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Mainstage Variable

jssat

S/emp: job satisfaction: overall

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Employment: Self-Employment

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	13156	91.24%
proxy	-7	231	1.6%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Not satis at all	1	6	0.04%
	2	11	0.08%
	3	38	0.26%
Not satis/dissatis	4	66	0.46%
	5	260	1.8%
	6	496	3.44%
Completely satis	7	153	1.06%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	13520	90.9%
proxy	-7	265	1.78%
don't know	-1	2	0.01%
Not satis at all	1	9	0.06%
	2	18	0.12%
	3	32	0.22%
Not satis/dissatis	4	55	0.37%
	5	203	1.36%
	6	598	4.02%
Completely satis	7	171	1.15%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	13969	90.75%
proxy	-7	300	1.95%
don't know	-1	2	0.01%
Not satis at all	1	9	0.06%
	2	12	0.08%
	3	40	0.26%
Not satis/dissatis	4	46	0.3%
	5	239	1.55%
	6	594	3.86%
Completely satis	7	181	1.18%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	14165	90.7%
proxy	-7	310	1.99%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Not satis at all	1	16	0.1%
	2	18	0.12%
	3	37	0.24%
Not satis/dissatis	4	67	0.43%
	5	216	1.38%
	6	598	3.83%
Completely satis	7	189	1.21%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	13699	86.75%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
don't know	-1	2	0.01%
Not satis at all	1	11	0.07%
	2	26	0.16%
	3	33	0.21%
Not satis/dissatis	4	54	0.34%
	5	199	1.26%
	6	551	3.49%
Completely satis	7	202	1.28%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	14220	87.57%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
don't know	-1	2	0.01%
Not satis at all	1	5	0.03%
	2	19	0.12%
	3	36	0.22%
Not satis/dissatis	4	83	0.51%
	5	262	1.61%
	6	544	3.35%
Completely satis	7	172	1.06%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	14604	87.99%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
don't know	-1	3	0.02%
Not satis at all	1	13	0.08%
	2	27	0.16%
	3	50	0.3%
Not satis/dissatis	4	77	0.46%
	5	231	1.39%
	6	519	3.13%
Completely satis	7	184	1.11%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	16840	89.26%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Not satis at all	1	17	0.09%
	2	22	0.12%
	3	47	0.25%
Not satis/dissatis	4	75	0.4%
	5	262	1.39%
	6	578	3.06%
Completely satis	7	224	1.19%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	14064	90.14%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
don't know	-1	3	0.02%
Not satis at all	1	12	0.08%
	2	31	0.2%
	3	57	0.37%
Not satis/dissatis	4	57	0.37%
	5	220	1.41%
	6	481	3.08%
Completely satis	7	156	1.0%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	14172	90.71%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
don't know	-1	4	0.03%
Not satis at all	1	20	0.13%
	2	31	0.2%
	3	64	0.41%
Not satis/dissatis	4	79	0.51%
	5	168	1.08%
	6	490	3.14%
Completely satis	7	159	1.02%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	9811	89.96%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Not satis at all	1	9	0.08%
	2	19	0.17%
	3	38	0.35%
Not satis/dissatis	4	50	0.46%
	5	135	1.24%
	6	351	3.22%
Completely satis	7	130	1.19%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	10071	89.98%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Not satis at all	1	9	0.08%
	2	14	0.13%
	3	36	0.32%
Not satis/dissatis	4	52	0.46%
	5	135	1.21%
	6	372	3.32%
Completely satis	7	138	1.23%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	8415	89.16%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
don't know	-1	5	0.05%
Not satis at all	1	13	0.14%
	2	12	0.13%
	3	22	0.23%
Not satis/dissatis	4	50	0.53%
	5	137	1.45%
	6	330	3.5%
Completely satis	7	150	1.59%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	8153	88.15%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
don't know	-1	8	0.09%
Not satis at all	1	3	0.03%
	2	6	0.06%
	3	28	0.3%
Not satis/dissatis	4	47	0.51%
	5	113	1.22%
	6	309	3.34%
Completely satis	7	160	1.73%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	8365	88.23%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
don't know	-1	6	0.06%
Not satis at all	1	6	0.06%
	2	15	0.16%
	3	41	0.43%
Not satis/dissatis	4	41	0.43%
	5	123	1.3%
	6	292	3.08%
Completely satis	7	169	1.78%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.15%
inapplicable	-8	8319	86.66%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
don't know	-1	3	0.03%
Not satis at all	1	12	0.12%
	2	17	0.18%
	3	28	0.29%
Not satis/dissatis	4	47	0.49%
	5	117	1.22%
	6	282	2.94%
Completely satis	7	185	1.93%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.08%
inapplicable	-8	8741	88.79%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	3	0.03%
Not satis at all	1	14	0.14%
	2	16	0.16%
	3	49	0.5%
Not satis/dissatis	4	42	0.43%
	5	113	1.15%
	6	284	2.88%
Completely satis	7	187	1.9%
	8	1	0.01%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.05%
inapplicable	-8	9141	89.06%
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Doesn't apply	0	1	0.01%
Not satis at all	1	26	0.25%
	2	19	0.19%
	3	21	0.2%
Not satis/dissatis	4	87	0.85%
	5	122	1.19%
	6	166	1.62%
Completely satis	7	323	3.15%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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