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Innovation Panel Variable

ff_jbsize

number of employees

Datafile

indresp_ip

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1404	56.3%
proxy	-7	30	1.2%
refusal	-2	1	0.04%
don't know	-1	6	0.24%
01 - 02	1	41	1.64%
03 - 09	2	121	4.85%
10 - 24	3	136	5.45%
25 - 49	4	111	4.45%
50 - 99	5	100	4.01%
100 - 199	6	93	3.73%
200 - 499	7	99	3.97%
500 - 999	8	48	1.92%
1000 or more	9	243	9.74%
don't know but fewer than 25	10	7	0.28%
don't know but 25 or more	11	54	2.17%
	Total	2494	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1483	52.09%
proxy	-7	22	0.77%
don't know	-1	8	0.28%
01 - 02	1	67	2.35%
03 - 09	2	162	5.69%
10 - 24	3	172	6.04%
25 - 49	4	136	4.78%
50 - 99	5	113	3.97%
100 - 199	6	105	3.69%
200 - 499	7	117	4.11%
500 - 999	8	77	2.7%
1000 or more	9	291	10.22%
don't know but fewer than 25	10	10	0.35%
don't know but 25 or more	11	84	2.95%
	Total	2847	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1431	52.61%
proxy	-7	34	1.25%
refusal	-2	3	0.11%
don't know	-1	6	0.22%
01 - 02	1	42	1.54%
03 - 09	2	139	5.11%
10 - 24	3	161	5.92%
25 - 49	4	134	4.93%
50 - 99	5	120	4.41%
100 - 199	6	102	3.75%
200 - 499	7	118	4.34%
500 - 999	8	68	2.5%
1000 or more	9	262	9.63%
don't know but fewer than 25	10	7	0.26%
don't know but 25 or more	11	93	3.42%
	Total	2720	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	2083	68.05%
proxy	-7	3	0.1%
refusal	-2	3	0.1%
don't know	-1	2	0.07%
01 - 02	1	33	1.08%
03 - 09	2	133	4.34%
10 - 24	3	135	4.41%
25 - 49	4	118	3.85%
50 - 99	5	103	3.36%
100 - 199	6	102	3.33%
200 - 499	7	107	3.5%
500 - 999	8	59	1.93%
1000 or more	9	155	5.06%
don't know but fewer than 25	10	2	0.07%
don't know but 25 or more	11	23	0.75%
	Total	3061	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1169	51.57%
proxy	-7	15	0.66%
refusal	-2	1	0.04%
don't know	-1	2	0.09%
01 - 02	1	40	1.76%
03 - 09	2	138	6.09%
10 - 24	3	161	7.1%
25 - 49	4	132	5.82%
50 - 99	5	108	4.76%
100 - 199	6	106	4.68%
200 - 499	7	130	5.73%
500 - 999	8	68	3.0%
1000 or more	9	173	7.63%
don't know but fewer than 25	10	6	0.26%
don't know but 25 or more	11	18	0.79%
	Total	2267	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1146	51.78%
proxy	-7	51	2.3%
don't know	-1	6	0.27%
01 - 02	1	36	1.63%
03 - 09	2	130	5.87%
10 - 24	3	154	6.96%
25 - 49	4	141	6.37%
50 - 99	5	106	4.79%
100 - 199	6	111	5.02%
200 - 499	7	114	5.15%
500 - 999	8	59	2.67%
1000 or more	9	143	6.46%
don't know but fewer than 25	10	1	0.05%
don't know but 25 or more	11	15	0.68%
	Total	2213	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1828	61.14%
proxy	-7	94	3.14%
don't know	-1	7	0.23%
01 - 02	1	36	1.2%
03 - 09	2	144	4.82%
10 - 24	3	161	5.38%
25 - 49	4	153	5.12%
50 - 99	5	111	3.71%
100 - 199	6	115	3.85%
200 - 499	7	120	4.01%
500 - 999	8	62	2.07%
1000 or more	9	145	4.85%
don't know but fewer than 25	10	1	0.03%
don't know but 25 or more	11	13	0.43%
	Total	2990	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1486	57.82%
proxy	-7	89	3.46%
don't know	-1	2	0.08%
01 - 02	1	39	1.52%
03 - 09	2	138	5.37%
10 - 24	3	151	5.88%
25 - 49	4	133	5.18%
50 - 99	5	100	3.89%
100 - 199	6	109	4.24%
200 - 499	7	111	4.32%
500 - 999	8	50	1.95%
1000 or more	9	143	5.56%
don't know but fewer than 25	10	1	0.04%
don't know but 25 or more	11	18	0.7%
	Total	2570	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1106	48.87%
proxy	-7	63	2.78%
don't know	-1	4	0.18%
01 - 02	1	40	1.77%
03 - 09	2	141	6.23%
10 - 24	3	155	6.85%
25 - 49	4	135	5.97%
50 - 99	5	108	4.77%
100 - 199	6	124	5.48%
200 - 499	7	124	5.48%
500 - 999	8	66	2.92%
1000 or more	9	151	6.67%
don't know but fewer than 25	10	1	0.04%
don't know but 25 or more	11	19	0.84%
	Total	2263	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1198	50.38%
proxy	-7	111	4.67%
don't know	-1	2	0.08%
01 - 02	1	40	1.68%
03 - 09	2	136	5.72%
10 - 24	3	157	6.6%
25 - 49	4	155	6.52%
50 - 99	5	112	4.71%
100 - 199	6	108	4.54%
200 - 499	7	129	5.42%
500 - 999	8	68	2.86%
1000 or more	9	147	6.18%
don't know but fewer than 25	10	1	0.04%
don't know but 25 or more	11	14	0.59%
	Total	2378	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1510	62.58%
proxy	-7	76	3.15%
refusal	-2	1	0.04%
don't know	-1	1	0.04%
01 - 02	1	41	1.7%
03 - 09	2	120	4.97%
10 - 24	3	138	5.72%
25 - 49	4	113	4.68%
50 - 99	5	87	3.61%
100 - 199	6	69	2.86%
200 - 499	7	92	3.81%
500 - 999	8	58	2.4%
1000 or more	9	92	3.81%
don't know but 25 or more	11	15	0.62%
	Total	2413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1063	49.46%
	-7	125	5.82%
don't know	-1	1	0.05%
01 - 02	1	40	1.86%
03 - 09	2	141	6.56%
10 - 24	3	155	7.21%
25 - 49	4	142	6.61%
50 - 99	5	107	4.98%
100 - 199	6	80	3.72%
200 - 499	7	115	5.35%
500 - 999	8	60	2.79%
1000 or more	9	100	4.65%
don't know but fewer than 25	10	2	0.09%
don't know but 25 or more	11	18	0.84%
	Total	2149	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1087	50.75%
	-7	147	6.86%
don't know	-1	4	0.19%
01 - 02	1	31	1.45%
03 - 09	2	120	5.6%
10 - 24	3	158	7.38%
25 - 49	4	138	6.44%
50 - 99	5	115	5.37%
100 - 199	6	71	3.31%
200 - 499	7	105	4.9%
500 - 999	8	64	2.99%
1000 or more	9	88	4.11%
don't know but fewer than 25	10	1	0.05%
don't know but 25 or more	11	13	0.61%
	Total	2142	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	683	28.64%
inapplicable	-8	788	33.04%
	-7	206	8.64%
don't know	-1	8	0.34%
01 - 02	1	18	0.75%
03 - 09	2	89	3.73%
10 - 24	3	118	4.95%
25 - 49	4	104	4.36%
50 - 99	5	80	3.35%
100 - 199	6	68	2.85%
200 - 499	7	87	3.65%
500 - 999	8	55	2.31%
1000 or more	9	73	3.06%
don't know but fewer than 25	10	1	0.04%
don't know but 25 or more	11	7	0.29%
	Total	2385	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	884	50.34%
proxy	-7	135	7.69%
don't know	-1	6	0.34%
01 - 02	1	23	1.31%
03 - 09	2	91	5.18%
10 - 24	3	123	7.0%
25 - 49	4	97	5.52%
50 - 99	5	93	5.3%
100 - 199	6	71	4.04%
200 - 499	7	88	5.01%
500 - 999	8	53	3.02%
1000 or more	9	84	4.78%
don't know but fewer than 25	10	1	0.06%
don't know but 25 or more	11	7	0.4%
	Total	1756	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1014	54.22%
don't know	-1	4	0.21%
01 - 02	1	31	1.66%
03 - 09	2	106	5.67%
10 - 24	3	144	7.7%
25 - 49	4	110	5.88%
50 - 99	5	96	5.13%
100 - 199	6	90	4.81%
200 - 499	7	110	5.88%
500 - 999	8	64	3.42%
1000 or more	9	89	4.76%
don't know but fewer than 25	10	2	0.11%
don't know but 25 or more	11	10	0.53%
	Total	1870	100.0%

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