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Mainstage Variable

prearn_bh

Proxy's total earnings, banded

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	14295	99.14%
No earnings at all	0	6	0.04%
25-39 pw/1300-2099	2	1	0.01%
40-59 pw/2100-3099	3	2	0.01%
80-99 pw/4200-5199	5	4	0.03%
100-124/5200-6499	6	4	0.03%
125-149/6500-7799	7	1	0.01%
150-179/7800-9299	8	8	0.06%
180-209/9300-10999	9	10	0.07%
210-259/11k-13499	10	12	0.08%
260-299/13500-15999	11	7	0.05%
300-379/16k-19999	12	10	0.07%
380-479/20k-24999	13	8	0.06%
480+ pw/25k+ pa	14	51	0.35%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	14709	98.9%
No earnings at all	0	5	0.03%
Lt 25 pw/lt 1299 pa	1	3	0.02%
25-39 pw/1300-2099	2	3	0.02%
40-59 pw/2100-3099	3	5	0.03%
60-79 pw/510-4199	4	1	0.01%
80-99 pw/4200-5199	5	2	0.01%
100-124/5200-6499	6	8	0.05%
125-149/6500-7799	7	2	0.01%
150-179/7800-9299	8	11	0.07%
180-209/9300-10999	9	13	0.09%
210-259/11k-13499	10	16	0.11%
260-299/13500-15999	11	12	0.08%
300-379/16k-19999	12	19	0.13%
380-479/20k-24999	13	12	0.08%
480+ pw/25k+ pa	14	52	0.35%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	15219	98.88%
No earnings at all	0	7	0.05%
Lt 25 pw/lt 1299 pa	1	1	0.01%
25-39 pw/1300-2099	2	2	0.01%
40-59 pw/2100-3099	3	1	0.01%
60-79 pw/510-4199	4	2	0.01%
80-99 pw/4200-5199	5	2	0.01%
100-124/5200-6499	6	5	0.03%
125-149/6500-7799	7	4	0.03%
150-179/7800-9299	8	6	0.04%
180-209/9300-10999	9	11	0.07%
210-259/11k-13499	10	24	0.16%
260-299/13500-15999	11	14	0.09%
300-379/16k-19999	12	19	0.12%
380-479/20k-24999	13	18	0.12%
480+ pw/25k+ pa	14	57	0.37%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	15428	98.79%
No earnings at all	0	4	0.03%
Lt 25 pw/lt 1299 pa	1	3	0.02%
25-39 pw/1300-2099	2	2	0.01%
40-59 pw/2100-3099	3	4	0.03%
60-79 pw/510-4199	4	2	0.01%
80-99 pw/4200-5199	5	3	0.02%
100-124/5200-6499	6	9	0.06%
125-149/6500-7799	7	7	0.04%
150-179/7800-9299	8	8	0.05%
180-209/9300-10999	9	13	0.08%
210-259/11k-13499	10	20	0.13%
260-299/13500-15999	11	28	0.18%
300-379/16k-19999	12	14	0.09%
380-479/20k-24999	13	25	0.16%
480+ pw/25k+ pa	14	47	0.3%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	15583	98.68%
No earnings at all	0	5	0.03%
Lt 25 pw/lt 1299 pa	1	5	0.03%
25-39 pw/1300-2099	2	2	0.01%
40-59 pw/2100-3099	3	5	0.03%
60-79 pw/510-4199	4	4	0.03%
80-99 pw/4200-5199	5	4	0.03%
100-124/5200-6499	6	8	0.05%
125-149/6500-7799	7	6	0.04%
150-179/7800-9299	8	5	0.03%
180-209/9300-10999	9	15	0.09%
210-259/11k-13499	10	21	0.13%
260-299/13500-15999	11	19	0.12%
300-379/16k-19999	12	30	0.19%
380-479/20k-24999	13	21	0.13%
480+ pw/25k+ pa	14	58	0.37%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	21	0.13%
inapplicable	-8	15673	96.52%
refusal	-2	23	0.14%
No earnings at all	0	10	0.06%
Lt 25 pw/lt 1299 pa	1	15	0.09%
25-39 pw/1300-2099	2	18	0.11%
40-59 pw/2100-3099	3	10	0.06%
60-79 pw/510-4199	4	12	0.07%
80-99 pw/4200-5199	5	13	0.08%
100-124/5200-6499	6	18	0.11%
125-149/6500-7799	7	19	0.12%
150-179/7800-9299	8	22	0.14%
180-209/9300-10999	9	38	0.23%
210-259/11k-13499	10	47	0.29%
260-299/13500-15999	11	54	0.33%
300-379/16k-19999	12	63	0.39%
380-479/20k-24999	13	71	0.44%
480+ pw/25k+ pa	14	111	0.68%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.05%
inapplicable	-8	16033	96.6%
refusal	-2	5	0.03%
No earnings at all	0	13	0.08%
Lt 25 pw/lt 1299 pa	1	8	0.05%
25-39 pw/1300-2099	2	6	0.04%
40-59 pw/2100-3099	3	13	0.08%
60-79 pw/510-4199	4	17	0.1%
80-99 pw/4200-5199	5	13	0.08%
100-124/5200-6499	6	26	0.16%
125-149/6500-7799	7	17	0.1%
150-179/7800-9299	8	27	0.16%
180-209/9300-10999	9	50	0.3%
210-259/11k-13499	10	64	0.39%
260-299/13500-15999	11	44	0.27%
300-379/16k-19999	12	61	0.37%
380-479/20k-24999	13	63	0.38%
480+ pw/25k+ pa	14	129	0.78%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	18330	97.15%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
No earnings at all	0	8	0.04%
Lt 25 pw/lt 1299 pa	1	8	0.04%
25-39 pw/1300-2099	2	7	0.04%
40-59 pw/2100-3099	3	12	0.06%
60-79 pw/510-4199	4	13	0.07%
80-99 pw/4200-5199	5	19	0.1%
100-124/5200-6499	6	25	0.13%
125-149/6500-7799	7	17	0.09%
150-179/7800-9299	8	38	0.2%
180-209/9300-10999	9	49	0.26%
210-259/11k-13499	10	77	0.41%
260-299/13500-15999	11	52	0.28%
300-379/16k-19999	12	54	0.29%
380-479/20k-24999	13	49	0.26%
480+ pw/25k+ pa	14	105	0.56%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	15265	97.83%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
No earnings at all	0	8	0.05%
Lt 25 pw/lt 1299 pa	1	7	0.04%
25-39 pw/1300-2099	2	8	0.05%
40-59 pw/2100-3099	3	3	0.02%
60-79 pw/510-4199	4	13	0.08%
80-99 pw/4200-5199	5	11	0.07%
100-124/5200-6499	6	14	0.09%
125-149/6500-7799	7	15	0.1%
150-179/7800-9299	8	22	0.14%
180-209/9300-10999	9	28	0.18%
210-259/11k-13499	10	49	0.31%
260-299/13500-15999	11	27	0.17%
300-379/16k-19999	12	32	0.21%
380-479/20k-24999	13	41	0.26%
480+ pw/25k+ pa	14	58	0.37%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	15337	98.17%
No earnings at all	0	7	0.04%
Lt 25 pw/lt 1299 pa	1	6	0.04%
25-39 pw/1300-2099	2	2	0.01%
40-59 pw/2100-3099	3	5	0.03%
60-79 pw/510-4199	4	13	0.08%
80-99 pw/4200-5199	5	11	0.07%
100-124/5200-6499	6	10	0.06%
125-149/6500-7799	7	13	0.08%
150-179/7800-9299	8	9	0.06%
180-209/9300-10999	9	26	0.17%
210-259/11k-13499	10	35	0.22%
260-299/13500-15999	11	25	0.16%
300-379/16k-19999	12	40	0.26%
380-479/20k-24999	13	30	0.19%
480+ pw/25k+ pa	14	54	0.35%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	10676	97.89%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
No earnings at all	0	3	0.03%
Lt 25 pw/lt 1299 pa	1	6	0.06%
25-39 pw/1300-2099	2	4	0.04%
40-59 pw/2100-3099	3	9	0.08%
60-79 pw/3100-4199	4	9	0.08%
80-99 pw/4200-5199	5	8	0.07%
100-124/5200-6499	6	14	0.13%
125-149/6500-7799	7	7	0.06%
150-179/7800-9299	8	11	0.1%
180-209/9300-10999	9	16	0.15%
210-259/11k-13499	10	29	0.27%
260-299/13500-15999	11	27	0.25%
300-379/16k-19999	12	28	0.26%
380-479/20k-24999	13	15	0.14%
480+ pw/25k+ pa	14	43	0.39%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	10992	98.2%
No earnings at all	0	1	0.01%
25-39 pw/1300-2099	2	4	0.04%
40-59 pw/2100-3099	3	5	0.04%
60-79 pw/3100-4199	4	7	0.06%
80-99 pw/4200-5199	5	5	0.04%
100-124/5200-6499	6	9	0.08%
125-149/6500-7799	7	9	0.08%
150-179/7800-9299	8	14	0.13%
180-209/9300-10999	9	22	0.2%
210-259/11k-13499	10	22	0.2%
260-299/13500-15999	11	22	0.2%
300-379/16k-19999	12	22	0.2%
380-479/20k-24999	13	22	0.2%
480+ pw/25k+ pa	14	37	0.33%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	9280	98.33%
No earnings at all	0	1	0.01%
Lt 25 pw/lt 1299 pa	1	3	0.03%
40-59 pw/2100-3099	3	1	0.01%
60-79 pw/3100-4199	4	6	0.06%
80-99 pw/4200-5199	5	6	0.06%
100-124/5200-6499	6	7	0.07%
125-149/6500-7799	7	8	0.08%
150-179/7800-9299	8	12	0.13%
180-209/9300-10999	9	15	0.16%
210-259/11k-13499	10	13	0.14%
260-299/13500-15999	11	15	0.16%
300-379/16k-19999	12	18	0.19%
380-479/20k-24999	13	23	0.24%
480+ pw/25k+ pa	14	30	0.32%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	9074	98.11%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
No earnings at all	0	3	0.03%
Lt 25 pw/lt 1299 pa	1	3	0.03%
25-39 pw/1300-2099	2	2	0.02%
40-59 pw/2100-3099	3	4	0.04%
60-79 pw/3100-4199	4	5	0.05%
80-99 pw/4200-5199	5	7	0.08%
100-124/5200-6499	6	7	0.08%
125-149/6500-7799	7	12	0.13%
150-179/7800-9299	8	9	0.1%
180-209/9300-10999	9	17	0.18%
210-259/11k-13499	10	23	0.25%
260-299/13500-15999	11	17	0.18%
300-379/16k-19999	12	13	0.14%
380-479/20k-24999	13	20	0.22%
480+ pw/25k+ pa	14	32	0.35%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	9287	97.95%
No earnings at all	0	2	0.02%
Lt 25 pw/lt 1299 pa	1	3	0.03%
25-39 pw/1300-2099	2	3	0.03%
40-59 pw/2100-3099	3	3	0.03%
60-79 pw/3100-4199	4	4	0.04%
80-99 pw/4200-5199	5	7	0.07%
100-124/5200-6499	6	9	0.09%
125-149/6500-7799	7	19	0.2%
150-179/7800-9299	8	16	0.17%
180-209/9300-10999	9	16	0.17%
210-259/11k-13499	10	23	0.24%
260-299/13500-15999	11	20	0.21%
300-379/16k-19999	12	22	0.23%
380-479/20k-24999	13	15	0.16%
480+ pw/25k+ pa	14	32	0.34%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	9251	96.36%
No earnings at all	0	11	0.11%
Lt 25 pw/lt 1299 pa	1	4	0.04%
25-39 pw/1300-2099	2	9	0.09%
40-59 pw/2100-3099	3	18	0.19%
60-79 pw/3100-4199	4	16	0.17%
80-99 pw/4200-5199	5	12	0.12%
100-124/5200-6499	6	18	0.19%
125-149/6500-7799	7	21	0.22%
150-179/7800-9299	8	30	0.31%
180-209/9300-10999	9	28	0.29%
210-259/11k-13499	10	51	0.53%
260-299/13500-15999	11	30	0.31%
300-379/16k-19999	12	30	0.31%
380-479/20k-24999	13	33	0.34%
480+ pw/25k+ pa	14	38	0.4%
	Total	9600	100.0%

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