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Mainstage Variable

hhi

hh inv income

Datafile

hhresp

Index term

Incomes: Household Income

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
22.08	1813	0	2308.8462	91.83	6331

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
21.32	1761	0	2031.9231	80.76	6585

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
20.2	1768	0	2076.923	78.22	6835

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
18.53	1729	0	2826.923	78.77	6980

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
17.2	1807	0	4307.6924	87.25	7090

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
14.99	1651	0	1868.4617	71.63	7394

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
14.0	1862	0	1219.4231	55.31	7490

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
13.63	1885	0	1538.4615	55.72	8746

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
16.26	1311	0	2423.077	66.69	7450

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
15.02	1297	0	4497.6924	76.95	7500

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
17.78	783	0	1559.9734	61.66	5222

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
17.01	748	0	707.88464	49.51	5342

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
18.51	692	0	1189.6154	57.19	4372

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
16.77	774	0	1406.0858	52.25	4259

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
14.39	749	0	923.0769	43.64	4378

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
14.79	878	0	812.0769	43.47	4354

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
12.68	671	0	2469.0	43.43	4556

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
12.44	685	0	428.76462	23.33	4826

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