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Mainstage Variable

hlltw

Health limits type or amount of work

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Yes	1	2775	19.25%
No	2	11644	80.75%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	3	0.02%
Yes	1	2936	19.74%
No	2	11934	80.24%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Yes	1	3256	21.15%
No	2	12136	78.85%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.03%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	2	0.01%
Yes	1	3128	20.03%
No	2	12481	79.92%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
refusal	-2	3	0.02%
don't know	-1	4	0.02%
Yes	1	3364	20.72%
No	2	12865	79.23%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	2	0.01%
Yes	1	3521	21.21%
No	2	13071	78.76%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	3	0.02%
Yes	1	4245	22.5%
No	2	14619	77.48%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	29	0.19%
Yes	1	3256	20.87%
No	2	12318	78.95%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.03%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Yes	1	2178	19.97%
No	2	8724	79.99%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.04%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Yes	1	2282	20.39%
No	2	8905	79.56%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
Yes	1	1704	18.05%
No	2	7732	81.92%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.04%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Yes	1	1636	17.69%
No	2	7608	82.26%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.06%
Yes	1	1657	17.48%
No	2	7818	82.46%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
Yes	1	1617	16.84%
No	2	7979	83.11%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.03%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
Yes	1	1676	17.02%
No	2	8164	82.93%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.09%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Yes	1	1732	16.87%
No	2	8522	83.03%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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