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ivstat1

interview status: previous waves

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Interview Characteristics and Conditions

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	710	3.52%
Ever interviewed	1	14631	72.51%
New entrant 16yrs	2	276	1.37%
New entrant adult	3	735	3.64%
Youth	4	1387	6.87%
Child	5	2406	11.92%
Check	6	32	0.16%
	Total	20177	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	783	3.78%
Ever interviewed	1	14863	71.75%
New entrant 16yrs	2	325	1.57%
New entrant adult	3	762	3.68%
Youth	4	1413	6.82%
Child	5	2515	12.14%
Check	6	54	0.26%
	Total	20715	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	882	4.12%
Ever interviewed	1	15222	71.17%
New entrant 16yrs	2	297	1.39%
New entrant adult	3	826	3.86%
Youth	4	1510	7.06%
Child	5	2619	12.24%
Check	6	33	0.15%
	Total	21389	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	914	4.21%
Ever interviewed	1	15335	70.57%
New entrant 16yrs	2	326	1.5%
New entrant adult	3	844	3.88%
Youth	4	1577	7.26%
Child	5	2697	12.41%
Check	6	37	0.17%
	Total	21730	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	912	4.12%
Ever interviewed	1	15616	70.57%
New entrant 16yrs	2	323	1.46%
New entrant adult	3	851	3.85%
Youth	4	1623	7.33%
Child	5	2780	12.56%
Check	6	22	0.1%
	Total	22127	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	900	3.99%
Ever interviewed	1	15756	69.8%
New entrant 16yrs	2	319	1.41%
New entrant adult	3	954	4.23%
Youth	4	1332	5.9%
Child	5	3269	14.48%
Check	6	44	0.19%
	Total	22574	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	963	4.11%
Ever interviewed	1	16166	68.98%
New entrant 16yrs	2	335	1.43%
New entrant adult	3	1121	4.78%
Youth	4	1383	5.9%
Child	5	3424	14.61%
Check	6	43	0.18%
	Total	23435	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	6199	23.32%
Ever interviewed	1	14971	56.31%
New entrant 16yrs	2	274	1.03%
New entrant adult	3	740	2.78%
Youth	4	1557	5.86%
Child	5	2795	10.51%
Check	6	49	0.18%
Deceased	7	1	0.0%
	Total	26586	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1717	7.95%
Ever interviewed	1	14531	67.27%
New entrant 16yrs	2	260	1.2%
New entrant adult	3	802	3.71%
Youth	4	1485	6.87%
Child	5	2749	12.73%
Check	6	58	0.27%
	Total	21602	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	7667	35.55%
Ever interviewed	1	10377	48.12%
New entrant 16yrs	2	195	0.9%
New entrant adult	3	342	1.59%
Youth	4	994	4.61%
Child	5	1968	9.13%
Check	6	23	0.11%
	Total	21566	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	713	4.81%
Intvwd at W1 & W2	0	8142	54.88%
Joined at/after W3	1	2340	15.77%
New entrant 16yrs	2	164	1.11%
New entrant adult	3	401	2.7%
Youth	4	991	6.68%
Child	5	2062	13.9%
Check	6	22	0.15%
	Total	14835	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	710	2.69%
Ever interviewed	1	19050	72.15%
New entrant 16yrs	2	339	1.28%
New entrant adult	3	1576	5.97%
Youth	4	1682	6.37%
Child	5	2871	10.87%
Check	6	153	0.58%
Deceased	7	22	0.08%
	Total	26403	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	783	2.92%
Ever interviewed	1	19248	71.7%
New entrant 16yrs	2	402	1.5%
New entrant adult	3	1541	5.74%
Youth	4	1676	6.24%
Child	5	2990	11.14%
Check	6	180	0.67%
Deceased	7	25	0.09%
	Total	26845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	882	3.25%
Ever interviewed	1	19307	71.09%
New entrant 16yrs	2	367	1.35%
New entrant adult	3	1601	5.89%
Youth	4	1781	6.56%
Child	5	3054	11.24%
Check	6	109	0.4%
Deceased	7	59	0.22%
	Total	27160	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	914	3.26%
Ever interviewed	1	19748	70.5%
New entrant 16yrs	2	408	1.46%
New entrant adult	3	1712	6.11%
Youth	4	1864	6.65%
Child	5	3192	11.4%
Check	6	142	0.51%
Deceased	7	31	0.11%
	Total	28011	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	912	3.2%
Ever interviewed	1	20073	70.46%
New entrant 16yrs	2	387	1.36%
New entrant adult	3	1757	6.17%
Youth	4	1917	6.73%
Child	5	3300	11.58%
Check	6	115	0.4%
Deceased	7	29	0.1%
	Total	28490	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	900	3.1%
Ever interviewed	1	20200	69.59%
New entrant 16yrs	2	395	1.36%
New entrant adult	3	1847	6.36%
Youth	4	1549	5.34%
Child	5	3920	13.5%
Check	6	182	0.63%
Deceased	7	35	0.12%
	Total	29028	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	963	3.29%
Ever interviewed	1	20219	69.02%
New entrant 16yrs	2	394	1.34%
New entrant adult	3	1914	6.53%
Youth	4	1606	5.48%
Child	5	3995	13.64%
Check	6	173	0.59%
Deceased	7	30	0.1%
	Total	29294	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	6198	19.7%
Ever interviewed	1	18426	58.57%
New entrant 16yrs	2	344	1.09%
New entrant adult	3	1288	4.09%
Youth	4	1771	5.63%
Child	5	3248	10.32%
Check	6	161	0.51%
Deceased	7	22	0.07%
	Total	31458	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1726	6.65%
Ever interviewed	1	17597	67.77%
New entrant 16yrs	2	298	1.15%
New entrant adult	3	1335	5.14%
Youth	4	1689	6.5%
Child	5	3117	12.0%
Check	6	161	0.62%
Deceased	7	44	0.17%
	Total	25967	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	7676	31.26%
Ever interviewed	1	12530	51.03%
New entrant 16yrs	2	235	0.96%
New entrant adult	3	639	2.6%
Youth	4	1123	4.57%
Child	5	2240	9.12%
Check	6	81	0.33%
Deceased	7	29	0.12%
	Total	24553	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	723	4.14%
Intvwd at W1 & W2	0	9459	54.17%
Joined at/after W3	1	2980	17.07%
New entrant 16yrs	2	196	1.12%
New entrant adult	3	646	3.7%
Youth	4	1086	6.22%
Child	5	2269	12.99%
Check	6	62	0.36%
Deceased	7	40	0.23%
	Total	17461	100.0%

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