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Mainstage Variable

nproxy

number of proxy individual questionnaires completed

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hhsamp

Index term

Interview Characteristics and Conditions

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.04%
[Value >= 0]	1	28358	99.96%
	Total	28368	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0	10	0	3.0	0.06	28358

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0	0	0	7.0	0.06	49116

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0	0	0	3.0	0.08	21823

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.01	0	0	4.0	0.11	22131

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.02	0	0	6.0	0.17	23042

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.03	0	0	4.0	0.21	24477

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.04	0	0	5.0	0.24	25952

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.06	0	0	6.0	0.28	28529

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.08	0	0	7.0	0.34	35054

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	204	0.42%
[Value >= 0]	1	48592	99.58%
	Total	48796	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.07	204	0	6.0	0.31	48592

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	279	0.95%
[Value >= 0]	1	29241	99.05%
	Total	29520	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.14	279	0	8.0	0.45	29241

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	129	0.4%
[Value >= 0]	1	32290	99.6%
	Total	32419	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.12	129	0	8.0	0.42	32290

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	813	2.19%
[Value >= 0]	1	36337	97.81%
	Total	37150	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.11	813	0	6.0	0.38	36337

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.02%
[Value >= 0]	1	40487	99.98%
	Total	40494	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.1	7	0	6.0	0.36	40487

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