	0.48	1990

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	49	0.97%
inapplicable	-8	3327	65.7%
proxy	-7	40	0.79%
Yes	1	1002	19.79%
No	2	646	12.76%
	Total	5064	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.39	3416	1.0	2.0	0.49	1648

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