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Mainstage Variable

hlsvln

Health service:consult/outpatnt NHS/priv

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	9276	64.33%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
NHS or SSD	1	3909	27.11%
Private/voluntary	2	221	1.53%
Both NHS & private	3	46	0.32%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	9517	63.99%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
don't know	-1	2	0.01%
NHS or SSD	1	4110	27.63%
Private/voluntary	2	237	1.59%
Both NHS & private	3	58	0.39%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	9894	64.28%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
NHS or SSD	1	4221	27.42%
Private/voluntary	2	244	1.59%
Both NHS & private	3	55	0.36%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	10189	65.24%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
NHS or SSD	1	4110	26.32%
Private/voluntary	2	266	1.7%
Both NHS & private	3	69	0.44%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	10140	64.21%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
don't know	-1	2	0.01%
NHS or SSD	1	4277	27.09%
Private/voluntary	2	275	1.74%
Both NHS & private	3	82	0.52%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	10564	65.06%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
don't know	-1	2	0.01%
NHS or SSD	1	4420	27.22%
Private/voluntary	2	281	1.73%
Both NHS & private	3	74	0.46%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	10885	65.58%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
don't know	-1	2	0.01%
NHS or SSD	1	4447	26.79%
Private/voluntary	2	299	1.8%
Both NHS & private	3	73	0.44%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	12754	67.6%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
NHS or SSD	1	4914	26.05%
Private/voluntary	2	314	1.66%
Both NHS & private	3	82	0.43%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	15	0.1%
inapplicable	-8	10489	67.22%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
don't know	-1	2	0.01%
NHS or SSD	1	4236	27.15%
Private/voluntary	2	269	1.72%
Both NHS & private	3	70	0.45%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.14%
inapplicable	-8	10651	68.18%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
don't know	-1	3	0.02%
NHS or SSD	1	4185	26.79%
Private/voluntary	2	272	1.74%
Both NHS & private	3	55	0.35%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	33	0.3%
inapplicable	-8	7554	69.26%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
don't know	-1	5	0.05%
NHS or SSD	1	2731	25.04%
Private/voluntary	2	180	1.65%
Both NHS & private	3	45	0.41%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	18	0.16%
inapplicable	-8	8004	71.51%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
NHS or SSD	1	2594	23.18%
Private/voluntary	2	172	1.54%
Both NHS & private	3	39	0.35%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	16	0.17%
inapplicable	-8	7062	74.83%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
NHS or SSD	1	1882	19.94%
Private/voluntary	2	153	1.62%
Both NHS & private	3	24	0.25%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	8751	94.62%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
NHS or SSD	1	64	0.69%
Private/voluntary	2	9	0.1%
Both NHS & private	3	1	0.01%
	Total	9249	100.0%

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