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Mainstage Variable

qfed

Has listed school qualification

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	13143	91.15%
proxy	-7	734	5.09%
Yes	1	385	2.67%
No	2	149	1.03%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.05%
inapplicable	-8	13510	90.84%
proxy	-7	683	4.59%
Yes	1	511	3.44%
No	2	162	1.09%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	14010	91.02%
proxy	-7	677	4.4%
Yes	1	524	3.4%
No	2	171	1.11%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	25	0.16%
inapplicable	-8	14121	90.42%
proxy	-7	672	4.3%
Yes	1	579	3.71%
No	2	220	1.41%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	20	0.13%
inapplicable	-8	14994	94.95%
Yes	1	566	3.58%
No	2	211	1.34%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	24	0.15%
inapplicable	-8	15305	94.25%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Yes	1	649	4.0%
No	2	259	1.6%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	34	0.2%
inapplicable	-8	15627	94.16%
Yes	1	675	4.07%
No	2	261	1.57%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	54	0.29%
inapplicable	-8	14575	77.25%
Yes	1	2424	12.85%
No	2	1814	9.61%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	59	0.38%
inapplicable	-8	14195	90.98%
Yes	1	931	5.97%
No	2	418	2.68%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	82	0.52%
inapplicable	-8	10136	64.88%
Yes	1	3189	20.41%
No	2	2216	14.18%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.13%
inapplicable	-8	10238	93.87%
don't know	-1	20	0.18%
Yes	1	462	4.24%
No	2	172	1.58%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	46	0.41%
inapplicable	-8	8730	78.0%
don't know	-1	22	0.2%
Yes	1	1260	11.26%
No	2	1135	10.14%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	37	0.39%
inapplicable	-8	8715	92.34%
don't know	-1	19	0.2%
Yes	1	501	5.31%
No	2	166	1.76%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	42	0.45%
inapplicable	-8	8600	92.98%
don't know	-1	18	0.19%
Yes	1	426	4.61%
No	2	163	1.76%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	43	0.45%
inapplicable	-8	8742	92.21%
don't know	-1	26	0.27%
Yes	1	468	4.94%
No	2	202	2.13%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	61	0.64%
inapplicable	-8	8814	91.81%
don't know	-1	12	0.12%
Yes	1	499	5.2%
No	2	214	2.23%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.09%
inapplicable	-8	8724	88.61%
don't know	-1	25	0.25%
Yes	1	690	7.01%
No	2	397	4.03%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	12	0.12%
inapplicable	-8	119	1.16%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	15	0.15%
Yes	1	5410	52.71%
No	2	4707	45.86%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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