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Innovation Panel Variable

startmth

Start date (month)

This variable is only available in the Special Licence (SN 7083) and Secure Access (SN 7332) datasets.

Datafiles

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	80	1.6%
August	8	209	4.17%
September	9	636	12.69%
October	10	1565	31.24%
November	11	1388	27.7%
December	12	1132	22.59%
	Total	5010	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
10.53	80	8.0	12.0	1.11	4930

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	68	0.76%
July	7	323	3.6%
August	8	3133	34.94%
September	9	2581	28.79%
October	10	1238	13.81%
November	11	1070	11.93%
December	12	553	6.17%
	Total	8966	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
9.14	68	7.0	12.0	1.29	8898

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	86	0.86%
July	7	316	3.15%
August	8	3704	36.9%
September	9	2193	21.84%
October	10	1466	14.6%
November	11	2254	22.45%
December	12	20	0.2%
	Total	10039	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
9.17	86	7.0	12.0	1.24	9953

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	48	0.71%
June	6	1026	15.2%
July	7	2815	41.72%
August	8	1809	26.81%
September	9	1046	15.5%
October	10	4	0.06%
	Total	6748	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
7.43	48	6.0	10.0	0.93	6700

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	62	0.66%
August	8	2861	30.35%
September	9	3525	37.39%
October	10	2145	22.75%
November	11	834	8.85%
	Total	9427	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
9.1	62	8.0	11.0	0.94	9365

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	61	0.45%
July	7	1276	9.33%
August	8	5270	38.52%
September	9	3836	28.04%
October	10	2548	18.62%
November	11	688	5.03%
December	12	2	0.01%
	Total	13681	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
8.71	61	7.0	12.0	1.03	13620

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	52	0.26%
June	6	965	4.87%
July	7	7345	37.05%
August	8	4268	21.53%
September	9	2502	12.62%
October	10	4681	23.61%
November	11	12	0.06%
	Total	19825	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
8.13	52	6.0	11.0	1.28	19773

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	48	0.33%
February	2	1	0.01%
May	5	1387	9.62%
June	6	4594	31.86%
July	7	3009	20.87%
August	8	2919	20.24%
September	9	1812	12.57%
October	10	651	4.51%
	Total	14421	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
7.08	48	2.0	10.0	1.35	14373

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	120	1.94%
june	6	2934	47.37%
july	7	1534	24.77%
august	8	915	14.77%
september	9	647	10.45%
october	10	44	0.71%
	Total	6194	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.9	120	6.0	10.0	1.06	6074

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	147	2.04%
june	6	3376	46.75%
july	7	1778	24.62%
august	8	920	12.74%
september	9	998	13.82%
october	10	2	0.03%
	Total	7221	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.94	147	6.0	10.0	1.08	7074

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	253	2.21%
june	6	414	3.62%
july	7	3881	33.97%
august	8	1802	15.77%
september	9	3134	27.43%
october	10	1857	16.25%
november	11	85	0.74%
	Total	11426	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
8.21	253	6.0	11.0	1.21	11173

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	334	7.32%
February	2	4	0.09%
March	3	135	2.96%
April	4	2356	51.61%
May	5	1091	23.9%
June	6	600	13.14%
July	7	45	0.99%
	Total	4565	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.54	334	2.0	7.0	0.82	4231

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	265	4.3%
May	5	834	13.53%
June	6	3475	56.38%
July	7	632	10.25%
August	8	924	14.99%
September	9	34	0.55%
	Total	6164	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.3	265	5.0	9.0	0.92	5899

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	91	0.82%
February	2	8	0.07%
March	3	6191	55.82%
April	4	2314	20.86%
May	5	1854	16.71%
June	6	315	2.84%
July	7	319	2.88%
	Total	11092	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
3.75	91	2.0	7.0	1.02	11001

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	83	1.28%
April	4	2358	36.48%
May	5	3215	49.74%
June	6	364	5.63%
July	7	444	6.87%
	Total	6464	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.83	83	4.0	7.0	0.82	6381

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
March	3	781	23.74%
April	4	1242	37.75%
May	5	1078	32.77%
June	6	183	5.56%
July	7	4	0.12%
August	8	2	0.06%
	Total	3290	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.21	0	3.0	8.0	0.87	3290

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.57	0	1.0	4.0	0.79	12774

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
March	3	33	45.21%
April	4	28	38.36%
May	5	12	16.44%
	Total	73	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
3.71	0	3.0	5.0	0.74	73

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