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Mainstage Variable

reasref32

Other hhold member refuses on behalf of respondent

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child
indall

Index term

Interview Characteristics and Conditions

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	7852	99.1%
Not mentioned	0	71	0.9%
	Total	7923	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	9400	99.19%
Not mentioned	0	68	0.72%
Yes mentioned	1	9	0.09%
	Total	9477	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	7074	99.38%
Not mentioned	0	31	0.44%
Yes mentioned	1	13	0.18%
	Total	7118	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	7569	99.15%
Not mentioned	0	59	0.77%
Yes mentioned	1	6	0.08%
	Total	7634	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	8514	99.37%
Not mentioned	0	44	0.51%
Yes mentioned	1	10	0.12%
	Total	8568	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	9482	99.19%
Not mentioned	0	60	0.63%
Yes mentioned	1	16	0.17%
	Total	9559	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	10225	99.21%
Not mentioned	0	66	0.64%
Yes mentioned	1	14	0.14%
	Total	10306	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	11472	99.34%
Not mentioned	0	64	0.55%
Yes mentioned	1	12	0.1%
	Total	11548	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	12458	99.12%
Not mentioned	0	91	0.72%
Yes mentioned	1	17	0.14%
	Total	12568	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	12942	99.44%
not mentioned	0	62	0.48%
yes mentioned	1	11	0.08%
	Total	13015	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	48286	98.75%
Not mentioned	0	584	1.19%
Yes mentioned	1	26	0.05%
	Total	48896	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	54442	98.27%
Not mentioned	0	887	1.6%
Yes mentioned	1	71	0.13%
	Total	55400	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	41102	98.8%
Not mentioned	0	459	1.1%
Yes mentioned	1	40	0.1%
	Total	41601	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	42764	98.13%
Not mentioned	0	740	1.7%
Yes mentioned	1	73	0.17%
	Total	43577	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	45938	97.81%
Not mentioned	0	921	1.96%
Yes mentioned	1	106	0.23%
	Total	46965	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.0%
inapplicable	-8	48920	97.62%
Not mentioned	0	1060	2.12%
Yes mentioned	1	131	0.26%
	Total	50113	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.0%
inapplicable	-8	51244	97.25%
Not mentioned	0	1316	2.5%
Yes mentioned	1	133	0.25%
	Total	52694	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	54750	96.72%
Not mentioned	0	1734	3.06%
Yes mentioned	1	124	0.22%
	Total	56608	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.0%
inapplicable	-8	57555	96.02%
Not mentioned	0	2188	3.65%
Yes mentioned	1	196	0.33%
	Total	59941	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	62359	96.36%
not mentioned	0	2136	3.3%
yes mentioned	1	217	0.34%
	Total	64712	100.0%

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