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Mainstage Variable

lvmn

leavers - month left

Datafile

indsamp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	4676	17.71%
current resident	0	21046	79.71%
january	1	55	0.21%
february	2	36	0.14%
march	3	35	0.13%
april	4	38	0.14%
may	5	32	0.12%
june	6	67	0.25%
july	7	62	0.23%
august	8	83	0.31%
september	9	115	0.44%
october	10	68	0.26%
november	11	48	0.18%
december	12	42	0.16%
	Total	26403	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.22	4676	0	12.0	1.35	21727

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	4361	16.25%
current resident	0	21740	80.98%
january	1	67	0.25%
february	2	43	0.16%
march	3	39	0.15%
april	4	39	0.15%
may	5	47	0.18%
june	6	72	0.27%
july	7	71	0.26%
august	8	70	0.26%
september	9	108	0.4%
october	10	78	0.29%
november	11	43	0.16%
december	12	67	0.25%
	Total	26845	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.23	4361	0	12.0	1.39	22484

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	3836	14.12%
current resident	0	22597	83.2%
january	1	62	0.23%
february	2	31	0.11%
march	3	43	0.16%
april	4	48	0.18%
may	5	52	0.19%
june	6	85	0.31%
july	7	65	0.24%
august	8	91	0.34%
september	9	103	0.38%
october	10	77	0.28%
november	11	44	0.16%
december	12	26	0.1%
	Total	27160	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.21	3836	0	12.0	1.29	23324

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	4460	15.92%
current resident	0	22835	81.52%
january	1	49	0.17%
february	2	50	0.18%
march	3	33	0.12%
april	4	52	0.19%
may	5	42	0.15%
june	6	51	0.18%
july	7	76	0.27%
august	8	65	0.23%
september	9	115	0.41%
october	10	83	0.3%
november	11	54	0.19%
december	12	46	0.16%
	Total	28011	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.21	4460	0	12.0	1.33	23551

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	4164	14.62%
current resident	0	23438	82.27%
january	1	65	0.23%
february	2	71	0.25%
march	3	48	0.17%
april	4	76	0.27%
may	5	58	0.2%
june	6	82	0.29%
july	7	75	0.26%
august	8	92	0.32%
september	9	111	0.39%
october	10	86	0.3%
november	11	58	0.2%
december	12	66	0.23%
	Total	28490	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.25	4164	0	12.0	1.41	24326

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	3922	13.51%
current resident	0	24317	83.77%
january	1	66	0.23%
february	2	45	0.16%
march	3	49	0.17%
april	4	50	0.17%
may	5	62	0.21%
june	6	89	0.31%
july	7	76	0.26%
august	8	85	0.29%
september	9	122	0.42%
october	10	68	0.23%
november	11	37	0.13%
december	12	40	0.14%
	Total	29028	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.21	3922	0	12.0	1.28	25106

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	1	0.0%
don't know	-1	3557	12.14%
current resident	0	24972	85.25%
january	1	49	0.17%
february	2	51	0.17%
march	3	54	0.18%
april	4	48	0.16%
may	5	42	0.14%
june	6	72	0.25%
july	7	74	0.25%
august	8	80	0.27%
september	9	119	0.41%
october	10	66	0.23%
november	11	60	0.2%
december	12	49	0.17%
	Total	29294	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.21	3558	0	12.0	1.3	25736

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	3126	9.94%
current resident	0	27632	87.84%
january	1	40	0.13%
february	2	31	0.1%
march	3	34	0.11%
april	4	37	0.12%
may	5	39	0.12%
june	6	98	0.31%
july	7	82	0.26%
august	8	72	0.23%
september	9	105	0.33%
october	10	64	0.2%
november	11	63	0.2%
december	12	35	0.11%
	Total	31458	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.18	3126	0	12.0	1.2	28332

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	2832	10.91%
current resident	0	22394	86.24%
january	1	60	0.23%
february	2	48	0.18%
march	3	64	0.25%
april	4	68	0.26%
may	5	52	0.2%
june	6	59	0.23%
july	7	67	0.26%
august	8	71	0.27%
september	9	103	0.4%
october	10	76	0.29%
november	11	31	0.12%
december	12	42	0.16%
	Total	25967	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.21	2832	0	12.0	1.28	23135

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	1	0.0%
don't know	-1	1939	7.9%
current resident	0	22084	89.94%
january	1	40	0.16%
february	2	35	0.14%
march	3	32	0.13%
april	4	24	0.1%
may	5	14	0.06%
june	6	58	0.24%
july	7	50	0.2%
august	8	43	0.18%
september	9	86	0.35%
october	10	58	0.24%
november	11	55	0.22%
december	12	34	0.14%
	Total	24553	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.17	1940	0	12.0	1.19	22613

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	1609	9.21%
current resident	0	15320	87.74%
january	1	39	0.22%
february	2	29	0.17%
march	3	34	0.19%
april	4	27	0.15%
may	5	31	0.18%
june	6	71	0.41%
july	7	66	0.38%
august	8	56	0.32%
september	9	68	0.39%
october	10	43	0.25%
november	11	31	0.18%
december	12	36	0.21%
	Total	17461	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.23	1610	0	12.0	1.35	15851

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	2150	11.9%
current resident	0	15470	85.6%
january	1	29	0.16%
february	2	20	0.11%
march	3	34	0.19%
april	4	29	0.16%
may	5	32	0.18%
june	6	63	0.35%
july	7	42	0.23%
august	8	49	0.27%
september	9	73	0.4%
october	10	33	0.18%
november	11	24	0.13%
december	12	25	0.14%
	Total	18073	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.19	2150	0	12.0	1.23	15923

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	1881	12.01%
current resident	0	13295	84.9%
january	1	34	0.22%
february	2	27	0.17%
march	3	41	0.26%
april	4	35	0.22%
may	5	28	0.18%
june	6	42	0.27%
july	7	60	0.38%
august	8	52	0.33%
september	9	87	0.56%
october	10	24	0.15%
november	11	28	0.18%
december	12	25	0.16%
	Total	15659	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.23	1881	0	12.0	1.35	13778

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	2038	12.93%
current resident	0	13210	83.84%
january	1	38	0.24%
february	2	27	0.17%
march	3	25	0.16%
april	4	27	0.17%
may	5	31	0.2%
june	6	46	0.29%
july	7	43	0.27%
august	8	44	0.28%
september	9	94	0.6%
october	10	69	0.44%
november	11	39	0.25%
december	12	25	0.16%
	Total	15756	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.26	2038	0	12.0	1.48	13718

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	1964	12.35%
current resident	0	13494	84.85%
january	1	46	0.29%
february	2	19	0.12%
march	3	26	0.16%
april	4	30	0.19%
may	5	31	0.19%
june	6	36	0.23%
july	7	41	0.26%
august	8	55	0.35%
september	9	61	0.38%
october	10	45	0.28%
november	11	22	0.14%
december	12	32	0.2%
summer	15	1	0.01%
	Total	15903	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.22	1964	0	15.0	1.33	13939

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	2030	12.6%
current resident	0	13614	84.51%
january	1	31	0.19%
february	2	20	0.12%
march	3	31	0.19%
april	4	25	0.16%
may	5	29	0.18%
june	6	42	0.26%
july	7	59	0.37%
august	8	44	0.27%
september	9	74	0.46%
october	10	49	0.3%
november	11	26	0.16%
december	12	36	0.22%
	Total	16110	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.23	2030	0	12.0	1.39	14080

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	1250	8.22%
current resident	0	13539	89.0%
january	1	26	0.17%
february	2	24	0.16%
march	3	33	0.22%
april	4	24	0.16%
may	5	32	0.21%
june	6	30	0.2%
july	7	53	0.35%
august	8	39	0.26%
september	9	72	0.47%
october	10	40	0.26%
november	11	23	0.15%
december	12	28	0.18%
	Total	15213	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.21	1250	0	12.0	1.31	13963

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