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Mainstage Variable

maju_bh

Mother not working when resp. aged 14

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Socio-demographic Characteristics

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	13377	92.77%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
don't know	-1	2	0.01%
Mother not work	0	75	0.52%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0	14344	0	0	0	75

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	13811	92.86%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
don't know	-1	2	0.01%
Mother not work	0	105	0.71%
Mother deceased	1	3	0.02%
Mother not live	2	4	0.03%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.1	14761	0	2.0	0.4	112

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	14294	92.87%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
don't know	-1	10	0.06%
Mother not work	0	99	0.64%
Mother deceased	1	2	0.01%
Mother not live	2	8	0.05%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.17	15283	0	2.0	0.54	109

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	12	0.08%
inapplicable	-8	14477	92.7%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
don't know	-1	10	0.06%
Mother not work	0	123	0.79%
Mother deceased	1	4	0.03%
Mother not live	2	9	0.06%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.16	15481	0	2.0	0.52	136

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.05%
inapplicable	-8	14628	92.64%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
don't know	-1	8	0.05%
Mother not work	0	125	0.79%
Mother deceased	1	5	0.03%
Mother not live	2	3	0.02%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.08	15658	0	2.0	0.35	133

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	15137	93.22%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
don't know	-1	4	0.02%
Mother not work	0	188	1.16%
Mother deceased	1	4	0.02%
Mother not live	2	4	0.02%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.06	16042	0	2.0	0.31	196

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	16	0.1%
inapplicable	-8	15473	93.23%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
don't know	-1	7	0.04%
Mother not work	0	200	1.21%
Mother deceased	1	7	0.04%
Mother not live	2	5	0.03%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.08	16385	0	2.0	0.35	212

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.07%
inapplicable	-8	15707	83.25%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	16	0.08%
Mother not work	0	2214	11.73%
Mother deceased	1	93	0.49%
Mother not live	2	21	0.11%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.06	16539	0	2.0	0.27	2328

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.14%
inapplicable	-8	14644	93.85%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
don't know	-1	9	0.06%
Mother not work	0	382	2.45%
Mother deceased	1	18	0.12%
Mother not live	2	6	0.04%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.07	15197	0	2.0	0.31	406

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	13	0.08%
inapplicable	-8	12476	79.86%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
don't know	-1	88	0.56%
Mother not work	0	2454	15.71%
Mother deceased	1	115	0.74%
Mother not live	2	42	0.27%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.08	13012	0	2.0	0.32	2611

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	9214	84.49%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
don't know	-1	61	0.56%
Mother not work	0	1181	10.83%
Mother deceased	1	62	0.57%
Mother not live	2	28	0.26%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.09	9635	0	2.0	0.36	1271

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	32	0.31%
inapplicable	-8	4159	40.52%
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	189	1.84%
Mother not work	0	5269	51.33%
Mother deceased	1	262	2.55%
	Total	10264	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.05	4733	0	1.0	0.21	5531

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