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Mainstage Variable

psu_bh

Primary Sampling Unit

Datafile

hhsamp

Index term

Sampling Factors

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1876	16.43%
[Value >= 0]	1	9539	83.57%
	Total	11415	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
252.07	1876	1.0	575.0	183.42	9539

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1906	16.58%
[Value >= 0]	1	9592	83.42%
	Total	11498	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
252.71	1906	1.0	575.0	183.68	9592

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1963	17.06%
[Value >= 0]	1	9544	82.94%
	Total	11507	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
253.61	1963	1.0	575.0	183.92	9544

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1977	16.59%
[Value >= 0]	1	9938	83.41%
	Total	11915	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
263.24	1977	1.0	575.0	186.45	9938

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	2060	17.04%
[Value >= 0]	1	10030	82.96%
	Total	12090	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
263.61	2060	1.0	575.0	186.71	10030

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
264.08	2171	1.0	575.0	186.61	10005

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
260.89	2077	1.0	575.0	185.46	10132

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
260.72	4164	1.0	575.0	185.63	9822

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
285.37	1262	1.0	575.0	190.02	11020

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
282.65	1139	1.0	575.0	189.81	10805

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
129.11	1116	1.0	250.0	71.86	6179

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
128.32	1065	1.0	250.0	71.92	6531

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
128.32	0	1.0	250.0	71.98	6487

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
128.21	0	1.0	250.0	71.95	6553

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
128.8	0	1.0	250.0	72.2	6558

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
129.51	0	1.0	250.0	72.09	6534

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
129.28	0	1.0	250.0	72.06	5984

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
126.16	0	1.0	250.0	73.3	8524

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