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Mainstage Variable

movjb

Moved for employment reasons

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Geographic Mobility

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	12320	85.44%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
Yes	1	112	0.78%
No	2	1022	7.09%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	12514	84.14%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
Yes	1	107	0.72%
No	2	1303	8.76%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	12956	84.17%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
Yes	1	113	0.73%
No	2	1346	8.74%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	13205	84.56%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
Yes	1	125	0.8%
No	2	1303	8.34%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	13286	84.14%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Yes	1	144	0.91%
No	2	1346	8.52%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	13752	84.69%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Yes	1	160	0.99%
No	2	1433	8.82%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	14086	84.87%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Yes	1	150	0.9%
No	2	1472	8.87%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	16020	84.91%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
Yes	1	233	1.23%
No	2	1812	9.6%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	13227	84.77%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Yes	1	226	1.45%
No	2	1627	10.43%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	13383	85.66%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
Yes	1	182	1.16%
No	2	1622	10.38%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	26	0.24%
inapplicable	-8	9155	83.94%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
Yes	1	167	1.53%
No	2	1200	11.0%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.13%
inapplicable	-8	9298	83.07%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Yes	1	183	1.63%
No	2	1332	11.9%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	7893	83.63%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
Yes	1	142	1.5%
No	2	1096	11.61%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	13	0.14%
inapplicable	-8	7618	82.37%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
Yes	1	141	1.52%
No	2	1055	11.41%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	12	0.13%
inapplicable	-8	7828	82.57%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
Yes	1	151	1.59%
No	2	1069	11.28%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	15	0.16%
inapplicable	-8	7852	81.79%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
Yes	1	149	1.55%
No	2	1008	10.5%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	13	0.13%
inapplicable	-8	8345	84.76%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
Yes	1	158	1.6%
No	2	943	9.58%
	Total	9845	100.0%

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